Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal sought to balance German preference for a politically independent Eurofed , committed in its statutes to an anti-inflation policy , with French and other countries ' preference for greater government control . |
| 2 | However , there have been achievements towards the recognition of tribal and indigenous peoples ' rights . |
| 3 | Even when age of acquisition and age at time of test are controlled there is a consistent gap in favour of production over comprehension of BSL for groups of signers with average six , 12 and 20 years ' experience ( Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | In Baltimore , Maryland , Julian M. Seidel , former president of the First Maryland Savings and Loan company , and James R. Porter , former senior vice-president of the defunct Silver Springs thrift , were sentenced to 12 and seven years ' imprisonment respectively for falsely inflating the worth of their companies to attract depositors . |
| 5 | A White House statement noted the United States ' 'longstanding support for a ceasefire and face-to-face negotiations , and , ultimately free and fair elections ' . |
| 6 | In the course of a remarkable year , Mhairi , who played off plus-two , won both the British and Belgian Girls ' Championships , the Scottish Girls ' Closed Championship and the Helen Holm Trophy . |
| 7 | It was this tradition , frequently ‘ unofficial ’ , which maintained Tyne side industrial militancy in a range of important disputes in the 1960s and 1970s , including the 1966 seamen 's strike , and the 1972 and 1974 miners ' strikes . |
| 8 | From 1980 onwards I went on to become involved in the Black Workers ' Group , unions — NALGO and ACTTS — and more recently , the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group in our workplace . |
| 9 | This feels wholesome and gives me the confidence to take up issues of racism and sexism in the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group and issues of sexism and heterosexism in the Black Workers ' Group , within the organization we work for . |
| 10 | There was a greater flow of information , more exciting debates internally , and with the formation of the Black Workers ' Group and later on the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group , more politically aware people began to organize around issues of their own oppression . |
| 11 | Setting up the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group was very different . |
| 12 | A number of right hon. and hon. Members ' constituencies include major petroleum production facilities , so I am sure that we all share the concern and anxiety felt by the hon. Member for Falkirk , East ( Mr. Ewing ) . |
| 13 | At the rebuilt Waterloo Station , opened in 1922 , there were first- and third-class ladies ' lavatories . |
| 14 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 15 | It means that Britain will no longer have a permanent presence in the Security Council in 10 or 15 years ' time . |
| 16 | The union will also be asked to adopt a plan to enable ministers with 10 or more years ' service to take three-month Sabbaticals . |
| 17 | There were active liberal or socialist-influenced tenants ' and farmers ' movements in the interwar period which sought to improve the farmers ' lot . |
| 18 | Some of those activities will be continued whichever Government are administering the country 's affairs in six or seven months ' time . |
| 19 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 20 | Although the Department of Trade and Industry estimates that between 250,000 and 300,000 companies ' turnover falls below the VAT registration threshold , the exemption limit is considerably lower than that proposed by , among others , the accountancy profession in the last consultation period . |
| 21 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
| 22 | The Civil and Public Servants ' Association opposes the move , which it said will mean pay cuts of up to £2,000 a year . |
| 23 | You should develop your own reliable method of recording the names of people and places ; college buildings and their quaint room-numbering systems ; opening and closing hours of libraries , college and faculty offices ; student-welfare and advisory-staff offices ' telephone numbers . |
| 24 | On Oct. 6 the court sentenced 11 of the men including the MTP leader , Roberto Felicetti , and two of the women to life imprisonment for murder , wounding , robbery and rebellion , with the possibility of release after 25 years for good behaviour ; the remaining seven , including the priest , Fr Juan Antonio Puigjane , an MTP leader who had not participated in the actual attack , were sentenced to terms of between 10 and 20 years ' imprisonment for complicity . |
| 25 | In a breakthrough case on 20 March this year , four policemen in Guatemala City were convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old street child and sentenced to between 10 and 15 years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | Indamiro Restano and Maria Elena Aparicio , both leaders of the illegal Harmonious Social Democratic Movement , were sentenced to 10 and seven years ' imprisonment respectively on May 26 . |
| 27 | It was reported on Jan. 3 , 1991 , that two ETA members , José Antonio López Rúiz " Kubati " , and José Miguel Latasa Guetaria " Fermín " , had been sentenced to 47 and 26 years ' imprisonment respectively for the murder in September 1986 of the amnestied ETA member María Dolores González Catarain " Yoyes " [ see p. 34825 ; for earlier conviction of Fermin see p. 37588 ] . |
| 28 | SARAH GOURLEY , of Prestwick , the Scottish indoor and outdoor singles ' champion , took her first step to securing a world championship double for her country in Guernsey last night . |
| 29 | The conference yesterday approved the Consumers and the Community review report , which proposes : A Department of Consumer Affairs ; Special funding to create local , regional and national consumers ' groups ; Quality and standards controls in local government , and the health and education services ; A Quality Commission to replace the Audit Commission , an Education Standards Council , and a Health Quality Commission ; ‘ Go local ’ health services , increased preventive medicine , and regular health check-ups ; Records of achievement for pupils , a flexible national curriculum , a home/school partnership agreements , and a national schools award . |
| 30 | This year saw the biggest ever event with fifty six teams competing for the open , ladies ' , youth , junior and new veterans ' titles . |