Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " 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 | Not since Dinah Henson , nee Oxley , won the British and English Women 's Championships in the one season — 1970 — has anyone so dominated the game . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Setting up the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group was very different . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | At the rebuilt Waterloo Station , opened in 1922 , there were first- and third-class ladies ' lavatories . |
| 15 | 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 . " |
| 16 | It means that Britain will no longer have a permanent presence in the Security Council in 10 or 15 years ' time . |
| 17 | The union will also be asked to adopt a plan to enable ministers with 10 or more years ' service to take three-month Sabbaticals . |
| 18 | There were active liberal or socialist-influenced tenants ' and farmers ' movements in the interwar period which sought to improve the farmers ' lot . |
| 19 | Some of those activities will be continued whichever Government are administering the country 's affairs in six or seven months ' time . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
| 23 | The Civil and Public Servants ' Association opposes the move , which it said will mean pay cuts of up to £2,000 a year . |
| 24 | Er but we acknowledge that over time circumstances may change and that it may be appropriate and such circumstances erm needs may change different circumstances may arise and they would have to be dealt with within the strategic planning framework . |
| 25 | Top octave : 1st and 2nd violins + fls. and clars . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I mean obviously er you said eight six and three months er any future ideas as to looking to their education in the future . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |