Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assertion was grounded on results of several studies , including one based upon the 25 WFS countries mentioned above and which reported that if all mothers had seven or more years of schooling , other things being equal ( that is , all mothers ' offspring would have the same conditions concerning survival as those observed for the educated mothers ' newborn babies ) , infant mortality would fall by 41 per cent and death rates of children aged 1–4 by 60 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 2 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 3 | Did the timeless beauty of the Fowey River provide the inspiration for the immortal children 's classic , ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ ? |
| 4 | This would set the scene for a super power scramble for the Middle East 's oil resources , the Soviet Union being driven to desperate measures by its lack of hard currency . |
| 5 | As I 've said the Policy Committee guideline was that we should set a budget within the range seventy two million to seventy three point three million , which means at the lower level , if you go for the lower level er to which says for ninety four five about almost exactly a million pounds . |
| 6 | The house was built by an Edwardian doctor using only the best materials — oak cured for eight years for the lower rooms ' panelling , fine teak for the window frames and mahogany for the fireplace . |
| 7 | As for the internal auditors ' role , ‘ they 're not expected to do a full statutory audit but a great deal of the detailed work which , carried out on a continuous basis , would greatly increase the probability of detecting fraud . ’ |
| 8 | Ashton has also found a delicious use for the ordinary class-room petits battements sur le cou depied when Cinderella parodies the Ugly Sisters ' dancing lesson . |
| 9 | The argument here is that it is tax schedules as shown in Table 16.6 , widely publicized in newspapers and annual tax returns , which form the basis for the ordinary citizen 's notion of tax burden . |
| 10 | Now , with the Japanese brandishing megabucks under his nose , Christie looks increasingly likely to head off for the Far East en route to the World Cup final in Havana a week later . |
| 11 | Polls show a surge in support to 12 per cent for the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , whose candidate , Luis Inacio ‘ Lula ’ da Silva , could supplant the main social democratic contender , Leonel Brizola , and emerge as Mr Collor 's rival in the run-off . |
| 12 | A week after the meeting , Cobh , Midleton and Passage West , three towns around the Harbour , expressed support for the Ringaskiddy residents ' campaign and urged An Taisce to review its support for Raybestos 's use of asbestos . |
| 13 | RACING tipster The Squire defied the Pope 's ban on betting yesterday and prepared his weekly column — for the Catholic church 's newspaper . |
| 14 | In his opening address on 29 September the pope rejected the notion , common since Vatican I , that the authority of the pontiff alone was sufficient to govern the Church , and listed the four aims of the Council : that the Church should have a clearer idea of its own nature ; that there was need for renewal ; that Christians of all denominations be brought closer together ( he apologized for the Catholic Church 's own failings in its relations with non-Catholics ) ; and finally , the need for dialogue between Church and world . |
| 15 | As a Catholic , he wanted revenge for the Catholic Basques ' " betrayal " of the Nationalist cause . |
| 16 | I got involved with agencies who specialise in placing children who were difficult to place , be it handicapped , black or of the wrong age , and that led to my doing a lot of work taking photographs for a magazine published by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering and various publicity and public relations work for the Catholic Children 's Society . |
| 17 | Last night Det Chief Supt Colin Port , heading the kidnap hunt , said : ‘ We are gravely concerned for the abducted man 's safety . |
| 18 | It can be predicted from the low binding specificity of the 140k DNA binding domain , that the intact 140k protein would have a low promoter selectivity ; 140k could perhaps function by activating sub-optimally utilized RNA polymerase II promoters in a similar manner to that previously suggested for the homologous PRV IE180 protein ( 38 ) . |
| 19 | The 26-year-old Manchester United defender is a strong candidate for the Professional Footballers ' Association Player of the Year Trophy . |
| 20 | The military importance of the islands in safeguarding the Soviet fleet 's access to the Pacific , together with the potentially rich fishing rights , the past Soviet stance on the issue , and the precedent which it could set for those wishing to revise the Soviet Union 's post-1945 boundaries , were all cited as reasons for the Soviet government 's reluctance to surrender the territory . |
| 21 | Moscow has also sought military access to port and air facilities in the Seychelles and built the Angolan port of Luanda into the main support facility for the Soviet Navy 's West Africa Patrol . |
| 22 | Foreign trade officials from all 15 union republics met on July 26 and signed an agreement to divide among the republics Soviet diamond , gold and hard currency reserves , and foreign credits to the Soviet Union , as well as sharing responsibility for the Soviet Union 's $65,000 million foreign debt . |
| 23 | More to the point , the use of Eastern Europe as a crutch for the Soviet economy 's deficiencies has only reduced the ability of both to compete with the outside world . |
| 24 | For the time-varying case unc is , in general , different from zero . |
| 25 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |
| 26 | Time Out has repeatedly pledged its support for the Famous Compere 's Policedog ( alternative cabaret event ) through sponsorship and advertising . |
| 27 | We are already attracting sponsorship for the Famous Compere 's Policedog in January 1992 and a great deal of interest has been shown in the celebrations to mark the end of Amnesty 's thirtieth year . |
| 28 | The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour . |
| 29 | On the other hand , for the second state unc unc for that is the just the mathematical statement that the polariser extinguishes this state . |
| 30 | De Freitas needed on-field treatment to his right hand before a ball was bowled in Lancashire 's Sunday league game against Essex and only minutes after England 's high noon selection for the second Lord 's test . |