Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | RACING tipster The Squire defied the Pope 's ban on betting yesterday and prepared his weekly column — for the Catholic church 's newspaper . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Last night Det Chief Supt Colin Port , heading the kidnap hunt , said : ‘ We are gravely concerned for the abducted man 's safety . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For the time-varying case unc is , in general , different from zero . |
| 14 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |
| 15 | Time Out has repeatedly pledged its support for the Famous Compere 's Policedog ( alternative cabaret event ) through sponsorship and advertising . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , for the second state unc unc for that is the just the mathematical statement that the polariser extinguishes this state . |
| 18 | Its direct-drive 33hp electric motor gives it a good top speed of 74mph and a range of 90 miles : more than enough , says Renault , for the average commuter 's entire week 's travel . |
| 19 | This openness also showed that in relation to science the consultative process revealed massive support for the working party 's view on the time to be devoted to science and on the position of balanced science but that the Council , with some reluctance , made recommendations in accordance with the Secretary of State 's different view . |
| 20 | In relation to English , however , the Council showed more sympathy for the working party 's views in its recommendations to the Secretary of State . |
| 21 | It was the year that the Beatles released ‘ Revolution ’ , a record one American critic charged would be suitable for the Democratic Party 's 1968 platform , with Lennon 's put-downs of people who went talking of Chairman Mao and were n't going to make it anyhow . |
| 22 | On Page One , at the top of the TV news , the fight for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the Presidency of the United States had become a media-induced fight between two minorities : Jews and Blacks . |
| 23 | Former Massachusetts senator Paul Tsongas , 50 , who abandoned politics in 1984 after being diagnosed as suffering from cancer , became the first person to declare his candidacy for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the 1992 presidential elections . |
| 24 | Charles Gordon , Strathclyde 's vice-chairman of roads and transportation , said Mr Freeman 's comments underlined the good reasons for the regional council 's refusal to invest further in rail unless it was assured the PTE was involved in franchising services . |
| 25 | ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 27 | Det Supt Jack Leyland , heading the investigation , said : ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 28 | Various factions are at work , each seeking to promote its own interests — I 'd not give a fig for the young king 's life if he fell in with one of them ! |
| 29 | When Mazarin invited Cavalli to Paris in 1660 to provide an opera with text by Buti for the young king 's marriage , the master encountered all sorts of difficulties and had to substitute a performance of his Xerse in the Louvre , with an overture and ballet music by Lully . |
| 30 | Sir Richard , in hose and open cambric shirt , wiped dust from his hands , apologising that he had been out with the craftsmen who were putting the finishing touches to their pageant for the young king 's coronation . |