Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In many schools there are PTAs and School Associations which , though not political ( in a party sense ) , have shown themselves willing to confront the local authority — be that ‘ authority ’ an individual headteacher , a school staff or the divisional or county education officer — when moved to do so .
2 Like the line and staff clash or the professional and administrator conflict , the head office power brokers and the autonomous divisional general managers will inevitably clash , simply because the structure has built in massive imbalances of power .
3 By Aug. 24 , when the Security Council Military Staff Committee met , the USA had drafted a proposed resolution which would give UN legitimacy to the use of the necessary force to maintain a blockade , but which would leave the decision on such interventions to the naval command ( i.e. to the US Navy , in practice , or the British or French , since it was expected that those other countries which had contributed naval forces on a smaller scale would wish to avoid this controversial step ) .
4 A moralistic middle-class press or the civic or football authorities themselves would never have ignored systematic gang-violence either in football grounds or around them .
5 They therefore accepted views of early kinship which represented it as a system where women were superior to men , where sex was unrestricted , and where the private and isolation of the group formed by parents and children was replaced by the commonality of a much larger undivided group .
6 But when organizations grow to a level where it is impossible for all the members to know each other , where the division of work between individuals and groups becomes more strict , where communications are restricted by physical and administrative distances and boundaries — in such a situation the need for an idea-handling system arises even in an organization where the cultural and climate conditions support creativity and innovation .
7 In a market-orientated society , where every good or service has its price , the low-pay ‘ price tag ’ attached to some workers sums up in their eyes the low value placed on them by society .
8 Where a relative or friend of a person in custody inquires as to his whereabouts , that person should normally be told unless the detainee objects or unless any of the factors , noted above , justifying delay , apply .
9 The numeric may be a constant , a variable , or a mathematical or boolean expression .
10 With either type , you may find a 50mm socket , into which a suitably-sized boss connector or adaptor is welded to take a solvent-welded or push-fit pipe , or a push-fit or compression fitting which takes a branch pipe directly so needs to be the correct size .
11 It may be a jacket or a top and skirt , but I 'm sure you know the one I mean !
12 You may be an older person living on your own or in someone else 's home , or a relative or friend helping to look after an elderly person .
13 Originally , the Commissioner could provide assistance to any union member who was taking , or contemplating taking , proceedings against their union or an official or trustee of the union in a complaint that the union had breached various specific statutory duties .
14 I must say that the black and gold hardware that has been chosen for this guitar is excellent , too .
15 It is often based at a Community Mental Health Centre ( CMHC ) , although if it is , it is important that the supervisory and rehabilitation staff operate separately from the staff who provide the routine day-to-day mental health service , otherwise the needs of those in crisis may quickly push the needs of long-term sufferers into the background .
16 But I think I do appreciate that the Economic and Development has invited me on .
17 If the patient 's well-being is enhanced or if a problem such as asthma is cured , but joint pains flare up or a skin rash develops , the physician can reassure the patient that things are moving in the right direction and that the joint or skin problem should be transient and will also clear up in due course .
18 Moreover , it has been assumed that the mean and variance of v is not affected , but this may not be the right normalization .
19 It was crucial that the postal and telephone services , access roads , car parks , electricity , gas , drainage , etc. should be available or could easily be provided .
20 So I ask this congress to watch closely this benefits agency , and let's make sure that the sick and maternity grants get paid correctly to what they are entitled to .
21 In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika .
22 This is a neat and internally consistent explanation and fully explains why it is that the military and industry have to get together .
23 It is no surprise , perhaps , that the British and French are the most tongue-tied of all , with only 27 per cent boasting three languages .
24 He declared that the sane and sound advocacy of social democracy by the SDP would outlast all the various actionist ‘ will o ’ the wisps ' which , while apparently indicating easy roads to the promised land of social and economic emancipation , finally led to anarchical swamps and morasses ( SE 6 August 21 . ) .
25 From what has been said , it is clear that the domestic and workshop accommodation , together with their associated properties and features , formed the predominant element along the frontages of the small towns .
26 Now , in no constitutional state is it true that the legislative and executive functions are in precisely the same hands , for … the executive must always be a smaller body than the legislature .
27 ( Barzani said on May 24 that the legislative and executive councils of the Kurdistan autonomous region created under legislation of 1974 had not operated for over a year .
28 And do you seriously believe that the American or world computer industry would be better today if IBM had been broken up into five pieces 20 years ago , as the 1960s and 1970s trustbusters proposed ?
29 Professional investment analysts and advisers are sometimes attracted to the OTC market like bees to the proverbial honeypot , and significantly seem no more interested in figures and ratios than the common or garden punter .
30 Official monthly statistics , based upon those claiming social security benefits , suggest that women 's unemployment has at times risen at a much faster rate than men 's , although the absolute and percentage numbers for men remain higher .
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