Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arabic and/or French capability an advantage . |
| 2 | In dense jungle or tall grass the shooting was usually done from elephant back , a comparatively safe exercise except when a cornered tiger sprang at the howdah in which the shikari and his gun-bearer were poised on the elephant . |
| 3 | There is a limit of £750,000 on the amount an eligible company can raise under the BES in any tax year , although for ship operating or chartering companies or assured tenancies the limit is £5m . |
| 4 | Well a man is n't subject to moods or premenstrual tension a guy is n't going to phone in sick with some crap about cramps . |
| 5 | I can well believe that when he now catches this distinctive smell when passing Indian or Pakistani restaurants a nausea returns to him — it is , so to speak , the cuisine of shame . |
| 6 | What differentiates the Asiatic system is that while in the ancient or feudal systems the community sees itself as a fundamental unit and as the holder of its common property , in the oriental case it does not . |
| 7 | With non-word letter strings or multi-syllabic words the position is less clear . |
| 8 | But in another variety of comic crime fiction you can take as a chief character , as indeed your detective , a person who is to a greater or lesser extent a figure of fun , someone prone to fall victim to more or less ridiculous circumstances . |
| 9 | To greater or lesser extent the debate hinges on the faith participants have in the ability of market forces to work effectively . |
| 10 | By 1985 the five network companies were producing 45.5 per cent of the ITV programmes , amounting to more than 40 peak or near-peak hours a week . |
| 11 | So in addition to standard depreciation allowances , certain designated sectors can write off another 25 per cent of the investment against tax in the first year , while in energy saving or robotic investment the rate has gone as high as 60 per cent . |
| 12 | In the case of ancient or medieval coinage the existence in different groups of coins of different or similar patterns of die axis may support or reduce the likelihood of some coins belonging in the same group . |
| 13 | The free volume is a measure of the space available for the polymer to undergo rotation and translation , and when the polymer is in the liquid or rubber-like states the amount of free volume will increase with temperature as the molecular motion increases . |
| 14 | In libraries serving these or similar groups the use of readability formulas may be considered , in which sentence length and word complexity are taken into account to rate the simplicity of the language used . |
| 15 | However , the media present a biassed view that denies the validity of intelligence tests and deprives people from poor or deprived backgrounds a chance to develop their abilities |
| 16 | Section 4 of the UCTA subjects any such counter-indemnity granted by a consumer to the test of reasonableness , so that in cases other than death or personal injury the situation is identical to that subsisting under s 2(2) but this left the operation of s 2 ( 1 ) unclear in relation to a counter-indemnity granted by a consumer in respect of death or personal injury suffered by himself . |
| 17 | Bush 's announcement effectively lifted a 10-year ban on US arms sales to Taiwan , in place since the signing of a 1982 Sino-US communiqué stating that US arms sales to Taiwan " will not exceed either in qualitative or quantitative terms the level of those supplied in recent years … |
| 18 | In areas of water-bearing or fissured rock the machine is operated in closed mode and spoil is removed as slurry ; in more competent ground the open mode can be used together with more conventional mucking out techniques . |
| 19 | The term is borrowed from the Greek word for pointing or indicating , and has as prototypical or focal exemplars the use of demonstratives , first and second person pronouns , tense , specific time and place adverbs like now and here , and a variety of other grammatical features tied directly to the circumstances of utterance . |
| 20 | If the doctor 's duty is a matter of law , a court could restrain a doctor from continuing such treatment , and he could be held liable to pay damages for any distress or increased discomfort the patient suffered as a consequence , in that his conduct would amount to negligence . |
| 21 | It would be naive to say that marital dissatisfaction is always a feature in marital unfaithfulness but in long-term or continued adultery the comment is probably a true one . |
| 22 | The studies used as a basis for judgement are generally lacking in control because of the finality of educational decision making and placement ( in the sense that we can not return the child to an original or alternative placement a year later and be able to start from the same point again ) . |
| 23 | This is more likely when , for example , the difficulties concern the general aspects of a relationship , or non-specific dissatisfaction a person may experience with his current lifestyle . |
| 24 | Where a loss is caused by wear and tear or gradual deterioration no claim will be recoverable under this Policy wording . |
| 25 | ‘ To a wealthy or aristocratic criminal the vengeance of the law is as a flea , which merely tickles ’ , observed Reynolds 's Newspaper which thought that as far as the Garotter 's Act went ‘ only poor , plebeian criminals will be exposed … rich and aristocratic ruffians … are certain to be exempted from flogging ’ . |
| 26 | If a long hall was to be vaulted by a cross or groined vault the room would be divided by piers into square bays each of which would be covered by a cross vault . |
| 27 | Planted near deep blue flowers or purple foliage the effect is absolutely ravishing . |
| 28 | Spray-wipe techniques with a solvent hard surface cleaner or solvent degreaser can be used on light soiling but for moderate or heavy soiling a brush applied alkali degreaser is more suitable . |
| 29 | If we postulate , and we just have , that within un- , sub- or supernatural forces the probability is that the law of probability will not operate as a factor , then we must accept that the probability of the first part will not operate as a factor , in which case the law of probability will operate as a factor within un- , sub- or supernatural forces . |
| 30 | Dedicated but poor woodworker starting in business will give any old or unwanted tools a kind , loving home . |