Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of any third party judicial or administrative procedure the parties can ignore a defect supposedly invalidating a treaty , and continue to regard the treaty as valid ; the concept of absolute invalidity has little practical application in treaty law . |
| 2 | Different professional institutions may define to a greater or lesser extent the modes and their mix . |
| 3 | Wilcock , the expatriate in Manhattan , also echoed in his concern with cultural anarchy rather than political action the preoccupations of the American expatriates in London . |
| 4 | Jenna looked across at him as they sat with their coffee in the sitting-room that still bore the signs of her mother 's impeccable taste . |
| 5 | It should also diminish the roadside piles of kitchen refuse , plastic bottles and ( in mysterious numbers ) old mattresses that still litter the places the rubbish trucks have yet to reach . |
| 6 | The most important aspect of it are the trees that still line the hedgerows even after the depredations of Dutch elm disease . |
| 7 | With the ground shifting beneath both ‘ imperial greatness ’ and unproblematic prosperity the Tories ' electoral bloc showed increasing signs of weakness . |
| 8 | In return for military and economic assistance the Syrians , however , have provided the USSR access to the ports of Latakia and Tartus for the servicing of ships as well as to the airfield at Tiyas . |
| 9 | In terms of political and economic organization the Jews were certainly more Hellenized after the Maccabean revolution than before it . |
| 10 | A notice of intention to submit a claim should comply with the requirements of the contract and , if possible state the clause(s) under which the application is made |
| 11 | Dysphagia caused by an excessively tight wrap should be most evident when the wrap is intact , but in all of our patients with dysphagia and intact wrap the symptoms were occasional and not disturbing unless there was some other abnormality ( Barrett 's oesophagus , oesophagitis or impaired gastro-oesophageal function ) . |
| 12 | To create a safe and reliable vehicle the brakes need uprating to LWB specification with a servo The exhaust system needs fabricating properly and all fuel lines , water pipes and wiring needs to be properly engineered If you are not a competent engineer I would recommend you did not attempt this We have seen many disastrous conversions ! |
| 13 | If a creditor has levied and completed execution the debentureholders can not compel him to restore the money , nor , until the charge has crystallised , can he be restrained from levying execution . |
| 14 | A young couple might well anticipate marriage in the complacent and deeply rooted assumption that a pregnancy would be followed by a regularisation of the tie , but in the new economic and social situation the irregularities of the economy might well snatch away the spouse . |
| 15 | In the spring and early summer the archbishops of Bremen and of Magdeburg and the bishop of Osnabruck went over to Philip . |
| 16 | In animal , human , emblematic and symbolic imagery the gods were shown in their many forms , which attempted to present facets of the divinity but could not describe his totality . |
| 17 | Er you 've then got a series on confiscation confiscation and retribution of land , so article two , land , draught animals , farm implements and surplus grain the landlords surplus houses shall be confiscated . |
| 18 | A salient characteristic of the internal structure of' the elite is that it is rational , in the sense that it is structured so as to achieve in a purposeful and conscious manner the objectives of the elite as a whole . |
| 19 | They are concerned with what is perceived to be ‘ right ’ for individual old people and their supporters and what degree of professional responsibility and organisational accountability the workers have for such people . |
| 20 | A newly arrived unskilled Mediterranean worker living in a run-down neighbourhood in a Scandinavian city is more likely to feel , and appear , in some significant ways more socially incompetent that a middle-class , professional native living in the suburbs : even though the boundaries for each may be comparable in kind and number , for the skilled and socialised native the boundaries be relatively more open than for the unskilled and unsocialised gästarbetare . |
| 21 | By introducing specialist training and good management the bikes have been used extensively . |
| 22 | Meanwhile as my visits to South Africa showed me in such a traumatic and depressing way the conditions of the majority have got worse there 's economic recession lay-offs , high inflation rate and growing violence more people have been killed in South Africa in the last two years than in any previous two years that you look at . |
| 23 | All sorts of bits were falling off , exposing lots of snazzy metalwork and futuristic circuitry the likes of which I had never seen the likes of . |
| 24 | In both Alcoa and United Shoe the courts acknowledged that the defendants had built their market shares by legal means , but none the less found them guilty because their respective dominant positions were due to conscious choice . |
| 25 | When we got back to our building everybody else was up and busy cleaning the rooms . |
| 26 | There 's certainly a tribal vibe here , but it 's not the kind of ecstatic enlightenment and spiritual hedonism The Shamen are promoting . |
| 27 | And if , in special circumstances , compliance with a provision of the Schedules would be inconsistent with the requirement to give a true and fair view the directors must depart from that provision to the extent necessary , giving , in a note to the accounts , particulars of the departure and the reasons for , and effect of , it . |
| 28 | With this sense of collective experience and shared pleasure the camps offered a commonality characteristic of working-class community . |
| 29 | Sure the world needs more love in it ; sure , the brutal and uncaring hold the reins ; sure , some people have no choice about having their lives wasted — but I celebrate the brutal and wasteful in music because I know what fascinates me , and it 's not this ghastly New Wave soul with-the-one-saxophone-tacked-on . |
| 30 | If it 's difficult to make the tool shed secure , think about buying army surplus steel lockers or ammunition boxes to lock your tools in , and if necessary bolt the containers to the floor . |