Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 2 | To the Editor of The Times , 18 December 1990 : Sir , You said in your leader of 14 December , ‘ the highly political decision to enter the European exchange rate mechanism last October and at an exchange rate of DM2.95 to the pound looked like a mistake at the time . |
| 3 | Indeed , tighter financial targets increasingly conflicted with the consensual political decision to maintain a certain size of railway system . |
| 4 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 5 | All of these people would be affected by the Labour proposals to introduce a new top income tax rate of 50 per cent , and to extend national insurance contributions on salaries above £21,000 . |
| 6 | Major pharmaceutical companies often did not have the multi-disciplinary expertise to develop the necessary products and processes and Chiros was collaborating with several of them , Richards said . |
| 7 | Because the second–class coaches use a common bodyshell with first–class coaches , seats do not always align with the windows . |
| 8 | She squinted at Madeleine 's thin ankles , arched foot swinging a high-heeled slipper . |
| 9 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 10 | Subsequent Georgian investigations produced a different version of events . |
| 11 | The dock company in due course took a long lease of the area in question from the Secretary of State for Defence , although the ports authority insisted that the necessary planning consent be obtained before the lease was signed . |
| 12 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 13 | The second volume , however , had a number of letters as well as an unfinished play to make the required length . |
| 14 | The two main issues thought to have been on the agenda for Li 's visit were South Korea 's intention to apply for separate membership of the UN ( North Korea favoured the two Korean states sharing a single UN seat ) , and the growing pressure for the North Korean government to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities , an issue at the heart of the current normalization talks between North Korea and Japan [ see below ] . |
| 15 | Henceforth socialist organisation in the universities was for many years weakened by division between ‘ socialist ’ — i.e. Communist-controlled or influenced-societies and Labour Clubs supporting the Labour Party . |
| 16 | The motion , tabled when the government invoked a technical measure to pass the first reading of the 1993 budget without a division , failed when the Communist Party ( PCF ) deputies once again refused to back it , saying that they would not vote with the right . |
| 17 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
| 18 | If economic weakness exposed the British to American leverage , it also gave them bargaining power , given the anxiety of the Americans to achieve certain objectives . |
| 19 | The situational shifts prevent a consistent plot-line from forming , making the novel essentially unpredictable , and Sukenick further complicates our sense of sequence by counterpointing a ‘ count-down ’ sequence of chapters against the ascending page-numbers . |
| 20 | ‘ There is a popular perception that the monetary authorities dictate the general level of interest rates , and of course it is true that we are able to exert a very considerable influence on it . |
| 21 | An intact skin protects the internal structures from water loss and assists in temperature regulation . |
| 22 | The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side . |
| 23 | Endoscopic sphincterotomy and basket extraction of the stones has been the most widely used technique having an overall success rate of 85% in clearing the ducts . |
| 24 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with an almost straight distal edge or may be rounded triangular in shape . |
| 25 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with a slight distal lobe . |
| 26 | The oral shield has an obtuse proximal angle , indented lateral sides and a convex distal edge ; the distal portion of the shield appears enlarged , extending approximately half-way to the disk edge . |
| 27 | The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area . |
| 28 | However , junior officers upholding the sanctity of Japan 's rural heritage led the physical attack on politicians and zaibatsu leaders in a series of assassinations . |
| 29 | The manager who has the job of making any decision should have the technical skills to make a sensible decision and avoid unnecessary mistakes . |
| 30 | These allowances , plus a few others , are deducted from the total income to produce the taxable income . |