Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , fears that fundholders would encourage referrals to private clinics to avoid a charge on their budgets seem to be unfounded , certainly as far as these aggregate data are concerned , and there was only limited evidence that fundholders were making use of their freedom to contract with private hospitals for outpatient services for NHS patients . |
| 2 | All five patients receiving oral cyclosporin had a remission but relapse occurred within three months of discontinuing the drug . |
| 3 | Not only can the more elongated whelks withdraw further into their shells , sometimes disappearing completely from view , but also the narrow aperture prevents a crab from obtaining a satisfactory purchase on the lip with its chela ( Vermeij , 1974 ; Hughes and Elner , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
| 5 | If the odd buyer hits a software bug , well , bad luck , call us and we 'll talk you through it . |
| 6 | One assumption is that any intelligent species will in due course develop a technology , just as we have done . |
| 7 | It is also intended in due course to hold a number of open meetings in various places in the U.K. which I hope many Members will be able to attend . |
| 8 | As between the three common law Inns the choice does not really matter : you can quite well be a member of one Inn , become a pupil in chambers belonging to a second , and in due course attain a seat in chambers belonging to a third . |
| 9 | It was through this most improbable passage of Scripture , taken home to her by the Spirit , that she in due course became a Christian . |
| 10 | I have my doubts about this one but you may in due course get a proposal from him . |
| 11 | In some European countries with a two-party system , in which the parties have traditionally been closely associated with the major classes in capitalist society , changes in the class structure — such as were examined in Chapter 1 — have made possible the emergence or revival of ‘ centre ’ parties , and changes of this kind may in due course have an impact upon the electoral system itself . |
| 12 | But here , if you were caught preparing an escape , the worst that could happen to you was fourteen days solitary confinement with books and writing materials , and it was often a pleasant change to spend a fortnight by yourself after months of compulsory association . |
| 13 | On Dec. 18 the Georgian parliament issued a statement suspending the second round of Russian-Georgian talks on bilateral relations currently under way in Moscow and recalling Georgia 's delegation . |
| 14 | To begin with the government wants private operators to cast a spider 's web of cable-TV over the country , It is n't obvious that this is the best way to go about it . |
| 15 | He said the standard return fare between York and London would rise from £84 to £117.60 as private operators sought a 20pc profit on their investment . |
| 16 | But there is no doing so unless we accept that the literal writer has an imagination . |
| 17 | But the bearing of children at advanced ages to satisfy a demand for large numbers of them as , for example , in the Africa region is associated both with higher levels of maternal mortality , early childhood mortality and the morbidity of infants and young children . |
| 18 | persistent fingers play a virtuoso trill |
| 19 | This was the general , and rather bleak , attitude behind his specific attempts to reach a formula for what was in effect a new Christian activism . |
| 20 | Comte suggested that a society 's political institutions provide an indication of the stage which has been attained by civilization . |
| 21 | Then in July 1966 the Welsh Nationalists won a by-election at Carmarthen and in November 1967 the Scottish National Party overturned a 16,000 Labour majority to win a by-election at Hamilton . |
| 22 | In recognising the safety and accessibility needs of pedestrians the Council has nominated a Pedestrian Liaison Officer who has a specific responsibility to provide an interface with groups representing pedestrian interests to allow their views to be highlighted . |
| 23 | America acted despite a last-ditch plea to avert a world trade war by Michael Heseltine last night . |
| 24 | A LAST-DITCH plea to avert a world trade war was made by Michael Heseltine last night . |
| 25 | Detective Inspector Ian Redpath had sufficient experience of the Thames at low tide to keep a pair of gumboots in his car , and the police surgeon , Dr. Gillespie , was similarly well equipped . |
| 26 | The tensions in political priorities and prevailing values find an echo in decisions about the appropriate balance between centralised and localised infra-structure for management development . |
| 27 | The professional correspondent became a stock figure in farces and films . |
| 28 | TWO alert cops made a drug bust — and seized cannabis plants growing at the POLICE STATION . |
| 29 | By now you will have made a definite decision to become an actor — no matter what the problems or obstacles . |
| 30 | Hundreds of delegates from around 25 political groups amended a charter presented by the EPRDF , and as a first step towards its implementation elected an 87-member Council of Representatives . |