Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in South Africa today , and surely for a good many years to come , there are also additional considerations that demand from a large company actions and policies that go beyond its immediate business interests and seek to ameliorate the excessive social and economic imbalances that have developed in our society . |
| 2 | Nordic Water , an offshoot of the building and real estate group , NCC , makes water-treatment products and does design and contracting work for water companies , industry and local authorities . |
| 3 | Bill , Roger and Vincent you will be the respective time keepers okay I 'll give you timing in due course but remember to give a two minute warning which is the rap on the desk make sure going on and you will find out the role plays will or may run over time . |
| 4 | This deep-rooted process of change can now be brought to bear on the ‘ official ’ health system as the signing of the peace agreements between the government and the FMLN has ushered in a period of more open political struggle and has created new political spaces . |
| 5 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 6 | He seized the broomstick between his strong teeth and began to leap about , trying to wrest it from Angela 's grasp . |
| 7 | The essence of the British suggestion was that the time had come to rationalise the proliferation of European institutions that had sprung up over the past decade , most specifically by introducing a single European assembly which , unrelated to any one organisation , would serve them all . |
| 8 | 6 Individual voters are rational and informed ; they have an appreciation of their own best interests ; and so they give the parties programatic support and vote according to the parties ' past or prospective action in office in the light of their own knowledge and interests . |
| 9 | The study is based mainly upon the records of the civil courts supplemented by such papers of corporate and administrative institutions as have survived . |
| 10 | As the economic recession continued to worsen , however , the government , in 1976 , reduced very substantially its regional programmes and began to give more emphasis to encouraging economic growth in the prosperous regions . |
| 11 | He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door but gave her a friendly wave and began to walk up the path . |
| 12 | When applied to forecasts of present population it can reveal interesting possible futures or help to confirm more precisely suppositions already made . |
| 13 | Foals with meconium retention exhibit colic-type signs or continued straining . |
| 14 | It is clear that this change is highly evaluated in Belfast in terms of social class hierarchy and status , as it is the more prestigious groups that tend to adopt it and the more ‘ advanced ’ ( generally female and younger ) group who introduce it to the conservative inner-city communities ( which are characterized by dense and multiplex network ties that tend to resist innovation and maintain conservative forms ) . |
| 15 | He played sweet hillbilly guitar and sang lilting modern Irish ballads such as ‘ Summertime in Ireland ’ and ‘ At Home in Old Kilcar ’ . |
| 16 | The agricultural base that had offered wealth and apparent stability to Sussex life was steadily weakened in the course of the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | Erm you know , almost you have to go too far or to go such er an extent it would be erm and the force simply to erm stop counter-revolution and , and to overthrow all , you know , deep seated authorities that had lasted thousands of years , I mean to , to overcome that you do need a revolution . |
| 18 | Ministers were selected mainly from the ruling National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ( MRND — until June 1991 the National Revolutionary Movement for Development ) , with one from the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) ; both parties had announced their working programmes and had listed members . |
| 19 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 20 | But the bid for aid was submitted by a consortium of all three regional authorities and intended to cover the area administered under the Highland and Islands Development Board . |
| 21 | As figure 1 illustrates the Chemicals sector now represents 10% of total exports and has shown a 15% increase from £722.9 million in 1989 to £833.3 million in 1990 . |
| 22 | I was sure he knew I could barely contain myself or restrain my trembling fingers that longed to run their tips along the insides of those meaty thighs that were spreadeagled enticingly over the edge of his seat . |
| 23 | The applicants in the main proceedings pointed out that the Secretary of State conceded in the Divisional Court that Community law would prevent the enforcement of nationality , domicile and residence requirements as conditions for entry for Community nationals to occupations or economic activities and sought to justify the conditions on the basis of the obligations of the United Kingdom in public international law and of the special nature of the Common Fisheries Policy . |
| 24 | The government has been quick to say that it plans to continue the economic policies that have pleased businessmen and kept the country relatively well-off . |
| 25 | Yet in another sense , there are specific molecules that do determine the shape of an elephant , because we know that , if we altered a gene in the fertilized egg , we might alter the shape of the future elephant . |
| 26 | Mortimer found a junior lieutenant and began issuing orders to have his maps of the island , tactical notes , and sundry other items brought in . |
| 27 | Your publication has given some of the world 's best humorists and cartooonists their most memorable exposure and has inspired countless others to pick up the pen and make complete fools out of themselves . |
| 28 | Although the government continued to suspect him , he seems not to have taken any further part in rebellious activities and tried to dissuade his old friend Thomas Russell [ q.v. ] from organizing another rebellion in 1803 . |
| 29 | In particular , it is not a consequence of Lakatos 's methodology that scientists should adopt progressive programmes and abandon degenerating ones . |
| 30 | However , Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen , present as a guest , denied that China was seeking regional hegemony and offered to shelve the sovereignty issue and proceed with the " joint development " of the Spratlys . |