Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being a member of the Anabantidae family , they have an auxiliary breathing apparatus called a labyrinth into which they draw air from the surface . |
| 2 | Although he believes the Labour vote is firmer than that of the Conservatives , the cautious conclusion in his camp is that , in the range of possibilities , a Labour majority government has a slight edge over Labour as the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 3 | He commented ‘ Advanced computer software plays an important part in helping oil and gas reservoir engineers both to assess and devise exploitation strategies for oil field reserves . |
| 4 | The National Trust , the UK 's most active conservation charity , is one of many organisations in Somerset to use the expertise of British Gas South Western 's Technical Consultancy Service to make the most of natural gas . |
| 5 | April : April 1 : Bessmertnykh discussed in Beijing measures to resolve Soviet-Chinese border disputes , and the reduction of troops on both sides of the border ; April 4 : Polish Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki held talks with Gorbachev in Moscow on the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland , the internal situation in both countries , and prospects for co-operation ; April 4 : Romanian President Iliescu arrived in Moscow to sign the Soviet-Romanian Treaty ; April 8-9 : Bessmertnykh , visiting Belgrade , supported the preservation of Yugoslavia 's territorial integrity ; April 8 : Viktor Komplektov named as new Soviet ambassador to the USA ; April 9-10 : Bessmertnykh had talks in Athens with Greek President Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Antonis Samaras and signed a treaty of friendship and co-operation ; April 16-19 : President Gorbachev visited Japan , the first visit by a Soviet leader , and had a number of ( inconclusive ) discussions with Japanese officials about the fate of the disputed Kurile Islands — the main obstacle to a significant increase in the amount of Japanese aid and credits to the USSR ; April 17 : as part of a $3,000 million aid package agreed earlier in the year , the South Korean Export-Import bank signed an agreement giving the Soviet Union $800 million worth of credits to purchase South Korean raw materials and consumer goods . |
| 6 | In a separate incident , 30 armed men from the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry attacked a CIS military fuel depot near Baku on April 8 ; two people were killed . |
| 7 | The professional certificate programme comprises the following areas of study : |
| 8 | However , as you can see in the photograph below the results are very handsome and a good example of the classic cable pattern taken a step further . |
| 9 | Probably the king 's enterprising patronage in other ways and his need of papal financial and political support help to explain the want of any crisis then in contrast with 1279–81 . |
| 10 | Jerry Rice 's 42-yard touchdown catch led the San Francisco 49ers to a 27–10 win over the Los Angeles Rams while the Minnesota Vikings continued their march to the NFC Central crown when Aundray McMillan 's 25-yard interception touchdown clinched a 17–13 win over the Cleveland Browns . |
| 11 | PLO chairman Yasser Arafat said today that his mainstream Fatah faction approved a self-rule deal with Israel and mutual recognition could be only days away . |
| 12 | In the Central Market in San Salvador , the manager , General Noel Aparicio , created a special uniformed and armed vigilante force to intimidate the market women , " It got to the point where we felt we were entering a prison , not a market . |
| 13 | The business done in the Spanish electronics sector dropped a disconcerting 17% in 1992 according to figures produced by Aniel , the electronics sector employers organisation . |
| 14 | Post-modern title , recycled stand-up material cleverly ‘ disguised ’ as the bit in the tobacconist 's kiosk , and the usual wacky sketch format lent a healthy continuity by the fact that Merton eschewed the 15-scriptwriters fall-back and wrote the entire series with long-time collaborator John Irwin . |
| 15 | An armed response unit reached the bank within minutes and a police helicopter hovered overhead , but the robber had escaped through the back of the building empty-handed . |
| 16 | So , a person with a higher than normal cholesterol concentration carries a relatively low risk if he/she does not smoke , has low blood pressure , is not overweight , exercises regularly and has no history of heart disease in the family . |
| 17 | An Army spokesman said gunmen from the HVO Croatian Defence Force attacked the 500-lorry convoy taking aid to the town of Tuzla . |
| 18 | The outstanding guitar technique belies the fact that Slim did n't start playing until the age of 20 . |
| 19 | Liverpool City Council leader Harry Rimmer made a strong pitch for the region at a special hearing before a European Parliament committee examining the problems of large urban areas . |
| 20 | Bodies that have particular input to and effect on issues of European spectrum management include the European Commission , which is taking an increasingly active interest in telecommunications and has identified two major tasks ahead for member states : the liberalisation of telecommunications services and the separation of regulatory and operational functions . |
| 21 | He was a local lad and already a star in clubland , and I was a second-year apprentice comic visiting the north-east for the first time and decidedly wary of its reputation . |
| 22 | Since the Trade Descriptions Act came into force in 1969 there is substantial and extensive case law deciding the question of due diligence . |
| 23 | High scores on the oral hygiene index carried a greater risk of coronary heart disease than on the periodontal index ( table III ) . |
| 24 | Use an angled mouth pipette to localize a few embryos in a small drop of infiltration mix in the centre of the flat base of a BEEM capsule , fill up the capsule with Spurr and polymerize at 60C for 16 h . |
| 25 | In conjunction with the three day event there will be The British Young Riders ' National Championships , and a Hunter Show — with five qualifying classes and a Working Hunter Class attracting the cream of the country 's show horses . |
| 26 | Sticksman Joe mans a wild but never woolly rhythm base to rival the show 's more obvious stars — honey-throated haranguestress Roxanne , and tom , the one-man post-whatever guitar genre . |
| 27 | Solid carbon dioxide has a similar structure with the C02 molecules occupying the lattice sites . |
| 28 | Damien , of Vicinage Park , and 18-year-old Michael Paul Largey , of Andersonstown Park West , were killed when a stolen Fiesta car struck a tree on the Falls Road in the early hours of Wednesday morning . |
| 29 | There are unlikely to be any problems in attracting a junior football club to share the school field . |
| 30 | What are the prospects of the embryonic Korean Car Industry undermining the small car market we currently enjoy ? |