Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Whether in the SenFed or in the Freeworlds that have n't joined , there is simply no such thing as one hundred percent security . |
2 | " Ladies and gentlemen , the fact that cholera is conveyed in the atmosphere is amply supported by the epidemic in Newcastle in 1853 when it became clear that during the months of September and October an invisible cholera cloud was suspended over the town . |
3 | It is clear that under the Taxes Act benefits received by persons which cause income tax liabilities to arise are of two different types . |
4 | He called for continued support for the government , and also made it clear that in the discussions of a new constitution , his preference was for a presidential republic . |
5 | But credit should be given where it is due , and it is clear that in the years before the report the Goldsmiths were considering — still in a vague way and mindful of the possibility of a Government Inquiry — how " a more liberal observance of the apparent intentions of the Founders ' might be effected . |
6 | The presence of Henry and his sons , together with their army , made a considerable impression on the Limousin , though it is also clear that in the months between June 1176 and October 1177 Richard had effectively wielded power in this region , quartering his Brabançons on monastic estates as he chose . |
7 | And yet it is equally clear that in the minds of those who believed in his divinity , he was indeed a god . |
8 | It is clear that in the eyes of Jesus ' contemporaries the cross was a contemptuous symbol . |
9 | The wide entitlement to reliefs and rebates , which the government insisted were more generous than under the rates ; the existence of safety nets to redistribute income between certain authorities ; and the immediate introduction of capping all fudged the relationship between councils and voters . |
10 | The British government bought a controlling interest in Anglo-Persian , which from then on operated in Iran on terms much more favourable to the British than to the Iranians . |
11 | Even before Vivien 's committal , Eliot had been much more free than in the days of his marriage ; in the summer of 1935 he was with Emily Hale in Gloucestershire , and also visited the Fabers in Wales . |
12 | Nowhere will the difference be more marked than in the attitudes towards law and order . |
13 | The ventral arm plates are axe shaped to irregularly hexagonal and broadly contiguous except on the tips of the arms . |
14 | " But " , he added , " I am afraid that to the aestheticians of these days you will seem like a sleepwalker , whom it is inadvisable , not to say dangerous , and , above all , impossible to follow . " |
15 | ‘ Lovely fresh herbs from the garden picked all fresh and with no chemicals on ! ’ |
16 | The weather was cold and windy and during the photographs my hat blew off several times . |
17 | Unionists who opposed his policies , such as Sir Knox Cunningham , the Westminster MP for South Antrim , spoke against O'Neill both in public and in the councils of the Unionist Party . |
18 | You know , it 's funny but over the years I can always remember you saying : me , my , mine . |
19 | It was the triumphant and majestic application of the techniques perfected by Joseph Paxton for the Crystal Palace ( 1851 ) , an arching rib-cage of iron to support a skin-covering of glass , admitting light but excluding the elements . |
20 | One night the black spring sky may be quiet and peaceful , empty but for the cicadas . |
21 | The combination with videodisc players is particularly interesting because of the ways random access can be exploited . |
22 | Although the traditional approach is precisely this , Professor Preston argues that it is no longer adequate because of the effects of secularisation on Western society . |
23 | Going down the cinder path to the screen in the dark , with our one feeble torch , was always horrendous because of the rats scuttling across the path . |
24 | This would not necessarily occur for the risk ratings since these may have been initially quite high because of the drivers ’ unfamiliarity with the car when giving the first ratings . |
25 | But what of Mr Major 's claim that Mr Ashdown has more in common with Labour than with the Tories and could be the Trojan horse with which Mr Kinnock bursts through the wrought-iron gates into Downing Street ? |
26 | German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised . |
27 | Sometimes the names of the authors of the report appear on the title page but , if the report is going out in the name of an organisation , it may be kept impersonal except for the signatures at the end . |
28 | Revisionist work in this area is less advanced than on the events of 1917 itself , but it has begun to unravel the process which led to the rapid breakdown of the broad popular alliance of October , the metamorphosis of the Bolshevik party , and the transformation in the nature of its power . |
29 | Per Lord Mackay of Clashfern L.C. I regard it as crucial that on the facts as found the taxpayers ' sons occupied only surplus places and their right to do so was entirely discretionary ( post , p. 1036A–B ) . |
30 | The people looked different , too more akin to the Cambodians or Siamese than to the Malays of the coast . |