Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy was the release of such power that 2.2 pounds weight of the material , plutonium , could in the event of complete fission produce violent strength in the muscle of physics that was equivalent to the detonation of 20,000 tons of conventional explosive . |
| 2 | Scott-Kilvert showed his affection for Greece by serving for many years on the council and executive committee of the Anglo-Hellenic League , in due course becoming honorary secretary . |
| 3 | A year or so later his professional technique scored another success . |
| 4 | Only a last-ditch struggle saved that fragment . |
| 5 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 6 | A specific grant allows central government to encourage local authorities to pursue particular policies by making money available only for programmes of which they approve . |
| 7 | The decent community solidarity and welfare socialism that Mr Kinnock embodied was caught on the horns of a terrible contradiction , which Labour in opposition did nothing to resolve , since it did not tackle early enough the low tax/public spending anti-welfare consensus that Thatcherism built . |
| 8 | Living on a low income requires strict budgeting and control over expenditure . |
| 9 | Dahl points out that a person with a low income faces greater difficulty in fighting a campaign than a wealthy person but that money is not the only factor when it comes to winning an election . |
| 10 | US Cellular Corp saw third quarter net losses of $6m up from losses of $4.4m last time , on turnover up 66.5% at $42.2m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $1.7m down from losses of $26.2m last time , after $14.9m gains from the sale of cellular interests this time and $10.3m tax charges last time , on turnover that rose by 72.2% to $109.7m . |
| 11 | Their challenge , in common with three other teams of course members , was to propose a specific opportunity to reduce working capital . |
| 12 | The complete ORF encoding this subunit is 4350 bp-long and , according to the nomenclature proposed for ASFV ORFs ( 11 ) , it has been called NP1450L ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 13 | In fact there was ample opportunity to achieve this objective . |
| 14 | With such examples in mind , it is small wonder that developing countries feel equally free to use countertrade when short-term necessity over-rides any sense of the longer term and less certain consequences . |
| 15 | Even normal breathing produces enough water vapour to cause condensation and mould growth |
| 16 | In this context , Bryan Gould 's decision to challenge John Smith for the Labour leadership , as our political correspondent wrote last week , is welcome — not because he will win , but because it forces a debate to take place . |
| 17 | Thus , the observation that brief exposure to a flavour produces latent inhibition only at short retention intervals ( say 3–4 h ) whereas more prolonged exposure produces latent inhibition at intervals of 24 h or more is not in itself proof of the suggestion that different mechanisms underlie the two cases . |
| 18 | An advanced course develops existing expertise — exploring factors that influence the customer , business , produce and sales-person . |
| 19 | A white , descended from Corsican immigrants , Cipriani had sharpened his latent powers of leadership in the prolonged fight to get equal treatment for West Indian soldiers during the first World War . |
| 20 | Neil , as it happens , is himself a committed Scot , but the Scottish-based executives say that it is not the current incumbent of that post , but the fact that the regional directorate enjoys ultimate power of veto which worries them . |
| 21 | When she arrived at the Rectory she found that Mrs Chamberlin was out , the Rectory children had been taken for a walk by the nursemaid , the Rector had asked not to be disturbed for he had both a parish letter and acute indigestion to tackle that afternoon . |
| 22 | During her third term Mrs Thatcher became the longest serving Prime Minister this century , and she has had , therefore , an unparalleled opportunity to change British society . |
| 23 | The main work on the subject of food intolerance in Crohn 's disease by Alun-Jones et al has involved the use of elemental diet or total parenteral nutrition to obtain clinical remission from active disease , followed by a daily , single food reintroduction regimen ( elimination diets ) . |
| 24 | European interests were secondary to national objectives , except where European political unity carried more clout in the international political scene . |
| 25 | Ackroyd 's strange experience began one day as he looked out from his lonely signal box . |
| 26 | However , this chord fits in well with the others because the strength of discord is equal to that in other chords : Finally we add a low part to make five-part harmony . |
| 27 | Left A fifth-order residual gravity map has been enhanced by the removal of the regional field to accentuate short wavelength anomalies . |
| 28 | You may also hear polymers described as cationic , amphoteric polymers in their Energance range for permed hair give added resilience and suppleness whilst FreeStyle Mousse for Sensitive Hair , £1.89/100ml , contains cationic polymers for their ability to hold the hair in place . |
| 29 | It was when he was persuaded out of retirement to try classic bike racing last season that the accident happened . |
| 30 | Some degree of influence can not be avoided , and in fact many sociologists would now argue that the sociologist has a definite responsibility to disseminate this knowledge in order to criticise delusions and misconceptions . |