Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The groups total number of employees has declined from 7,358 in 1990 to 6,142 at 31st March 1993 . |
| 2 | However John Bullock , retail fuels technical manager at Shell UK , says the price of the fuel would rise significantly , because extra crude would have to be refined to run the hydro-desulphurisation process . |
| 3 | The Druids used mistletoe at Yuletide , which was their winter festival . |
| 4 | The principal and at times sole opponents of refugee resettlement were the refugees themselves . |
| 5 | All guests are entitled to 45 minutes free tennis per day . |
| 6 | CITY financiers are still gasping at the Financial Times editorial column on Thursday which backed Labour . |
| 7 | The Stewart and Bruce involvement in the monarchy is still shown by the heir apparent to the throne having the titles High Steward of Scotland , Earl of Carrick and Duke of Rothesay . |
| 8 | He retreated into Sebadoh , releasing two albums of lo-fi acoustic introspection with help from drummer Eric Gaffney , a fellow veteran of the Massachusetts hardcore scene . |
| 9 | Executive Course I — 6 hours daily tuition in Business English ( Maximum group size 6 persons ) |
| 10 | No doubt the sight afforded him quiet amusement , because he was a crossword expert himself , being renowned for finishing The Times daily puzzle in record time . |
| 11 | Exceptionally , the inter-departmental MTh in Theology and Ministry requires only 6 months normal residence in Edinburgh , and may be completed by 12 months part-time study elsewhere . |
| 12 | In this form central government determines and funds broad categories of curriculum development whilst schools and teachers identify their own needs in the light of government support available . |
| 13 | The acquisition more than doubled turnover at the subsidiary , helped by cost savings resulting from the closure of Kode Computers administrative office in Swindon and the subsequent absorption of operations into DCM 's offices in Hitchin . |
| 14 | At the door I turn and look at Isabelle , who is half sitting up but asleep , her maroon dress neatly buttoned , her hair shiny and unmussed , her lips relaxed and full , her head heavy and turned to one side , her eyes glazed slits of half-slumber . |
| 15 | Again , the welfare state had in many respects advanced equality of opportunity , but not equality of outcome . |
| 16 | Whether the conception and practice of antislavery organisation and methods expanded resources for change in English political culture should then become clearer . |
| 17 | Britain managed to isolate itself in international fora — such as the 35 Nation Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UN ECE ) — by rejecting the scientific consensus that forest decline was linked to air pollution from industry , power stations and vehicles . |
| 18 | From 1985 the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UN ECE ) began coordinating international surveys of forest decline , and has adapted the original German system to classify damage or health according to four categories , largely dependent on the loss of leaves and the density of the canopy . |
| 19 | In 1979 the ensuing Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution ( CLRTAP ) , drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UN ECE ) , was signed by 34 countries including all Western and Eastern European states , America and Canada . |
| 20 | Since 1976 , the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has assumed responsibility for the monitoring programme in Western Europe and subsequently extended this to Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | Following his contact with Mr. Yeltsin and with other leaders of former Soviet republics and Warsaw pact countries , does the Prime Minister accept the need for a co-ordinated international aid and support programme — a modern Marshall plan — as proposed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ? |
| 22 | The health of most of Europe 's forests is continuing to decline , according to the latest survey by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ( UNECE ) and the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 23 | Now if you remember if you find in your book er you started just doing er a hundred er mini saga fifty words mini saga of David Copperfield okay ? |
| 24 | Somerville 's procedure subjects would-be MPs to argument , interview , drafting tests and debate , and has some similarities with the selection tests for the Foreign Office or civil service : where the Foreign Office once had a country house , the Conservative party has a motel . |
| 25 | David Cates , a consultant with Washington-based Ferguson & Company , says that precise measurement is possible , although the mathematics is complicated and demands reliable flows of information . |
| 26 | Parts of the centuries old villages of Flixton , Folkton and Reighton near Scarborough are to be designated as conservation areas by Scarborough Council . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he plans to have with the United Nations Secretary General about a United Nations peace-keeping force in Yugoslavia . |
| 28 | We make a substantial troop contribution to the United Nations peace-keeping force in Cyprus , UNFICYP , which we think is a tangible measure of the efforts that we are giving to peace there . |
| 29 | Due to the incompetence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ethiopia , their condition rapidly deteriorated . |
| 30 | The governor will probably be told to wait until later in the month , after a meeting organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |