Example sentences of "[noun pl] of a [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another note — in the margin of his description of the characters — he had scribbled : ‘ all three male ch. aspects of a single man=author ’ . |
| 2 | This would be an inappropriate measure for most purposes as most of the effects of a 10 per cent inflation rate ( discussed later in this chapter ) would still apply . |
| 3 | Meanwhile some 2,600,000 people in the central and southern provinces were suffering from the effects of a 60 per cent fall in agricultural production attributed to drought and conflict . |
| 4 | The results for the June 1985 contract were in accordance with the expectations of a positive α and a negative β , but those for the March 1985 contract indicate no relationship . |
| 5 | Food output increased considerably from 1700 to 1800 , accommodating the needs of a 60 per cent rise in population with , in most years , a small surplus to export . |
| 6 | A Marxist writer would probably identify this group as the first stirrings of a black petit bourgeoisie . |
| 7 | The absurdity of the " Spycatcher " ban was the result of a dogged insistence on viewing the memoirs of a former MI5 employee as the " property " of government , and conducting the litigation as if he had stolen the office furniture . |
| 8 | Jane was not over-enamoured of the French : they were continually expressing themselves ( discuter , they called it ) which was rather tiring , and she had less than happy memories of a French au pair . |
| 9 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 10 | Because we are dealing with what purport to be exceptions to a general principle , it is sometimes argued that there is no single legal principle of justification , merely a number of disparate responses to the specific factual and legal details of a particular case.13 Alternatively , a general principle of justification is advanced and given the name of ‘ necessity ’ or ‘ privilege ’ or some kind of ‘ comprehensive justification in relation to medical procedures ’ . |
| 11 | Whether it would still continue to be free standing and well removed in terms of a second er second increment . |
| 12 | Erm the world is indeed inter-related erm we are talking in strategic terms of a multilateral er er erm system just as we , as , when we come to the later lectures we will see , as is the case with economic relations . |
| 13 | Last year , you 'll remember , we had to absorb , in fact in the Tussauds group , about three quarters of a million er , pounds on the increase in V A T and that was a blow to us at the beginning of the season , you remember it was the budget more or less this time last year . |
| 14 | Andrew sat down on the corner of the bed , his aged and baggy trousers flaring about him like the leggings of a geriatric Zouave . |
| 15 | The charges of a 5 per cent initial fee , 1.25 per cent annual , are standard . |
| 16 | The charges of a 5 per cent initial fee , 1.25 per cent annual , are standard . |
| 17 | The charges of a 5 per cent initial fee , 1.25 per cent annual , are standard . |
| 18 | I had planned to spend the day analysing the knock-on effects for the statistical clerks of a three per cent increase in the admin assistants ' salaries . |