Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Policy discussions at ministerial level appeared to focus mainly on the hoary old issues of which agency should take lead responsibility , ’ but finally , in 1989 , the government took a decision which was considered unthinkable only a year earlier , that is , that local authority social services departments should be given lead responsibility for community care and for all services including mental health , but with some additional controls added in the latter case , the single most controversial of Griffiths ' proposals . |
| 2 | However , the proportionate use of custody is very much lower in magistrates ' courts ( at 5.1 per cent for adults in 1999 ) than it is in Crown Courts ( where the corresponding figure was 47.6 per cent : Home Office , 1990f ) . |
| 3 | There will continue to be problems if science teachers are personally doubtful about girls ' ability to do science well ; even if their doubts are not voiced ( and anecdotal evidence suggests they sometimes are ) , girls are unlikely to respond unless teachers show they believe that girls have something to offer science as well as the reverse . |
| 4 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
| 5 | Furthermore , the data derived from this study about caring is obviously dependent upon respondents ' perception of their status as either carers or non-carers . |
| 6 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
| 7 | Subsection 2(f) specifically empowers regulations to be made which authorise the retention by firms " of so much of clients ' money as represents interest " . |
| 8 | The councils have ‘ tackled a great variety of jobs : commenting on local plans , clearing up their area , dealing with traffic problems , organising carol services and other social events , protesting about bus routes and becoming involved in the many other neighbourhood activities so typical of residents ' groups and parish pump politics ’ ( Boaden et al . |
| 9 | Sir Francis Walsingham , Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth , though himself a Puritan , was so impressed with Andrewes ' abilities , which he considered would be wasted in a country parish , that he caused him to be appointed Vicar of St Giles-without-Cripplegate in London , and at the same time prebend of St Paul 's Cathedral and chaplain both to the Queen and to the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 10 | The odd simile suited her own peculiar mode of speech , so full of girls ' boarding-school slang and the coarse expressions which troubled Ludens . |
| 11 | Adesangé , god of the volcano , was the lord of Sycorax 's rites , and Ariel , even in her mutism , was startled by the fervour of the woman who had once been so sceptical of others ' belief in her powers , who used to insist that all mysteries lay in the processes of nature and need only be observed and analysed and understood . |
| 12 | THE Ombudsman 's report on the Barlow Clowes affair in which 18,000 investors lost £100 million is expected to be highly critical of ministers ' role in the affair . |
| 13 | Less apparent on Mercedes ' stand — and consequently ignored by most show visitors — was a prototype 190 electric car . |
| 14 | But inquest necessitated a professionalism long absent from castellans ' courts . |
| 15 | This might lead to the assumption that they are less sensitive to others ' misunderstanding than are adults . |
| 16 | Discussion of the best or most accessible vein is strikingly similar to embalmers ' discussions about arterial accessibility . |
| 17 | Clearly , if the knowledge that classes A and B were once distinct is no longer present in speakers ' minds , they can not pick out the class B items and so can not separate them from the merged class and then re-merge them with a completely different class . |
| 18 | Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks ' high-handed attitude . |
| 19 | In our fifth report we identified three main areas within which attitude and related attributes like personal manner and professional style were critically important for coordinators ' success : |
| 20 | Many are already sceptical of MIPS ' independence , following its proposed acquisition by Silicon Graphics , and now it 's drawing fire from all quarters , not least from shareholder DEC . |
| 21 | It is thus essential for LDCs ' finance ministries to control the foreign currency borrowing of state enterprises . |
| 22 | However , it is Laugharne which is most synonymous with Wales ' most famous 20th century poet and writer , where he simply ‘ stepped off the bus one day and forgot to get on again ’ in the spring of 1938 . |
| 23 | A little dandyish for Karelius ' liking , with lemon trousers and silver waistcoat beneath a frockcoat of turquoise blue . |
| 24 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 25 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 26 | In conclusion , the Survey indicated that its results demanded an emphasis on improvements in practice management and that the service could be faster and more responsive to users ' needs . |
| 27 | The huge investment in computers , staff , and administration has the potential to improve the health service by making it more responsive to patients ' needs and raising awareness of costs . |
| 28 | By contrast , perceptions that verge on being attitudes are likely to be more resistant to change and more dependent upon individuals ' partisan backgrounds — their pre-existing sense of party identification , and their use of partisan news sources such as right-wing ( or leftwing ) papers . |
| 29 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
| 30 | But other possible responses to the problem would be genuinely scientific on Lakatos ' account . |