Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 2 | Smith devised a technique using eight pieces of latex rather than one overall mask , including convincing eyelids . |
| 3 | If we were to insist that prayer involves some form of dialogue then it would presuppose that we already know what is meant by the concept of God . |
| 4 | Holtermann 's analysis of data from the 1971 census using six indicators of inadequate housing showed that urban conurbations , particularly Clydeside and London , contained a disproportionate amount of inadequate housing . |
| 5 | The pupils probed the boundaries of accepted behaviour , trading the acceptance of a physical rebuke for the freedom to enjoy verbal skirmishing of a kind that would be generally unacceptable in school . |
| 6 | The degree in Chemical Physics integrates substantial parts of chemistry and physics . |
| 7 | But on the other hand , a soldier wants someone who he can talk to in complete confidence and I think the padre fulfils this sort of , if you like , avuncular , presence in the battalion . |
| 8 | Turner 's view that migrants move into the city slums and then out to the shanty towns , is not so much the case now since the large number of spontaneous housing settlements and the widespread knowledge of their existence make this sort of housing immediately available . |
| 9 | In addition , it defined the responsibilities and rights of parents ; established the Scottish Examination Board to conduct Scottish Certificate of Education ( SCE ) examinations ; set up committees for negotiating teachers ' pay settlements , laying down procedures for arbitration where agreement could not be reached ; and made provision for children with special educational needs . |
| 10 | He pointed to the sky and then to the clearing , to the path that led to the cabin where Sycorax lay , and Kit understood that he had been granted permission to remain three cycles of the moon . |
| 11 | Dr James Tiedje and Dr Stephen Boyd at Michigan State University , are awaiting final approval of a grant to support further research of a startling and previously unknown anaerobic organism , which they found in sludge from a Michigan sewage treatment plant and in lake sediments . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it has already been shown that the tawny owl produces higher levels of modification than other species ( Raczynski & Ruprecht , 1974 ; Lowe , 1980 ) , so that caution is needed before generalizing too far on what owls do or do not do . |
| 13 | Camp integrates this aspect of gender with aesthetics ; in a sense it renders gender a question of aesthetics . |
| 14 | Furthermore , these policies must aim at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy these aspects of health . |
| 15 | It has also been argued that the dividend payment represents tangible evidence of management 's expectations which should be based on superior knowledge to that of investors . |
| 16 | Since adherents of this first school regard college as primarily an intellectual training ground , they stress the inherent educational value of such subjects as classical languages ( Greek and Latin ) , political philosophy or English literature , all of which encourage the development of sensitivity , subtle and flexible reasoning , intellectual ingenuity and the willingness to see all sides of an argument . |
| 17 | In practice this agreement reflected yet again the pattern adopted by Shearman in Bedfordshire from 1930 onwards , and in effect it gave university resident tutors freedom to arrange both types of Chapter III courses . |
| 18 | They should also be given permission to issue some form of fixed interest profit-related bond , be allowed to raise a proportion of their equity direct from the public and be subject to independent regulation similar to that of privatised utilities . |
| 19 | As we have seen , the inheritance of wealth and educational advantage make this ideology of ‘ free competition for unequal reward ’ a very dubious claim , but in studying social mobility we are still comparing the actual amount of social mobility with the ideal of totally free movement through totally equal opportunity . |
| 20 | As I argued in the previous chapter , boxing was the first sport in which institutional arrangements permitted a black presence : almost every weight division produced black boxers of such brilliance that they were virtually without equals ( see Henderson , 1949 , 1970 ; Maher , 1968 ) . |
| 21 | Firstly there 's additional support which will take the form of additional members of staff to support with a range of er initiatives and developments within the department erm there 's a lot Planning Department , in terms of economic development and tourism developments , local planning work erm making applications for grants and , an and there 's a need for additional support to support that range of work there . |
| 22 | Also , cisapride produces healing rates of up to 50% in erosive oesophagitis that are comparable with histamine H 2 receptor antagonists . |
| 23 | There is much evidence that the fluctuation field involves distinctive patterns of motion . |
| 24 | The route crosses two sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) — the chalk downland itself , and water meadows at the hill 's foot . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , by relating required information to decision points any lack of information can be revealed . |
| 26 | Intensive agriculture produces huge quantities of farm chemicals . |
| 27 | Closer inspection revealed vertical walling of Cyclopean dimensions — walls built of stone blocks measuring 3ft x 2ft and weighing hundreds of pounds . |
| 28 | This tends to leave their perception of their own teaching — both how they do it and how well they are doing — in a rather uncomfortable vacuum , especially if the staffroom ethos prohibits any kind of discussion other than crisis-management and grumbles about individual or whole-class ‘ personalities ’ . |
| 29 | The great leap , however , took place long ago , round about 1930 , and private-eye stories have since produced progeny of their own , much as the detective story produced that chain of books culminating in the crime novel . |
| 30 | Typically , you use an analysis or description of a text to claim some kind of connection between the features analysed and something else about the text , such as its meaning , its effect on a reader , how good it is , or its historical origins . |