Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to a further study where rt-PA or placebo were given first either outside the hospital or in the accident and emergency department of the hospital . |
| 2 | When confronted with the excesses of the anti-French mobs in 1808 it was almost natural that such men , with fear as much as hope in their hearts , should become supporters of French rule . |
| 3 | The blaze of sunset had faded , leaving the sky coloured like a huge bruise as crimson and purple paled to light green and oyster . |
| 4 | In between there are some great dopey male bonding scenes with Pitt and black buddy Calvin Levels ( eg the attempt to decide whether or not to move in with Yvonne ) , plus some not-so-hot episodes with Nick Cave ( crap as usual as platinum rocker Freak Storm ) . |
| 5 | It also has applications in field archaeology where financial or time constraints preclude excavation of more than part of a site , and where it is therefore important that the excavated part yields as much information as possible . |
| 6 | This consisted of cutting up the body into pieces and boiling it in wine or vinegar until fat and flesh separated from the bones . |
| 7 | In general such transformations involved secularization as much as professionalization and operated not only inwards towards the academy but also outwards towards a new constituency : the nation as a whole . |
| 8 | This rule needs to be changed , so as to allow the unemployed to draw benefit as long as unemployment lasts , providing that claimants have not refused jobs they were offered without good cause , and are prepared to go on training schemes . |
| 9 | It may lack a certain flair , it may have a garish badge , it may still be cheap and cheerful inside ( there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about ) but it is proving to be a reliable , easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices . |
| 10 | Whether the draftsman of sub-rule ( 3 ) had in mind the possibility that costs might , for contractual reasons , need to be taxed on some other basis than standard or indemnity seems to me doubtful . |
| 11 | It may be experienced by the leader as deliberate or emergent , and as a sudden visitation or a series of incremental revelations . |
| 12 | Advertisements showed a cow 's udder next to a bottle of the prepared milk , and claimed the Department of Health had recommended the product as better than cow 's milk for babies older than six months . |
| 13 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 14 | It is not easy to distinguish between iron shortage as such and shortage induced by lime ( chlorosis ) , and therefore the remedial action needed . |
| 15 | There are local sceptical arguments of this strongest type , as we shall see in chapter 5 ( our knowledge of other minds ) ; and in our discussion of our knowledge of the past and of the future ( chapters 10 and 11 ) we shall have to bear in mind arguments that it is impossible to conceive of an event as other than present , i.e. as being in the past or in the future . |
| 16 | They regarded the General-Secretary 's wife as uncouth and comic in her attempts to ape the styles of the more chic among the Communist élite . |
| 17 | Spurious consultation , a patronising attitude to teachers , and a tendency to regard all criticism as captious and ill-formed , are — while not unknown among headteachers — unlikely to win the hearts and minds of those who actually have to make things happen . |
| 18 | The raising of revenue by local authorities has generated a lot of litigation in the last decade as rate-capped and community charge-capped authorities have sought to challenge the legality of the caps imposed by central government . |
| 19 | The largest opposition party , the Movement of Democratic Socialists ( MDS ) led by Mohammed Moada , had been the first to opt for a boycott , on the grounds that the elections represented only a limited pluralist opening as long as parliament and the media continued under RCD control . |
| 20 | The one occasion when written and broadcast reports of statements made by persons who possess absolute privilege are themselves absolutely privileged is when they concern proceedings in the courts . |
| 21 | This is one example where conservation and tourism enjoy a sustainable symbiotic relationship . |
| 22 | Downlights — recessed , semi-recessed , or ceiling-mounted — are good-looking and functional whatever the style of furnishings and collect fewer flies and less dirt than bowl-shaped or pendant fixtures . |
| 23 | Now that he came to think of it , Edward was surprised this point had never cropped up before ; Biology was obviously a dodgier area than English and History . |
| 24 | Cream the butter and sugar until pale and light . |
| 25 | Hunt commented that his inquiry ‘ was not concerned with the technology to be used in cabling the country , for example whether coaxial or fibre optic cable should be used ’ . |
| 26 | Finally , you may wish to subdivide these blocks into smaller areas , either permanently or for short periods for even greater control when strip- or paddock-grazing a ley or for folding stock over roots . |
| 27 | Emphasising the social construction of gender and sexuality , these writers question the biological determinism implicit in the automatic equation of woman as powerless and man as powerful , which leaves little room for change . |
| 28 | The more directly threatening stance of the sleepwalker or that of the hypnotist differs from the remote glance of Lamia , but there is once again the unseen threat of the woman as shape-changer and enchantress . |
| 29 | They prefer to personify the life-force as male and female , known variously as the God and Goddess , Lord and Lady , the Horned God and the Silver Lady among others . |
| 30 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |