Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprisingly , there is usually less reduction in ‘ g ’ during an incipient spin or full spin than in a straight stall and , apart from the initial apprehension , these manoeuvres affect sensitive people less than normal stall recoveries . |
| 2 | Statistics suggest that you have 25 per cent more chance of having an accident in a black car than in a yellow or brown one . |
| 3 | This means that , where the investor 's marginal rate of income tax is higher abroad than in the UK , he will not be liable to additional income tax in the UK , but nevertheless will suffer a higher tax burden on an overseas investment than with a comparable UK investment . |
| 4 | Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people . |
| 5 | Predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion although with a substantial Roman Catholic ( Uniate ) minority , Kievan Rus had been the origin of the Russian state in the ninth century and enjoyed an extended period of independence , but then came under Lithuanian , Polish and ( from the seventeenth century ) Russian control . |
| 6 | Twenty minutes later the Sergeant was showing me my accommodation for the night : a bare cell except for a wooden bunk in one corner and two blankets . |
| 7 | In this way , the learner will gain confidence , and this goes a long way to promoting safe practice if at a later time adequate guidance and support are lacking . |
| 8 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 9 | Thurcroft colliery in my constituency is now threatened with closure because of a short-term geological problem , yet it has 20 million tonnes of workable low-sulphur reserves . |
| 10 | Despite this the recognition results were extremely similar to those observed in Study 2 , at risky junctions risk improved recognition because of a large number of hits while at less risky junctions risk impaired recognition because of a large number of false alarms . |
| 11 | Despite this the recognition results were extremely similar to those observed in Study 2 , at risky junctions risk improved recognition because of a large number of hits while at less risky junctions risk impaired recognition because of a large number of false alarms . |
| 12 | It has been possible to map in detail the migration and fate of the neural crest cells in the chick because of a fortuitous discovery made in 1968 by the French embryologist Nicole Le Douarin . |
| 13 | But they are not random errors : they grow out of her particular approach to spelling , and suggest that she may have trouble in the future because of a weak visual memory and her attempts to compensate for this are reckless and haphazard . |
| 14 | , In the same week as the treaty was signed , the British Antarctic Survey revealed that it was having to cut its scientific research programme because of a budgetary crisis . |
| 15 | The BBC 's archives are bulging with entertainment , drama , music , science and educational material , but the corporation can not offer the material on video tape because of a convoluted set of industrial problems . |
| 16 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that , prior to the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 , at common law a breach of the duty of care did not give rise to a cause of action in negligence until the plaintiff suffered an injury ; that , although a foetus did not enjoy an independent legal personality , by the time that the plaintiffs were born in 1967 the common law recognised that a child born with a deformity because of a negligent act occurring during the mother 's pregnancy had a cause of action ; and that , therefore , the plaintiffs had a cause of action against the defendant health authorities for any negligent act prior to their birth which caused them to be born with deformities ( post , pp. 654H , 656D–F , 660E — 661D ) . |
| 17 | Ali Bacher managing managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa said they were withdrawing their bid because of a crowded international programme and to host the World Cup would take resources and attention away from their development programme . |
| 18 | difficulty getting to or onto the lavatory because of a physical disability ; |
| 19 | Even this product of genius was flawed as it trailed away into melodrama but for a fleeting moment Hollywood was shown what could be achieved if its resources were used as the basis for a director 's cinema . |
| 20 | Houphouët-Boigny had previously made it known that , if elected , this would be his last term of office , but gave no indication as to a possible successor . |
| 21 | Gestures are used for the chorus of the hymn as at a SPRED session . |
| 22 | The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview . |
| 23 | We have proved you can have just as much fun living in a shack as on a luxury yacht . ’ |
| 24 | The election of Keir Hardie in 1892 owed more to historical contingency than to a heightened class consciousness among the electorate . |
| 25 | Never stash money in the house — either in little tins , jars or under the mattress except for a small amount for use in emergencies . |
| 26 | The atmosphere was casually chaotic , far more akin to an American university than to a French laboratory , but the secretaries were unmistakably French . |
| 27 | However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle . |
| 28 | The last question illustrates the difficulty of wording a question about real distance which does not get confused with distance on the tables , but this is more likely to happen in a pencil and paper test than in a practical situation . |
| 29 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 30 | It is easier for a husband to be found for a thin , and therefore supposedly beautiful , girl than for a plump one . |