Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC is trying to gain visibility for the 661 companies it says are converting programmes for Alpha RISC . |
| 2 | The prismed bomb aimer 's station provided excellent visibility for the pin-point accuracy required . |
| 3 | When Fokine developed his mimed dance and danced mime , the old dualism of dance and mime was largely eliminated , although twentieth-century choreographers still use the strictly academic technique as the firm basis of their design . |
| 4 | East Germany , where the lingering Protestant work ethic marched shoulder to shoulder with Leninist concepts of electrification as the vitalizing force that would change society , has the world 's highest per capita emissions of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | ‘ What I have been interested to witness over the last year to 18 months is a newly confident Left in the Socialist International saying we have a common formulation about the best way to proceed . |
| 6 | He was recruited because a man could not be found to act as porter for the annual salary of £27 . |
| 7 | In another entry the master had sent the porter for the medical officer at three o'clock in the morning to attend a single woman in childbirth . |
| 8 | But one can not overlook the point that all other known medieval European versions of this tale , written in or translated from Latin prose , present it as a moral example ; it can be allegorized , with the housewife as the Christian soul , the absent husband Christ , the lover worldly vanity , the procuress the Devil . |
| 9 | Geriatrics became a serious medical specialty for the first time . |
| 10 | The trouble for the Tory whips , and for such organisers of backbench opinion as the Chairman of the 1922 Committee , Cranley Onslow , was that far too many Conservative contenders appeared : Peter Brooke , the former Ulster Secretary ; Terence Higgins , a minister as long ago as Ted Heath 's government , and chairman of the Treasury Select Committee ; Sir Giles Shaw , another officer of the '22 ; Paul Channon , another former cabinet minister ; Dame Janet Fookes , some Tories ' hope as the first woman Speaker . |
| 11 | The key feature of effective mentor schemes is a genuine consistent interest on the part of the mentor for the young person . |
| 12 | Three days later 100 paramilitary carabinieri were sent to the island , to join another 100 who were already providing protection for the 5,000 troops ( largely conscripts ) who since July 21 had been stationed there , ostensibly for training exercises . |
| 13 | Perhaps recognising the risk , Malaysia has used tariffs only as a temporary form of protection for the first-comer investor in certain sectors , like television sets . |
| 14 | The spur — which must be 2.5mm 2 cable — runs to a fused connection unit ( FCU ) , which should contain a 5amp fuse to provide the correct fuse protection for the new lighting sub-circuit . |
| 15 | In all three parts " reasonable " means providing no more than relevant and necessary protection for the legitimate interest of the covenantee . |
| 16 | What better protection for the rich world 's vanishing wildlife than a tract of land that stays untouched because people are frightened to visit ? |
| 17 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 18 | The use of copper as a protection for the underwater parts of ships ' hulls had been suggested in England as early as 1708 and by the 1770s it had been generally adopted throughout the navy . |
| 19 | But life has got too complicated to understand : the vote is no longer sufficient protection for the working man . |
| 20 | The Stabil , according to adidas , offers both stability and protection for the advanced player , while the ‘ direct contact ’ feel required by serious players can be found in the Tennis Lite . |
| 21 | adidas ' Tennis Stabil offers both stability and protection for the advanced player |
| 22 | It would certainly create more work for the lawyers but would not add a great deal of protection for the ordinary person . |
| 23 | So there is , there is this very clear and I think very substantial protection for the middle peasant . |
| 24 | And therefore more protection for the middle peasants . |
| 25 | Perhaps some consideration might be additionally given to the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the interiors of unlisted buildings within conservation areas … ’ |
| 26 | The American law of libel , including as it does no protection for the individual politician as well as political institutions , goes further along the road of freedom of the press than the English law ; nor would I wish to extend it . |
| 27 | The second approach is unlikely to leave the customer with insufficient protection for the following reasons . |
| 28 | Lining provides essential protection for the main curtain fabric against exposure to sunlight , dust and dirt . |
| 29 | These synthetic chemicals were first generally introduced in the late 1940s and early 1950s , and are mainly used in two stages in arable operations — as protection for seed at sowing , and as protection for the growing crop . |
| 30 | The withdrawal of state protection for the marginal workforce makes adherence to that principle problematic . |