Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fell wants to simulate loss-of-coolant accident and then use about two-thirds the usual emergency cooling water to mimic what could occur at Sizewell . |
| 2 | Between 1909–55 the season-long championship was known as the AAA National Championship . |
| 3 | Unfortunately for Labour the Korean War by 1951 was having an adverse effect on the British economy and precipitated another balance of payments of crisis just after it seemed that Britain could dispense with Marshall Aid . |
| 4 | For Labour the traditional family has always been a moral absolute and not at all a changing social relationship , statistics on single-parent families notwithstanding — not to mention ‘ pretended families ’ . |
| 5 | I suppose the trouble is yeah if you do push , if you do go for that the other side cos you just sort of push them into the |
| 6 | For freshwater the key criterion is pH . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone called about this the other day . |
| 8 | I decided I must face the truth about this the other night when I swerved fiercely on country road to avoid a scuba diver riding a moped . |
| 9 | Y y you 'll see at the bottom of the agenda that er John and I talked about this the other night , er and there are |
| 10 | He would later swear that he had cautioned me about this the previous night . |
| 11 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 12 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 13 | This will account for half the 215 students in the year , and we hope to continue expanding until all first year students participate in one community based general medical firm . |
| 14 | Foreign capital accounted for half the new capital in industry between 1909 and 1913 , and on the eve of the war 47 per cent of the joint-stock capital in Russian industry was foreign owned . |
| 15 | Before unification , small to medium-sized firms employing generally less than 500 workers accounted for half the Federal Republic 's GDP and employed two thirds of its workforce . |
| 16 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 17 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 18 | In these cities it was not unusual for half the working population to be jobless , while the wages of those in work — including professional footballers — fell . |
| 19 | Yes especially cos you do n't know what it 's for half the bloody time , she does n't know where she is . |
| 20 | Or can I take out my own policy for half the mortgaged sum , or £50,000 ? |
| 21 | In circumstances such as this the local historian has perhaps two problems : to attempt to find a feudal or familial association or dependency , and , if the arms are uncoloured , to ascertain if they are those of le Scot , Ridel , Basset , Wrottesley or Bryan , or , indeed , some other line . |
| 22 | They represented about half the total number of families of the country and more than 60 per cent of the population , and were those which were most afflicted by the economic ravages of the inter-war years . |
| 23 | Well according to the er Express I just had a look at , they reckon it 's on but for about half the original sum . |
| 24 | During this the right wing broke up — probably due to aileron flutter — and Bayles was killed . |
| 25 | For some the Second World War was a time of extensive travel with tours of duty in , for example , North America or India presenting novel opportunities and providing the determination and individual confidence to repeat the experience in peace-time . |
| 26 | For some the best strategy is nine children ; for others it may be one or two . |
| 27 | For some the internal growth of firms is held to be the dominant force , with merger activity playing a distinctly secondary role [ Prais , 1976 ; Hart and Clarke , 1980 ] , whilst others hold that the opposite is the case [ Hannah and Kay , 1977 ] . |
| 28 | For some the only problem encountered with dogs is getting the brown stuff out of their outsoles , but dogs are clearly more of a pest than this , if our postbag is anything to go by . |
| 29 | Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts . |
| 30 | For some the solar challenge is a flat out race … for others it 's a a journey of discovery … take the team of schoolgirls from Adelaide … they 've built their car in class and have just passed their driving tests one of the girls says … she 's learnt lots and lots about the car and she did n't realise it was such a big event |