Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Northern Telecom Ltd , Mississauga , Ontario has won an $8m contract with the Czech public telecommunications operator , SPT Telecom : the deal covers the upgrading of operator services for the international and trunk phone network in Prague . |
| 32 | The low and high-pass , L-C , ladder filters already discussed in this section are said to be constant-k filters because the product of the series and parallel impedances is independent of frequency , which fact can be expressed in terms of a constant k as For the low and high-pass filters considered , k is just . |
| 33 | If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings . |
| 34 | Work placement is an important feature of our programmes , with trainees spending three days a week in a variety of settings , including homes for the elderly and day care centres . |
| 35 | I thought it was a place for the aged and moribund — St Cemetery's-on-Sea ! ’ |
| 36 | However , the most recent of these studies has also shown that habitual drinkers who are heterozygotes for the normal and mutant ALDH2 genes develop alcoholic liver disease at lower levels of alcohol intake than alcoholics who are homozygotes for the normal gene . |
| 37 | ‘ No more going out after blackout ’ she said , ‘ and that will go for the domestic and nursing staff as well . |
| 38 | Along with the growing recognition of the importance of design to the success of UK manufacturing both for the domestic and world markets there is a suspicion that all is not well with the state of design in the UK . |
| 39 | There was psychoanalysis for the status-conscious and assertiveness training for those with low self-esteem . |
| 40 | In Protestant countries since the Middle Ages , however , this struggle had become even more terrible and irrevocable , because the Reformation had renounced both prayers for the dead and purgatory as an intermediate stage , in which those who had committed venial sins might work their passage to a better world . |
| 41 | The whole place looks dead and deserted , a ruin fit only for the dead and carrion birds … |
| 42 | In addition there is in the surrounding parkland , a swimming pool , set in a panoramic position , ideal for a relaxing dip , a tennis court for the energetic and horse riding facilities for those who really want to enjoy one of the region 's favourite country pursuits . |
| 43 | Zuwaya preferred not to employ one another but to enter into partnerships of a kind which created income for the wealthier and capital for the poorer man . |
| 44 | Ingredients are tested for other reasons too not necessarily just for the cosmetic and toiletry trade . |
| 45 | The group , who have an active Saturday club and a Monday Club for the blind and partly-sighted , has their mini-coach stolen when it was on loan to another charitable organisation , and they were left with a deficit of £5,500 when the insurance was settled . |
| 46 | There 's a scented garden — with a fountain — for the blind and partially-sighted . |
| 47 | All profits from the event , under the Lancaster Rail Tours banner , will go to Guide Dogs for the Blind and M.S. research . |
| 48 | Harwell was considering diversifying into new non-nuclear areas for the offshore and biotechnology industries . |
| 49 | In the face of continuing failure to reach any agreement on the future of Czechoslovakia , the federal government unanimously adopted a resolution pledging itself to submit draft proposals for the legislative and executive authority to the republican and federal parliaments . |
| 50 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 51 | They apologise both for the sory and distress caused . |
| 52 | Paperbacks in general had pushed aside the hardback , except for the specialized and coffee table markets . |
| 53 | So it was that during a week long break from filming Neighbours in October 1987 Kylie boarded an airliner and left the sweltering sunshine of Melbourne for the cold and rain of an English autumn . |
| 54 | New draft guidance on the procedures for the outgoing and successor firm when a client decides to change advisers , issued by the Chartered Accountants ' Joint Ethics Committee , puts greater emphasis on the fact that any change in a continuing appointment , such as tax or accounting work , should be treated in the same way as a change of auditors . |
| 55 | But these have fragmented into seven different denominations , and are no longer — like Grey Friars or St Maries Abbey — sanctuaries for the indigent and outcast , who are consigned instead to the lunatic asylum and new jail , both expressions of Utilitarianism . |
| 56 | The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded as a ‘ Physic Garden ’ in 1670 by Sir Robert Sibbald and Sir Andrew Balfour , for the growing and study of medicinal plants for the use of the physicians of the town . |
| 57 | Saucony has always had a strong reputation for the fit and comfort of its shoes , GRID builds on this reputation . |
| 58 | In the 1990 defence budget , however , an allocation of $1,100 million was agreed for the MX and Midgetman projects . |
| 59 | The Lila Wallace-Reader 's Digest Fund , Inc. made a $2 million grant for the medieval and Renaissance galleries , and the National Endowment for the Humanities followed up a $525,000 ‘ Museum Program ’ grant with a challenge grant of $750,000 that we have to match 3 to 1 . |
| 60 | There were craft workshops , shops and counting houses for the commercial and artisan community . |