Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schorne 's real fame in picture and text lay invariably in his exploit of trapping the Devil in his boot , but what , if any , incident or allegory underlay this celebration remains completely obscure . |
| 2 | Where they could , they increased the proportion of their wholly or majority owned foreign affiliates between 1977 and 1982 ( Contractor , 1990a ) . |
| 3 | Few of us have the time , training , or expertise to do this job properly , even if it were possible to do it for a population as small as 10 000 people — which it is not . |
| 4 | The Environmental Protection Act requires the installation of new pollution abatement equipment , and despite assurances by David Trippier , Minister of State for the Environment , the federation is concerned that neither HM Pollution Inspectorate nor local authorities have adequate staff or expertise to advise individual companies on how the legislation will affect them . |
| 5 | The masses just do not have the information or expertise to interpret social problems , let alone to propose solutions for them . |
| 6 | If , for instance , guests used a swimming pool at a hotel after dark , it is clear that they have by so doing stepped outside the scope of their invitation or permission to use that part of the premises , and a duty is not owed to them . |
| 7 | ( It may seem ironical that the initial question of whether the case should go to arbitration or trial involved three hearings — two in the county court and one in the Court of Appeal . ) |
| 8 | There is a tricuspid or heart shaped apical papilla flanked on each side by two distal oral papillae , which arise on the adoral shields occasionally the more distal one is divided making it appear as two papillae . |
| 9 | There is a pointed or heart shaped apical papilla with one pointed oral papilla on each side usually arising on the oral plates . |
| 10 | This is because activities that run counter to expected norms need seclusion or invisibility to permit unsanctioned performance , and because the peculiar identities are sometimes impossible to realise in the absence of the appropriate setting . |
| 11 | It 's important when communicating with people of other races or cultures to use simple language and make sure they can understand you . |
| 12 | A main remedy for croup , especially if it follows taking cold or exposure to dry cold winds I or 2 days previously . |
| 13 | Hence the confusion evident in situations where superior military might has little utility — the economic challenge of Japan , the European Community 's recalcitrance in negotiations over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) or attempts to agree global policy on environmental issues at the June 1992 Earth Summit . |
| 14 | Similarly , equalisation of wage rates or attempts to impose common conditions in labour markets through mechanisms such as the Social Charter might also have this same effect ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 15 | L 379 , p. 1 ) , according to which the levying of any customs duty or charge having equivalent effect and the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect were prohibited in the internal trade of the Community ; ( c ) article 8(1) of that Regulation , which , as regards the payment of an indemnity to producers who were not members of a producers ' organisation , provided that such an indemnity was to be granted without discrimination as to the nationality or place of establishment of the recipients ; ( d ) article 27(2) of that Regulation , which laid down for all fishing vessels flying the flag of one of the member states the principle of equal access to ports and first-stage marketing installations in the other member states ; ( e ) article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which authorised the member states to determine the detailed rules for the utilisation of the quotas allocated to them , in accordance with the applicable Community provisions ; and ( f ) article 13(2) of Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3094/86 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources ( Official Journal 1986 No . |
| 16 | Nibbling on dried fruit may quickly eat up your calorie allowance — just 25g ( 1oz ) of sultanas or raisins provides 70 calories , whereas 100g ( 4oz ) grapes provides the same . |
| 17 | That some individuals or groups challenge received opinion in their society , as Goody claims some Greek historians did , is obviously true . |
| 18 | It provides for these organisations or groups to put forward proposals for academic research . |
| 19 | HM Inspectors of Factories or Agriculture visit many types of workplace , and have to deal with a wide range of technical and legislative problems . |
| 20 | For deals of more than £7,000 both Midland and N & P offer cheaper rates . |
| 21 | I do n't think there is any shortage of venture capital or money to back good propositions . |
| 22 | Although this requirement was directly applicable only to federal agencies or projects requiring federal licences , in practice it has been extended to all major schemes of industrial expansion and new construction . |
| 23 | Option ( b ) could have taken the following forms : ( i ) an attack on the forces/territory of those seeking to obstruct free navigation ; ( ii ) escort activity to defend merchant shipping seeking to exercise the right to free navigation ; and ( iii ) clearing wreckage or mines endangering free passage through Gulf waterways like the Strait of Hormuz . |
| 24 | But there needs to be a commitment on the part of the college or course to give more time and greater attention to music 's role in worship . |
| 25 | Winsor & Newton make three alkyd mediums in total ; Liquin , Wingel and Oleopasto . |
| 26 | The reason the market economy or catallaxy produces fresh wealth rather than simply redistributing existing wealth is critically bound up with the way in which market prices act as signals containing vital information . |
| 27 | ‘ I have always been interested in woodwork but do n't have the artistic skills or patience to make fine furniture , ’ he said . |
| 28 | So evidence ( whether behavioural or biological ) of a creature 's ability or inability to perform certain computations could count as theoretical grounds for ascribing or denying experiences of certain types to it . |
| 29 | As Darwin knew , the usual criteria for specific rather than mere varietal distinctions were those that Swedes and Italians do not satisfy , but lions and tigers do : namely , true breeding , lack of intermediate forms and unwillingness or inability to produce fertile hybrids on crossing . |
| 30 | As a predominantly passenger line , the L & NWR had more locos and more passenger carriages than its contemporaries . |