Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , using the passive in Japanese can imply that a certain event is viewed by the speaker or writer in unfavourable terms , as the following example illustrates . |
| 2 | It is possible to indulge a passion for military history , bridge , or photography in beautiful surroundings thousands of miles from home , with resident experts as guides and teachers . |
| 3 | On 28 February 199010,228 prisoners were awaiting trial or sentence in penal establishments . |
| 4 | We defined our low-risk group by reference to plasma ApoB level , hypolipidaemic treatment and BMI ; the results were very similar ( but slightly less significant ) when total cholesterol or cholesterol in low-density lipoproteins ( LDL ) was used instead of ApoB . |
| 5 | In some cases it can go on to cause numbness or weakness in certain muscles of the leg . |
| 6 | The minerals may simply be absent or present in negligible amounts , either naturally , through exhaustion by previous crops , or leached out by climatic conditions . |
| 7 | Third , more technocratic accounts do not regard federalism or decentralization in unitary states either as ideological façades or as a direct reflection of external elites ' organization . |
| 8 | According to this view you can reach for security through self-help — individual action , or action in small groups of like-minded people — but not through reliance on big bureaucracies . |
| 9 | Certain persons are given the right by common law or statute in certain circumstances to sell the goods of another . |
| 10 | it 's not a reflex action that the Labour Party somehow engages in , but there are things that we need to rave raise revenue for , such as investment in the economy , like our social policies , and that the way that we will raise revenue is that we we will have a fair taxation system , that is very straightforward , and agreed by the Party , unlike the Conservatives who firstly do n't recognize there is any purpose in investment in the economy , public investment , or investment in social policies they do n't agree with , and secondly , when they do have to raise money they do it in the unfairest possible way , penalizing most those who can least |
| 11 | some solvents contain poisonous substances such as lead in some petrol or n-hexane in some glues |
| 12 | I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school . |
| 13 | Many necessary data sets were unavailable for reasons of administrative inadequacies , confidentiality constraints , cost or non-collection in certain countries ; |
| 14 | First published by Chapman & Hall in weekly parts ( also issued as monthly numbers ) of MHC , 25 Apr. 1840–6 Feb. 1841 ; in vols i and ii of the volume publication of MHC , 1840–1 ; as a separate volume , 1841 , with Dedication to the poet Samuel Rogers ( 1763–1855 ) and Preface . |
| 15 | Predictably the case-law has been almost wholly in the context of pre-trial discovery which is both of great importance in United States practice and most open to objection or misunderstanding in other countries . |
| 16 | Other stories relate to a lost Atland or Atlan in these latitudes and concur with the latest finding in relation to the origin of the Aryan race . |
| 17 | Kramer points out ( as I have done ) that there may be the particular advantage of wider choice or plurality in these cases , but they are the advantages of a private or mixed market , not of voluntarism as such . |
| 18 | As the flow of water changed rapidly from summer to winter the streams and rivers deposited their loads again , leaving thin sheets of gravel or sand in some places and fine mud in other places . |
| 19 | Vouchers for redemption or exchange in retail stores are also used as prizes or rewards . |
| 20 | It will not normally be used on its own but as a facing or interlayer in composite materials . |
| 21 | One result is homophony or near-homophony in such pairs as phonetic/fanatic , erratic/erotic . |
| 22 | For instance , John Williams , Treasurer of Augmentations from 1544 to 1554 , was receiver for Buckinghamshire , steward or bailiff in nine manors , joint steward with his son of cathedral lands in Oxfordshire , ranger of Witney Chase , steward and master of the game in the honour of Grafton , warden of the forests of Salcey and Whittlewood . |
| 23 | Sea shells enlarge not by growth or magnification in all directions simultaneously , but by the accumulation or accretion of material on the unbounded end of the spiral structure . |
| 24 | A further fifty cases followed up showed a bereavement or separation in forty-six cases and thirty-nine of the forty-six had associated guilt , anger or resentment . |
| 25 | By 23 votes to six , the Academy decided that the changes in spelling rules — proposed by a working party of the government-appointed Conseil Supérieur de la Langue Française under the chairmanship of the Academy 's own permanent secretary — should not be enforced in any way ( not even through school circulars or inclusion in new dictionaries ) , but should be made subject to the ‘ test of time ’ . |
| 26 | It is not appropriate to judge a novel or film , a work of art or philosophy in political terms if the work in question does not take that form ( i.e. , does not organize itself in terms of political discourse ) . |
| 27 | ( 1 ) No reconstruction or extension of or alteration in any premises in respect of which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is in force , being a reconstruction , extension or alteration which will affect a public or common part of such remises or any communication with such part , shall be made unless the licensing board within whose area such premises are situated has consented to such reconstruction , extension or alteration at a quarterly meeting of the board or at such other time as may be appointed by the board , or unless such reconstruction , extension or alteration is required by order of some lawful authority . |
| 28 | Tonight will be cloudy , with light rain or drizzle in most places . |
| 29 | These apparently included documents concerning Gascony : for example , a letter to Oléron on 3 September 1259 , but this did not provoke any kind of diplomatic incident or crisis in Anglo-French relations . |
| 30 | By avoiding explicit consideration of social costs and benefits , government policy may be inconsistent in its implicit valuation of health or safety in different activities under regulation . |