Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Favourite fairy tales are the need for spiritual growth , love at first sight , the pull of destiny or meetings in past lives , and we do not realize the primitive level of being in which the bond has its source . |
| 2 | Do we stop aggressive physical-contact sports like rugby or football during childhood , because they may nurture aggressive feelings or inclinations in certain individuals ? |
| 3 | Historically , increases in yield or improvements in specific traits have been achieved by classical breeding techniques involving crossing , back-crossing and selection . |
| 4 | The movies had been born in big cities and had depended initially on the attraction that they held for working people who found themselves crowded either as permanent residents or transients in those cities . |
| 5 | It may well be that machine-marked multiple choice type questions may prove inappropriate instruments for measuring or achieving desired curricular goals such as content or skills in Environmental Studies . |
| 6 | The lack of emphasis on psychosocial factors in training leaves GPs without sensitivity or skills in these areas . |
| 7 | All that now remains is to fit the stand-offs and stretchers ( also called whiskers or whiskas in some kites ) which enable the kite to adopt its conical shape , and as described earlier , to Induce ‘ washout ’ or reflex angle at the tips . |
| 8 | In order to construct an arbitrage transaction where the number of futures exactly offsets the basket of shares in the index , it is necessary to be able to hold shares or futures in fractional quantities , which is not possible . |
| 9 | There has always been an international dimension to civil litigation , and States have found it desirable to devote some efforts to easing the difficulties experienced by their citizens and business enterprises in pursuing or defending claims involving persons or entities in other countries . |
| 10 | It is tempting to fantasise that leaders and parties make their reputations through finely tuned arguments in the House of Commons or speeches in far-flung halls . |
| 11 | For example , researchers may attempt to obtain a series of lengthy in-depth interviews with senior buyers or decision-makers in industrial organisations , whilst consumer market research might concentrate on getting a limited amount of specific information from as large a sample as possible from the relevant population . |
| 12 | Under certain circumstances , there could be a risk of HIV infection from transfusions or injections in these countries . |
| 13 | In principle for any word bearing an inflectional affix , it is possible to find contexts where all possible substitutes must contain either the same affix , or one belonging to the same closed set : consider the possible substitutes for walked in Cedric walked home , longer in Mine is longer than yours or books in those books . |
| 14 | And since government is responsible for , or influences in important ways , a very large number of activities , there may be sound political arguments for thinking seriously about a more extensive and rationalized set of ‘ risk theory schemes ’ of compensation for loss caused by governmental action . |
| 15 | Their difficulties stem from a number of different causes and may be temporary or permanent ; and they may be receiving their education , either outside the mainstream ( whether in special classes or units in ordinary schools , or in special schools ) or in ordinary classes in ordinary schools . |
| 16 | These ways are often referred to as vehicles or methods in public relations practice , because it is through them that messages may be sent to consumers . |
| 17 | The plaintiff may apply for judgment or directions in such actions to which Ord 17 , r 11 ( automatic directions ) applies where the Defendant fails to file a defence within 14 days of service and the court may make such order as is just ( Ord 9 , r 4A ) . |
| 18 | The ‘ Magna Mater ’ goddess is named ‘ Potnia ’ , ‘ The Lady ’ , in the archive tablets , and she had shrines or sanctuaries in many places . |
| 19 | Under this scheme private sector owners or developers could receive a grant or a loan , or a combination of the two , for the redevelopment of derelict or disused sites or buildings in urban areas suffering from economic decline . |
| 20 | These include the terms and conditions of employment of workers engaged by the contractor , the involvement in irrelevant fields of government policy , the conduct of contractors or workers in industrial disputes , the country of origin of supplies and any political , industrial or sectarian affiliations or interests of the contractors . |
| 21 | This may take days , months or years in some cases . |
| 22 | The graceful ferny leaves make it an attractive , low-growing plant for edgings to borders in herb-gardens or beds in mixed plantings ; it is virtually evergreen . |
| 23 | Marxists try to answer another question : how have the dominant classes or fractions in capitalist societies managed to enforce sufficient control to restrict class consciousness to ‘ safe ’ levels ? |
| 24 | As it turns out , a variety of studies that have identified adjacent users or producers in different ways suggest that spillovers associated with R&D expenditures can be fairly large . |
| 25 | PUBLIC sector rents should go up to reflect the higher value of houses or flats in desirable areas , Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said yesterday . |
| 26 | She wondered idly if what she had heard about Lionel 's proclivities or tastes in sexual matters were his brother 's also ? |
| 27 | The Group 's objectives and research strategy imply a continuously evolving work programme whose content may change as it is realised that particular issues ( or faults in past analyses ) are of more or less central importance . |
| 28 | The intimacy of the enforcement relationship is a characteristic of compliance systems where the control of a distinct population of potential violators is directed to ‘ organizations or persons in organized activities [ rather ] than to individuals apart from them ’ ( Reiss , 1980:31 ) . |
| 29 | The NIF can be triggered under the following circumstances : demand in the commercial paper market has temporarily dried up , say , as the result of the failure of other borrowers or changes in regulatory conditions ; or , the corporate is having financial problems ( although the bank can protect itself with a ‘ material adverse change ’ clause ) . |
| 30 | Outlook for tomorrow and Thursday : Continuing unsettled with rain or showers in most areas . |