Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 2 | It may alternatively take the form of withholding or threatening to withhold the performance of some public duty or the rendering of some public service unless a payment is made which is not lawfully due or is greater than that which is lawfully due , as was the position in the colore officii cases . |
| 3 | A distinguished backing band , including Dave Edmunds and Presley 's one-time guitarist , James Burton , knocked out a few appropriate standards while a video crew wandered about on the stage shining lights at an audience that had not paid to be treated as studio extras . |
| 4 | It is also useful for some contemporary music where a light , jazz-style accompaniment is required . |
| 5 | He had another good chance when a high ball landed at his feet at the 18 yard line with no defenders in front of him . |
| 6 | Next they went to another small machine where a foil cap was forced firmly against the neck of the bottle . |
| 7 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 8 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 9 | Ramsay was perhaps less respectful towards this lofty assemblage than a young knight ought to have been , in his concern for the Berwick situation . |
| 10 | Indeed , for some purposes its cheapness and speed make quota sampling a procedure which could be more extensively used in some academic research where a general indication of the attitudes extant in a specified population is required . |
| 11 | You also have nearly as much administrative bother as a full wedding ( see The Traditional ) without all the pomp . |
| 12 | By 1839 the mill was in the hands of Richard Hone and in 1840 he installed some form of steam engine , probably to power such auxiliary equipment as a winnower and bolting machine . |
| 13 | At one time , this rating was credited with almost as much scientific objectivity as a person 's blood group , but now its use is generally limited to self-diagnosis questionnaires in Sunday supplements . |
| 14 | Equally contentious is its inspirational source , and experts have suggested that it represents a stylized version of such diverse objects as a pine cone , a cypress tree , a leaf , a foetus , a male sperm and the Zoroastrian flame . |
| 15 | Mode of dress can communicate such diverse information as a person 's ethnic origin , religious affiliation , occupation or social group and Helman ( 1984 ) cites examples of even self-mutilation to the body to indicate ‘ group ’ membership such as the insertion of large ornaments in the lips or earlobes in Brazil , East Africa and Melanesia . |
| 16 | But sometimes in the health service people want to make the clock crawl round and contemplate years of discussion before implementing such obvious improvements as a new system of financial management . ’ |
| 17 | But undulating side-wings are not such powerful propellants as a thrashing tail , so the manta can not swim as fast as its shark cousins or rival them as hunters . |
| 18 | This has received little attention since its ascent in 1983 , possibly because it contains such mind-blowing attractions as a 40-feet skyhook section . |
| 19 | Mothers often failed to recognise such inner distress as a sense of failure , feeling unloved , fears , phobias and obsessions . |
| 20 | A verbal agreement to sell , provided it embodies such essential elements as a correct description of the property and the price , is enforceable in France , though there are obvious difficulties of proof . |
| 21 | ‘ With hop oils you can get the best from the hops , the essential oils and essences that can replicate the aroma and bitterness of two such disparate varieties as a Fuggle and a Golding . |
| 22 | Clearly there is more to such cross-species communication than a merely self-centred ‘ survival of the fittest ’ . |
| 23 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 24 | Denis Healey , nevertheless , had to contend with a wide range of critics , from socialists such as Benn who claimed that his successes resulted from such right-wing nostrums as a wage freeze and cutting public spending , to the monetarists of the Policy Studies Committee who attacked him for being far too dirigiste . |
| 25 | The skilful dealer represents such rare gains as a regular occurrence . |
| 26 | It must be added , though , that cats are stubborn animals and will often consider such chemical warfare as a kind of challenge . |
| 27 | Cornford 's synopses emphasize such ritual elements as a ‘ FIGHT ’ , ‘ COOKING ’ , leading to a revival of life , the ‘ FEAST ’ and the ‘ SACRIFICE ’ , and , as in The Birds , the ‘ Invocation of the Muse ’ . |
| 28 | Such extraneous matter as a sample of cork or a piece of heather may swell the fun . |
| 29 | In Minor award schools this management dimension was less significant , the smaller award confirming such positive trends as a good librarian , a history of sound internal funding , the enthusiasm of a core of teachers and at least one or two departments committed to aspects of resource-assisted learning . |
| 30 | He had a large place , with as many modern conveniences as a sandhole like Dead Rat could offer , but it was n't what someone with his skills could rate in a PZ . |