Example sentences of "and [noun sg] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the ribs and backbone of the Black Land , and the army is its muscle . |
| 2 | He also served as an overseer and guardian of the poor ( 1830–41 ) . |
| 3 | Details should also be supplied on the cost of running a car overseas , licences/documentation required , and the costs and reliability of the various forms of public transport . |
| 4 | The typical end-user of GIS output will probably care or know little about the cartographic and uncertainty characteristics of the map data being used , while the GIS itself has no procedures for handling the varying accuracy and reliability of the digital map data being processed . |
| 5 | Given the increased emphasis in Soviet military planning upon unreinforced attack by forward deployed units , the quality and reliability of the non-Soviet military establishments is clearly of some significance . |
| 6 | It will also allow the validity and reliability of the national survey to be assessed and so produce a more accurate figure for the incidence and prevalence of known cases . |
| 7 | This , he says , is judged on the basis of the size , distinctness , and vigorousness of the visible object . |
| 8 | Geochemical analyses of acid-igneous clasts from the Permian breccias have provided new information about the emplacement and unroofing of the postkinematic Cornubian granite batholith . |
| 9 | That , too , reinforces the lesson and message of the significance of the Maastricht summit — that greater cohesion and unity of the European Community is even more indispensable for solving its own internal economic , social and political problems and those of the rest of Europe as well . |
| 10 | The Imperial Palace symbolized the freedom and unity of the Nicaean Federation . |
| 11 | It involves at one and the same time our understanding of the nature of God , of the nature of humanity , and of the real depths of the life and unity of the universal Church . |
| 12 | In particular — and on this see the work of Mary Douglas — when the body politic is threatened , it is common to see increased attention paid to the purity , integrity and unity of the physical body . |
| 13 | The strength and unity of the transnational capitalist class are , therefore , always open to empirical questions . |
| 14 | Egalitarian and woman-centred feminist psychologies usually assume the rationality and unity of the psychological subject . |
| 15 | *Kozo Watanabe ( Takeshita ) International Trade and Industry Keiwa Okuda ( Takeshita ) Transport Hideo Watanabe ( Watanabe ) Posts and Telecommunications Tetsuo Kondo ( Komoto ) Labour Taku Yamasaki ( Watanabe ) Construction Masajuro Shiokawa ( Mitsuzuka ) Home Affairs , and Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Koichi Kato ( Miyazawa ) Chief Cabinet Secretary Junzo Iwasaki ( Komoto ) Director General of the Management and Co-ordination Agency Tomoo Ie ( Takeshita ) Director-General of the Hokkaido and Okinawa Development Agencies Sohei Miyashita ( Mitsuzuka ) Director-General of the Defence Agency Takeshi Noda ( Watanabe ) Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency Kanzo Tanigawa ( Mitsuzuka ) Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency , and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Shozaburo Nakamura ( Mitsuzuka ) Director-General of the Environment Agency Yoshiyuki Toya ( Miyazawa ) Director-General of the National Land Agency Atsuo Kudo ( Unaffiliated ) Director of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| 16 | Lord Prior , former Tory minister and chairman of the General Electric Company , said : ‘ The Government should have a proper look at its policy towards industry . |
| 17 | Dr John Ball , a member of the Greenfield working party and chairman of the General Medical Services Committee of the British Medical Association , told New Scientist this week that he no longer backed the plan to substitute expensive branded products with cheaper ‘ generic ’ versions . |
| 18 | According to Hugh Jenkins , chief executive officer of Prudential Portfolio Managers and chairman of the judging panel , ‘ in particular , the panel was impressed by the extent of the review of operations , the depth of portfolio information , the detailed analysis of borrowings and the clarity with which the accounting policies are stated ’ . |
| 19 | Professor Ian Percy , senior partner of Grant Thornton and chairman of the judging panel , said Cairngorm Climbing Rope Company displayed all the criteria the judges were looking for — technological innovation , enterprise and initiative in trying to develop a European market . |
| 20 | But Dr Hesham El-Essawy , a prominent moderate and chairman of the Islamic Society for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance , preaches caution . |
| 21 | Qian told Prince Norodom Sihanouk , head of state and Chairman of the Supreme National Council , that China would " at all times " back the implementation of the peace accord . |
| 22 | Sakharov greatly admired the work and sent a personal letter of endorsement to Mikhail Gorbachev , then the omnipowerful Secretary General of the Communist Party and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet . |
| 23 | Oldknow joined the county élite as lieutenant-colonel in the Volunteers , high sheriff of Derbyshire ( 1824 ) , and chairman of the Agricultural Society ( 1828 ) , and he rebuilt the parish church in Mellor , renting 325 pews for his workers . |
| 24 | Chris Hordern is a member of Council and chairman of the Professional Standards Committee |
| 25 | According to Institute Council member and chairman of the Professional Conduct Directorate Pat Brenan , the Big Six are now so huge and control such a large share of the UK listed company audit market that any behaviour judged to be anti-competitive would invite the attentions of the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 26 | As a member , and Chairman of the new coop , his markets are more flexible and are more than likely to expand . |
| 27 | Others , including Edwin Kerr and the Reverend Dr George Tolley , Principal of Sheffield City Polytechnic and Chairman of the new Committee , believed that the split would enable greater attention to be given to business and management courses , and make it possible to involve the business and management community more in the work of the Committee . |
| 28 | He has also been a non-executive chairman of Cable $ Wireless , chairman of the North American Advisor ) , Group , chairman of the Man-made Fibre Producers Committee and chairman of the European Synthetic Fibre Manufacturers . |
| 29 | Robert Hughes , the Labour MP and chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement , criticised the decision to see Mr Savimbi . |
| 30 | Among these , according to Fedor Polenov , Head of the Russian Delegation and Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Commission for Culture , is the intention on the German side to give Russia a number of works from the Bremen Collection for Russian museums , and also to give financial and technical aid for the restoration of the Novgorod Museum and Park , and to help in making up the museums collection which was destroyed during the war . |