M03 mgl oth glb 6996 adv indd

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the brink’s-mat robbery
The biggest robbery in British history took place on 
26 November 1983 when six men broke into the 
Brink’s-MAT warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London.
 
they stole £3 million in cash and three tonnes 
of gold bullion, 
worth around £26 million. the armed r
obbers poured petrol 
over the terrifi ed security guards and thr
eatened to set them 
alight. the british police pursued the gang tir
elessly, and 
in 1984 brian robinson and gang leader michael mca
voy 
were caught and found guilty of armed r
obbery, receiving 
sentences of 25 years in prison. however
, the other members 
of the gang are still at large, and the bulk of the gold has 
never been found.
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Adjective patterns
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Adjectives before nouns (attributive position) 
Most adjectives can be used before a noun (
attributive position
), or after a linking verb, 
e.g. 
be
, 
become
, etc. (
predicative position
):
attrIbUtIVe
We’ve just seen an 
exciting
 fi lm. 
PreDICatIVe
That fi lm was 
exciting
.
But 
classifying adjectives
(which describe what type of thing something is) and emphasising 
adjectives are normally only used BEFORE a noun:
✗ 
The plant they are building here is chemical.
✓ 
They’re building a 
chemical plant
 here.
✗ 
The chance that they met was mere.
✓ 
It was