2.290 qualifying structures

Qualifiers can consist of one or more words. The qualifiers which are dealt with in this section are

* prepositional phrases

• ...a girl with red hair.
• ...the man in the dark glasses.

The use of prepositional phrases as qualifiers is explained in paragraphs 2.292 to 2.307.

* adjectives followed by phrases or clauses

• ...machinery capable of clearing rubble off the main roads.
• ...the sort of weapons likely to be deployed against it.
• ...a concept inconceivable a hundred years earlier.

The use of adjectives followed by phrases or clauses as qualifiers is explained in paragraphs 2.308 to 2.309.

* non-finite clauses

• ...a simple device to test lung function.
• They need people to work in the factories.
• ...two of the problems mentioned above.
• He gestured towards the three cards lying on the table.

The use of non-finite clauses as qualifiers is explained in paragraphs 2.310 to 2.318.

* noun groups giving further information about other noun groups. This is explained in paragraphs 2.319 to 2.320.

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Some other structures can also be used as qualifiers. These are explained fully in other sections. They include

* one word qualifiers such as 'galore' and 'concerned' which are explained in paragraphs 2.62 to 2.66.

* relative clauses

• Shortly after the shooting, the man who had done it was arrested.
• Mooresville is the town that John Dillinger came from.

Relative clauses are explained in paragraphs 8.83 to 8.116.

* place adverbs and time adverbs

• ...down in the dungeon beneath.
• ...a reflection of life today in England.

Time adverbs are explained in paragraphs 5.7 to 5.83 and place adverbs are explained in paragraphs 6.82 to 6.100.