BNC XML Edition
The search-word would be
<w c5="AJ?" * *>* analysis
(Adjectives in the BNC XML Edition are marked <w c5=" plus AJ0,AJC or AJ0, and " then we need two asterisks for the hw and pos attributes, > and an asterisk to tell WordSmith to carry right on to the end of the word after the tag, then the word analysis)
![bnc_xml_adj_analysis](./images/bnc_xml_adj_analysis.png)
As it is so difficult to read the whole line because of the excessively long BNC XML mark-up, it is best to hide the undefined mark-up. One way is via View | Tag Hiding | Undefined tags,
![tag_hiding_undefined_tags](./images/tag_hiding_undefined_tags.png)
and another is simply to click the relevant button in the main toolbar. Now it is much easier to read.
![bnc_xml_adj_analysis_undefined_hidden](./images/bnc_xml_adj_analysis_undefined_hidden.png)
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Earlier BNC editions
Suppose you want to find adjectives in L1 position before a word like ANALYSIS.
The search-word would be
<w AJ?>* analysis
(The tag for an adjective in these editions is <w plus AJ0,AJC or AJ0, then we need the closing > and an asterisk to tell WordSmith to carry right on to the end of the word after the tag, then we specify the word analysis.)
![tagged_search1](./images/tagged_search1.png)
If we hide the tags themselves and reduce colour to only the nouns and adjectives, it will look like this:
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See also: concordancing on the tags alone