Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles Whiteside , of Tivoli Cottages , Moresby , joined Sekers in 1943 as an apprentice overlooker before becoming shift manager and later production manager . |
| 2 | Edward Stanley Baker , who died at Great Dunmow , Essex on March 15 at the age of 81 , played 32 matches for Worcestershire in 1933 and 1934 as an amateur wicket-keeper with 40 victims . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 4 | Hussein was treated in hospital in Amman on June 11-13 for an irregular heartbeat . |
| 5 | But it is far more worthwhile than being polite about an old alliance , and equipping it with new ‘ pillars ’ that crumble when the next unexpected bugle sounds . |
| 6 | means they are outstanding for an average of 67 days . |
| 7 | Suppose : That through good collecting your average accounts receivable are reduced to £ 150,000 , which means they are outstanding for an average of 45 days . |
| 8 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 9 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 10 | In the light of recent scares about pesticide residues in food , nitrates in drinking water , and food poisoning in eggs , cheese and other foods , it seems that agricultural standards are due for an urgent review . |
| 11 | London Transport held very strong views in favour of standardization , so when in 1936 , the ex-Croydon cars were due for an annual overhaul and relicensing , they were withdrawn one at a time and replaced by E/1 Class cars between October 1936 and January 1937 . |
| 12 | Mr Gonzales is wary of those brokers who suggest that the market is due for an imminent ‘ re-rating ’ . |
| 13 | That is n't due for an hour there So January |
| 14 | Newquay and Ilfracombe are each about an hours drive and worth a visit . |
| 15 | The UDA was formed in 1971 as an umbrella group of Loyalists . |
| 16 | Romaine does not deny that implicational relationships exist in language , but concludes ( citing De Camp 1971 as an example ) that " the problem is that some linguists seem to be quite willing to put forward very arbitrary implicational scales without justifying them . " |
| 17 | The Secretary of State exercised his powers to apply to the NIRC under the Industrial Relations Act 1971 for an order requiring a ballot of trade union members to be held . |
| 18 | Jade was apparently right for an emperor , jade and pearls for an official of grades 1–3 , jade and gold for those of grades 4–7 , gold or silver for gentry and silver for ordinary folk . |
| 19 | Significantly enough , her party dress for her opera outing at the end was exactly right for an ambitious Roman matron anxious to make bella figura , an elegant example of haute couture and the work of Joe Vanek , the designer , whose sets were also of a high standard , especially the backcloths . |
| 20 | The award , worth £20,000 , is given to ‘ a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding June 1992 ’ and was granted by a jury consisting of Nicholas Serota , director of the Tate Gallery , Marie-Claude-Beaud , director of the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain , Robert Hopper , director of the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Sarah Kent , art critic of Time Out magazine and Howard Karshan , representative of the patrons of New Art . |
| 21 | The Human League 's snappy pop songs , drum machines and synthesisers were the embodiment of ‘ electro-pop ’ , the new teenage esperanto ; while Collins ' sleek , craftsmanlike records were the perfect palliative for an older generation of listeners , turned off by punk rock , whose interest in pop music would be rekindled by the coming phenomenon of the compact disc . |
| 22 | It is to be subjective about an objective situation . |
| 23 | It is possible for an aircraft to have several different modes of spinning , and all of them may not have been discovered during the testing . |
| 24 | Your job is to go out and create as large a market for your band as is possible for an act without industry representation . |
| 25 | At other times it has been possible for an individual to bring foreign coins or bullion to the mint and receive it back as coinage ( minus a fee ) . |
| 26 | He reminded North that it was possible for an American to disagree with him on that particular , ‘ and still love God , and still love this country just as much as you do ’ ; although He was regularly asked to do so , ‘ God does not take sides in American politics . ’ |
| 27 | Lord Ackner felt that the route did not cease to be available simply because it was not possible for an unaccompanied child to walk it without danger . |
| 28 | Since it was perfectly possible for an individual to have loyalties to several overlords , betrayal was not uncommon . |
| 29 | Just as it is possible for an athlete to train himself to run faster by gradually increasing his speed , you can do the same thing with your reading . |
| 30 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |