Example sentences of "[adj] and an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just the Scottish and an English ? |
| 2 | At one level , there is a clearly visible opposition between a historical and an existential perspective . |
| 3 | If Dr Runcie sees self-interest , self-righteousness and an intolerant and uncharitable disregard for the unsuccessful and the unemployed , it is not merely his right but his duty to speak out . |
| 4 | The liturgical seasons and the cycle of commemorative festivals defined both a weekly and an annual rhythm of Christian living . |
| 5 | In October 1924 the Labour-led coalition of Ramsay MacDonald was defeated in a House of Commons vote over the proposal to prosecute Workers ' Weekly and an election campaign began . |
| 6 | If this is indeed the case , the country will be faced with a permanent pool of three to four million unemployed and an increasing number of pensioners : and add to this the fact that there are a greater number of industrialised nations than ever before , including many , in the Far East in particular , not only affecting , but embarrassing , large sections of our established business . |
| 7 | For example , if a first-generation hybrid between a brown and an albino mouse is crossed back to an albino , the offspring will be in the ratio 1 brown to 1 albino : if two hybrids are mated to one another , the ratio will be 3 brown to 1 albino . |
| 8 | This was ridiculous and wrong and an alarming testimony to the insidious power of the media , although I doubt that Christie would care very much about that . |
| 9 | The world is becoming increasingly interdependent and an improvement in the standard of living of Southerners will be advantageous to the North . |
| 10 | Bacteria and algae are the most commonly used photosynthesising organisms in single-cell protein production and are best cultivated in shallow ponds where temperatures are high and an adequate nutrient supply is present . |
| 11 | It was constructed by Agrippa in 18–19 B.C. and consists of two tiers of arches each about 65 feet high and an upper tier of smaller arches 28 feet high . |
| 12 | He 's 30 years old and an unemployed nurse . |
| 13 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ there is no chasm between the opinions and ethics of a forty year old and an eighteen year old . |
| 14 | The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness ! |
| 15 | It smelled of rotten straw , damp and an overpowering stench that caught in her throat , almost choking her . |
| 16 | But they also know , through recent , extensive and bitter experience , the difference between a sane and an insane workload , or rate of change . |
| 17 | When I went to see the director of Albanian radio and television , I tried to describe the difference in atmosphere between a British and an Albanian election campaign . |
| 18 | She was a nice girl , quiet , popular and an efficient barmaid . |
| 19 | She was a nice girl , quiet , popular and an efficient barmaid . |
| 20 | The proper approach to development lies , no doubt , somewhere between a slavish attachment to all things foreign and an atavistic distaste for any type of change . |
| 21 | A baby would get born and an upstairs window be lit at night : an old man would die and the hearse arrive , and a gap be felt for a while , but the very pressure of ordinariness , or whatever it was , soon healed it up . |
| 22 | Noble Lords is whether my Right Honourable Friend i is taking too much er er power to use an unpleasant word and I think actually a wrong word er i in the appointment of those who have been selected by a different and an independent system . |
| 23 | Quite why we were undressed at the time is a mystery , though I do recall your mother being uncharacteristically excitable and an unseemly display of mirth by the ambulance men . |
| 24 | The distinction between a restricted and an elaborated code is based on language studies carried out by middle-class investigators who entered the social world of ‘ working-class ’ children from the outside and without credentials valid in that world . |
| 25 | The note was unpaid and an action brought against the three was compromised by the giving of three notes , one of 1 January 1832 for 13 months in the sum of £52.18s.8d. and the other two now sued on . |
| 26 | He had two boxes of these , tomato-red and an intense grassy green , with springy plastic hinges that popped in the library silence . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a hell of a standard and an enormous challenge . |
| 28 | However , his abuse of Frank was more serious and an increasing strain . |
| 29 | Other features include an Ethernet interface , support for two internal and one external SCSI II drives , two serial and an audio port . |
| 30 | Other features include an Ethernet interface , support for two internal and one external SCSI II drives , two serial and an audio port . |