Example sentences of "[det] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course , Couples has n't had that outstanding a career , so far . |
| 2 | Each sorry a slorry slurred whine . |
| 3 | Another pussy-whipped judge has given some broad a ten-bob fine for murdering the milkman — premenstrual tension , PMT . |
| 4 | Then open the bag and add a cupful of aquarium water , followed by another cupful a few minutes later . |
| 5 | Regardless of whether this critic has inadvertently recommended some English a cappella recordings in the very act of eloquently disparaging them , every listener , both in England and abroad , will know what the phrase ‘ overwhelming grisaille ’ is intended to convey . |
| 6 | On the other hand , a medley that includes Pink Floyd 's ‘ Mother ’ and a Teenage Fanclub song , topped off with some desolate a cappella bars of ‘ Blue Christmas ’ , shows that there 's a warped sense of humour at work . |
| 7 | In March 1941 the Lend Lease scheme made this ideal a reality for America 's allies . |
| 8 | ‘ This sure a dull programme , ’ says Des . |
| 9 | This concerned an application for planning permission to use premises in Eton High Street as a fish and chip restaurant . |
| 10 | So she opened her handbag and produced for the man with the scarpered wife a selection , some faded a little and creased with age . |
| 11 | This new a phoneme would have two allophones , one being [ ] and the other [ ] ; the stress mark would indicate the [ ] allophone and in syllables not marked for stress it would be unimportant whether [ ] or [ ] was used . |
| 12 | If this leaves the gripper too far from the desired point , the robot tries adjusting each joint a little in turn to see which adjustment moves the torch 's image most quickly towards the point I. It selects the most significant joint and keeps moving this one until the torch 's image is as close as it can get to I ; then it tries adjusting another joint , and so on , until the gripper is close enough . |
| 13 | However , it was given its name before many of today 's really aggressive species were introduced to the hobby , and it is not that violent a fish ! |
| 14 | Initial impressions are of a heavy tool ( 5.2kg ) , thanks to the motor size , with a very solid , compact feel , although the Skil is actually not that large a machine for its capacity . |
| 15 | On 16 January a provincial council of the southern clergy met at St Paul 's and added further impetus and justification to deposition by presenting thirteen of their own complaints or grievances against the king , though none of these concerned an offence peculiar to his reign . |
| 16 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 17 | Was she that lousy a lover ? |
| 18 | How then do we decide which class to assign a couple to where he is a builder and she is a secretary ( not that uncommon a scenario ) ? |
| 19 | ‘ Ye gods , Massingham , ’ she went on , covering like fury the fact that he could hurt without even trying , ‘ my memory is vivid that that great a lover you 're not ! ’ |
| 20 | I do n't have that great an affection for this place but at least it 's a world I know . ’ |
| 21 | So I really was confident I was going to pass , and he said , ‘ I 'll give you a pound if you pass , ’ which is n't really that good a way of teaching . |
| 22 | Because you 're not that good a rider . |
| 23 | I did n't get that good a look . |
| 24 | And she 's not that good an actress . ’ |
| 25 | If it is at all possible a teacher should preview the place to be visited , though this may not always be possible with places at a distance . |
| 26 | These tensions took specific political form in the tensions between Fabianism and New Liberalism ; the former being essentially a movement founded on ideas of organization and efficiency and the latter projecting a specific moral dimension as an emancipatory movement . |
| 27 | The predominant black surroundings of the Marquee walls made Toni 's choice of traditional African dress in all black an unfortunate one . |
| 28 | We are all happy a strike was not necessary on this our first day of independence . ’ |
| 29 | It was n't that important a part anyhow . ’ |
| 30 | It was September when we flew in , so there was n't all that dramatic a change in temperature — that was still to come ! |