Example sentences of "[num ord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth a number of Slav scholars from Dalmatia achieved European fame in a wide range of intellectual and artistic fields . |
| 2 | On December 31st a plan by British Airways and Holland 's KLM to take a 20% stake each in Belgium 's Sabena , and then to develop Zaventem airport in Brussels as a European hub , was abandoned . |
| 3 | On April 29th a security alert shut down the London Stock Exchange . |
| 4 | First was a reference in the contract to general principles of law , second a reference to arbitration in the case of differences with respect to the interpretation and performance of the contract , and third that the contract ‘ takes on a dimension of a new category of agreements between States and private persons : economic development agreements . ’ |
| 5 | I shall find you a good language teacher , and second a catechist , to take you round the villages and ensure that you can converse with Christians and Buddhists alike . |
| 6 | It may be that the first is a purse which is never empty , and the second a pot which provides a wholesome meal whenever you demand one in the right way . |
| 7 | It is neatly organised into three sections : first , an introduction to the theory , second a discussion of generally sympathetic critical work , finally a discussion of seemingly antagonistic critical work . |
| 8 | The new procedure is simple in that it involves an application form having three parts on the front of it ( the declaration of means being on the back ) , first the information about the applicant and the charge , second a part to be completed by the Sheriff Clerk , and last a part to bc completed by the Local Secretary . |
| 9 | In the former study the transition occurred within a homopolymeric AT sequence , while in the second a GpA junction ( of type XS ) was concerned . |
| 10 | The first show the main bone shapes , the second a matchstick with head , ribcage and pelvis indicated as egg shapes . |
| 11 | The first show the main bone shapes , the second a matchstick with head , ribcage and pelvis indicated as egg shapes . |
| 12 | If you only have one rope , do your second a favour and either double it up or pull it through after doing the pitch and drop it back to your mate to protect the moves down the flake . |
| 13 | ladies and gentlemen I would like to move a very small amendment to do a the second a membership on on item four on where it says up to three represent the area etcetera erm now the which I am currently a member of includes three libraries erm which are and and there are in fact five County Councils involved in the area of those three libraries when in fact Bushey has its own Bushey and there was a but I would like to see |
| 14 | The second a pahrmacist weas attacked outside council offices in New Road . |
| 15 | Second a number of different methods for using rewards and punishers were described , stressing that it is rare to find interventions using only one or the other . |
| 16 | One set has a length of 75mm and gives a medium cut , and the second a length of 100mm , and gives a coarse cut . |
| 17 | One has a dog 's head , another a boar 's head , a third a bull 's head and the fourth a bird 's head . |
| 18 | A fourth a quarter . |
| 19 | One fourth a quarter . |
| 20 | It 's a fourth a quarter . |
| 21 | On May 25th a group of lenders , headed by Barclays , decided to put Speyhawk , a long-troubled property developer , into receivership . |
| 22 | Consider first a case in which no cognitive map is needed . |
| 23 | In the first a company or industry discerns the need for a new product or product range , develops markets and sells to the widest possible market . |
| 24 | But first a word about the basic notions of quantum mechanics , the mathematical theory that has proved extremely successful in describing and predicting quantum effects . |
| 25 | But first a word about three other important matters : reduced rate contributions , abolition of the half test and Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 26 | BUT first a word from our sponsors . |
| 27 | First a cow is pushed out of the way by the trained elephants so that her calf can be safely roped and led away . |
| 28 | He married first a sister of John Bowes , having a son John , and secondly , after 1630 , Dame Jacoba van Lore , widow of Sir Peter van Lore , a wealthy merchant and moneylender . |
| 29 | First a sermon was preached by the Provost of Eton , Dr Cole , in which he explained that , although Cranmer had recanted , his life was forfeit in retribution for those of More and Fisher . |
| 30 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |