Example sentences of "an [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One sanitary inspector reported that ‘ far from being carried on in the poorer types of dwelling , outwork was taken to supplement their resources by many people whose names one would never expect to find on an outworkers list ’ . |
| 2 | An investigations unit would be set up in London , staffed by reputable heavyweight journalists he had already selected . |
| 3 | An ARATS member , Tang Shubei , obliquely warned Taiwanese businessmen that if their government did not co-operate , they would lose out to Americans , Europeans and other Asians . |
| 4 | Lastly , I would simply say that for weeks before the war was over , General whom I would like to call your attention to , was an Operations Officer and during the night when we were laying on missions we 'd say to each other , when this thing 's over we 're gon na get stinking drunk . |
| 5 | Now it has to be a software engineer who rocks , an operations chief who scuba dives or the bank president who knows a Scandinavian folk song when he hears one . |
| 6 | An operations director , for example might be expected to understand the characteristics of a world-class manufacturing operation — stage four — while a shift manager may be required to understand thoroughly his or her own process — stage one . |
| 7 | The Combined Staff ( OVS ) of the Joint High Command , the supreme military organ , to this day appears to be without rear services ( logistics ) directorates , an operations department and a transport department . |
| 8 | A line manager is one who has direct authority over a subordinate : by this definition , any manager , whether he works in an operations department or an advisory department , will have line authority over his subordinates . |
| 9 | From an operations district manager from a large retail chain . |
| 10 | As he explains : ‘ If I can successfully transfer what I believe to be management skills applicable to any discipline , then I would hope to follow a career path that will ultimately lead to directorship within an operations environment . ’ |
| 11 | Whether you be a district sales executive , a vice-president finance or an operations manager , you must strive to be the best in your chosen area . |
| 12 | Mr Mowatt agreed to write an Operations check-list , outlining routine procedures , and how to carry them out , and listing actions needed in the event of problems occurring . |
| 13 | Minshuku range from traditional wooden farmhouses with an irori fireplace built into the tatami covered floor , exposed beams and thatched roofs to concrete , plastic and plywood family homes . |
| 14 | In the United States , an Emissions Trading Policy has been adopted which represents a move in the direction of a marketable pollution permit system ( Brady , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Farmers Weekly and Power Farming , in association with FAF and the Royal Smithfield Show , are running an inventions competition with a first prize of £1,000 , two runners-up prizes of £500 and three further prizes of £250 . |
| 16 | He watched the priest , a stoup of holy water in one hand and an asperges rod in the other , bless the fallow fields . |
| 17 | The is interesting because of course planning is an eggshells area where you have to tiptoe delicately through the tulips . |
| 18 | What about an Afros cartoon ? |
| 19 | Alternatively , the Secretary of State may , in the absence of reasonable excuse , inter alia , revoke that person 's authorization if he is an investments dealer . |
| 20 | There will be five supporting opens on an excellent programme , including an 825-metres marathon . |
| 21 | Neither myself or anyone of my party having received an hours illness since our arriving though constantly exposed night and day to the bush in all kinds of weather . |
| 22 | I 've done that to mine and put it on pause and er you know missed out about half an hours conversation . |
| 23 | He used to give me an hours warning and then we 'd work through until it got dark out in the fields and then we 'd go into the sheds and restack the hay or whatever he wanted to do . |
| 24 | White was an hours student due to take his college entrance exams in only days : a place at university was his constant consuming dream . |
| 25 | At Collington Chapel Lane is closed until Friday cos they 're putting a new sewer in there and traffic 's being diverted there along Main Street and at Totton there 's roadworks on Nottingham Road at the junction with Attenborough Lane delays likely there especially at busy times that 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic for you again in half an hours time . |
| 26 | Swindon Town will be at home to Manchester City or Reading in the Fourth Round if they can beat Queens Park Rangers in the Third Round … that tie kicks off in an hours time in London … |
| 27 | The Prodrive team from Banbury have got their two cars into the top six of this year 's RAC Rally which will be coming to a close in Chester in about an hours time … |
| 28 | Erm give me thirty seconds worth of famous dogs they can be in cartoons , they can be in history , they can be in films , they can be anywhere and we 'll do it in half an hours time . |
| 29 | I 'll talk to you in half an hours time . |
| 30 | An Ornaments Rubric included in the 1559 Prayer Book ordered the use of vestments and the alb and cope during the communion service ; and the 1559 injunctions required the clergy to wear the surplice during services , as well as their distinctive outdoor dress which set them apart from the laity . |