Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As noted in Chapter 0 a definition of integer can be given in set-theoretic terms ( see , for example [ 49 ] ) . |
| 2 | Finally , in chapter 5 a theory of meaning was used to discredit a certain programme in epistemology . |
| 3 | On Jan. 29 a show of strength by riotous crowds of pro-NSF supporters prompted accusations that the NSF was orchestrating mob rule . |
| 4 | These figures were confirmed even more when we saw when we saw that we spent twenty five pound more a head of population on our schools than the average Metropolitan District . |
| 5 | I repeat that if one adds to that the £40 million from the foundation , the £20 million a year for football and the £1 million that I found for the champion coaching scheme , it is clear that our commitment to sport is greater than anyone 's . |
| 6 | SCOTTISH Ambulance Service fleet manager Ed Hodson believes he is on the way to knocking £1 million a year off fuel bills by gradually switching totally to diesel . |
| 7 | Why ca n't some of these blokes be earning £1 million a year like snooker players ? |
| 8 | Employers already spend over £20,000 million a year on training . |
| 9 | An executive earning , say £15 000 a year in salary may cost the employer as much as £80 000 or more a year to maintain in the overseas location . |
| 10 | On July 2 a commission of inquiry was announced , composed of six lawyers and human rights activists , including Kamel Rezzak Bara , chairman of the National Human Rights Monitoring Group , and Yousef Fethallah , head of the Algerian League of Human Rights . |
| 11 | In January 1920 a conference with milk retailers agreed on a voucher scheme through which 76,764 gallons were supplied until it was decided in August , because of the continued difficulty of guaranteeing uncontaminated milk , to substitute dried milk powder . |
| 12 | With Portugal due to assume the EC presidency for the first time in January 1992 a change of leadership would be badly received abroad , he claimed . |
| 13 | On 9 February 1922 a letter of complaint to the press from postmen headed ‘ The uncommunicative Commissariat ’ stated that the Moscow post office , with 4,000 employees , was frozen up for lack of snow-cleaners . |
| 14 | The Government spend about £3 billion a year on research and development , which is a higher proportion of gross domestic product than Japan spends , but I hear what my hon. Friend says . |
| 15 | Money released on that scale could make a vital contribution to closing a gap of about £3 billion a year in investment in affordable , rented accommodation over Britain as a whole , the report states . |
| 16 | On 7 January 1959 a committee for space research ( Comité des Recherches Spatiales ) was created by government decree . |
| 17 | On 11 May 1945 a merger of convenience took place between the associations of Champagne houses , the Syndicat du Commerce des Vins de Champagne and the Syndicat des Négociants en Vin de Champagne under the auspices of the Union des Syndicats du Commerce des Vins de Champagne . |
| 18 | THE man from the Pru is shelling out more than £10 million a DAY on insurance settlements and maturing savings plans . |
| 19 | On Sept. 24 a Law on Defence , which President Boris Yeltsin had returned to the Supreme Soviet on Aug. 10 , was accepted with the inclusion of the President 's amendments . |
| 20 | It turned out that during the initial flight test programme of the Boeing 707/300 a lack of stabiliser torsional stiffness became apparent . |
| 21 | As a disincentive to landlords wishing to rid themselves of " sitting tenants " , Parliament inserted into the Housing Act 1988 a strengthening of harassment remedies . |
| 22 | In December 1990 a collection of locomotive parts arrived in the old goods yard at Swanage . |
| 23 | In March 1836 a group of student members demanded that Vines be restored to the society , and formed themselves into a committee of management , upon which all the officers resigned . |
| 24 | They 've already begun the arduous task of carrying their plants half a mile across town to their new home . |
| 25 | But to prove we are a nation of animal lovers we spending a staggering £2.4 BILLION a year on gourmet grub and luxury presents for our furry friends . |
| 26 | Fiona Gately , marketing manager with Food from Britain , urged producers not to ignore the catering market , which is worth £7 billion a year in food purchases . |
| 27 | BP was spending £45 million a year on sulphur recovery alone . |
| 28 | Charlie , 50 , battled for 35 minutes to beat the specimen which was hooked in 70 feet of water half a mile off Stout Point near Aberthaw , Mid-Glamorgan . |
| 29 | A killer who slept at night half a metre from Holly came with his story to the Englishman 's side . |
| 30 | At 3 a.m. on the night of 31 October 1933 a piece of heaven fell on Ruchill . |