Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a service there should be a mix of these and not a concentration on one metre or one key , for example . |
| 2 | Not , however , a balanced diet made up of a bit of one and then a bit of the other , but an integration between the two . |
| 3 | The ARP warden , out of work since 1930 and now a man of standing with his steel helmet , army-style respirator and dangling whistle , banged on the door of number five pleading through the letterbox with its occupant . |
| 4 | OK so the occasional ( ! ) taunt may be made at a footy game but it IS a football match after all and not a place for the fainthearted . |
| 5 | The huge mountain at the far , Pakistani end of the Himalaya saw the tragic massacre of Willy Merkl 's German team in 1936 and eventually a solo first ascent by the legendary Hermann Buhl in 1953 . |
| 6 | He missed only two fixtures in 1990–91 and obviously a grand future lies ahead of him . |
| 7 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 8 | On Aug. 27 Lord Owen ( who as David Owen had been UK Foreign Secretary in the Labour government in 1977-79 and subsequently a founder and then leader of the Social Democratic Party ) was named as Carrington 's successor . |
| 9 | In 1987 , the Gunners won the League Cup , followed by the Championship in 1989 and then a second title in 1991 . |
| 10 | The aim is to stabilise CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 , with a tax equivalent to $10 on a barrel of oil , beginning with an increase of $3 in 1993 and then a further $1 a year until 2000 . |
| 11 | Easington 's MP from 1970–1987 and now a ‘ full time ’ member of the Lords , he moved house solely because of travelling problems . |
| 12 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |