Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the adult worms are never numerous , they are very fecund , and an infected pig may pass a million eggs per day . |
| 2 | But the Witton-le-Wear trainer must face a local stewards ' inquiry at the East Boldon circuit to explain the dramatic improvement in form of Carley Pop . |
| 3 | Candidates should have a good Honours degree , or its equivalent , in a relevant subject-area such as engineering , psychology , linguistics , phonetics or speech science . |
| 4 | But David Townsend , director of Croydon SSD , has complained to Herbert Laming , SSI chief inspector , that inspectors should wait a few months for the reforms to bed down . |
| 5 | A piece of this material , neutronium , the size of a pinhead might weigh a billion tonnes or more ( depending upon the size of the pinhead ! ) . |
| 6 | Parents who fork out one a year for expensive games would not have to see them abandoned in the cupboard and teenagers could have a dozen games a year at pocket money prices . |
| 7 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 8 | But in Darlington there is a paucity of green space within the town centre where cooped-up employees can go to bask in the sun , or where shoppers can rest a few minutes . |
| 9 | My choice of heating equipment may raise a few eyebrows , ranging as it does from the advanced to the primitive . |
| 10 | The council must save a million pounds after being charge capped by the Government . |
| 11 | Intel Japan says worldwide sales of i960 chips should exceed a million units this year with US market research Instat forecasting the part will have the largest RISC processor market share this year . |
| 12 | But there were intimacies at the opposite end of the social scale — in which a barrow girl might fancy a young police constable , or a socially mobile ‘ buck ’ might seek advice from the local fount of authority and knowledge . |
| 13 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 14 | The second half would follow a few months later , paving the way for a full IMF standby programme . |
| 15 | Perhaps somebody in the EMI top management will rattle a few cages in their American office and get them to take note of Mr Lewis 's efforts for the British market . |
| 16 | The ex Chancellor will gain a billion pounds through National Insurance and reduced benefits . |
| 17 | During any year most staff members of the Institute will spend a few weeks , if not two or three months , in erm some developing country , or perhaps several , and of course we 're also heavily involved in international agencies . |
| 18 | In September he will become the new Public Arts Officer for the borough and the gallery will have a new arts coordinator , Philip Riley . |
| 19 | Let us hope the Medical Research Council can rumble a few answers . |
| 20 | Assuming the Boss and Big Boss can score a few wounds you are in with a good chance of winning the combat . |
| 21 | Vauxhall could learn a few tricks here , the cacophony from the 16-valver becoming tiresome when the engine 's full rev range is explored . |
| 22 | There was the war horse to be thought of : a fine animal might be worth the value of a small lordship or , put differently , in the mid-fifteenth century a charger could cost a French man-at-arms the equivalent of anything from six months ' to two years ' wages . |
| 23 | Performance of that order behind a BMW badge could shake a few prejudices , but these high-fliers may not be available in right-hand drive form until next year because of the demand for them on the Continent . |
| 24 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 25 | Some organisations may have a special appeals procedure , with problems or grievances referred to an independent arbitrator . |
| 26 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport may say a few words about funding if he feels that it is appropriate . |
| 28 | Applicants should have a good Honours degree in Management , Economics or related discipline and/or have professional qualifications . |
| 29 | Similarly , the French team will re-analyse a few examples of survey data collected by research workers at the Institute of Psychiatry . |
| 30 | With luck , a few years will bring a greatest hits compilation . |