Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is she a shepherd or just an old crook ? |
| 2 | It was n't just going to be papers , it could be health clinics , bookshops , making a network of people sharing lifestyles and indeed an economic base . |
| 3 | Bear that in mind and also an important part of communications that 's why there 's always so many problems about which is right . |
| 4 | Modern technology has seen to that , giving them a machine to make their early morning tea and even an electronic handset to save them having to get out of their chairs in the evening to change the television channel . |
| 5 | They concluded that , especially in relation to fluvial processes , explanations that ignore the role of human activities run the risk of eliminating one of the most significant variables and perhaps an appropriate note on which to end this chapter is their affirmation that ( Graf , Trimble , Toy and Costa , 1980 , p. 281 ) : |
| 6 | The purchaser will need to remember that a minimum delay of between 14 and 21 clear days may be needed in between exchange and completion if either an ordinary resolution or special resolution of shareholders is needed . |
| 7 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 8 | ‘ We are meeting urgent local housing needs by providing affordable , high quality new homes and thus an improved quality of life . ’ |
| 9 | Isabella d'Este , was not merely an enthusiastic instrument collector and patroness of the arts but also an accomplished singer , lutenist and keyboard player . |
| 10 | They suggest that the deterioration may be even greater than was apparent from our study as they found not only an appreciable and continuing decline in sperm concentration but also an increased percentage of morphologically abnormal and immotile sperm . |
| 11 | Scrapers : Another basic aid but nevertheless an indispensable tool particularly for heavy cleaning . |
| 12 | We were making our way up a trackway towards the main gate of the manor when suddenly an old hag slipped out of the trees on one side of the path and stood squarely in front of Mandeville . |
| 13 | They see our future as merely an offshore island for foreign investment which guarantees some tenuous future in the European Community . |
| 14 | There has , in fact , been a tendency to avoid the issue and view self-esteem as primarily an enduring trait . |
| 15 | Since adherents of this first school regard college as primarily an intellectual training ground , they stress the inherent educational value of such subjects as classical languages ( Greek and Latin ) , political philosophy or English literature , all of which encourage the development of sensitivity , subtle and flexible reasoning , intellectual ingenuity and the willingness to see all sides of an argument . |
| 16 | In passing , one might note that democracy was never an intention of the reformers but rather an unintended consequence of their theological reformation . |
| 17 | Paddy Murphy and Jimmy Keenan both looked good on the sand but unfortunately an interesting choice of footwear ( none at all ! ) led to Dugdale 's retirement with some of the best blisters I 've even seen ! |
| 18 | A laky , housebound bow but formerly an avid attender of the sale , telephoned the church with an ‘ order ’ for Scots Magazines , Annie S.Swans , Bible Stories and jigsaws . |
| 19 | To present Methodism as essentially an urban phenomenon is seriously misleading . |
| 20 | Some Social Democrats analysed Russia as partly an Asiatic mode of production , a position denounced by Lenin , who insisted on the fully capitalist character of the Russian economy and hence its ripeness for socialist agitation . |
| 21 | Fruitful though this has been in promoting and giving direction to research , its uncritical pursuit only serves to advance a reductionist and therefore an inadequate view of man . |
| 22 | Omani sailors gained fame for their navigational skills and indeed an Omani pilot guided the first Portuguese ships on the earliest European discovery of the trade routes to the East . |
| 23 | The costs of a non-Europe research programme suggest that something in the region of 0.5 per cent of Community GDP may be " wasted " by nations favouring domestic public procurement policies and therefore an effective competition policy to counteract such protection measures must be accompanied by a re-distributive regional policy . |
| 24 | Yet Emma Johnson , spontaneous in her expressiveness , brings an extra freedom and often an extra warmth to make this in many ways the most winning of all . |
| 25 | Bonn at ( 1833–1922 ) made his name and his money in Paris , where he was a painter of the salon -haunting kind and also an influential director of the École tea Beaux-Arts . |
| 26 | Later excavation under the direction of Dr. Euan MacKie found that the work of building the circle was never completed and owing to a miscalculation or perhaps an unfavourable omen , was abandoned . |
| 27 | A Building Control Officer , in considering the relaxation , pointed out the following aspects of the property : The building fronts the pavement and therefore an external ramp to the entrance door could not be provided . |
| 28 | Far better to remember that ivy does provide a very useful overwintering site for many small mammals and insects and also an essential nesting or roosting site for favourite garden birds . |
| 29 | The House of Lords decisively rejected Mrs. Gillick 's contentions and held that at common law a child of sufficient intelligence and understanding ( the ‘ Gillick competent ’ child ) could consent to treatment , notwithstanding the absence of the parents ' consent and even an express prohibition by the parents . |
| 30 | A quarter of the Japanese population , some 30 million people , live in the most exposed area which also contains not only the vast bulk of the business community but also an alarming quantity of chemical plants . |