Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man of action all his life , David went into the Army in the RAMC as a young man and later trained as a State Registered Nurse in a civilian hospital . |
| 2 | He said he would be pressing for the expulsion of several members of the local association who had privately aired derogatory views about a black candidate while publicly supporting him . |
| 3 | Details have still to be worked out , but Chez reckons that with the aid of his home computer and his Nintendo Boot Sale Blitz game , he and I can milk off a tidy sum whilst still leaving the club with a small profit . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 5 | In 1924 , the All Blacks undertook internal matches against Auckland and Manawatu as preparation for a European tour and promptly lost 14-3 to Auckland , who in those days were nothing like the force they are now . |
| 6 | The abandonment of the 1956–62 IRA military campaign was highly ambiguous and from outward appearances it was possible to interpret republican actions as either preparation for a renewed onslaught or as a delicate operation to keep the movement together while its direction was fundamentally changed . |
| 7 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
| 8 | One national company succeeded so well in getting its slogan onto the race course during a sponsored meeting that the TV company refused to film again unless some of the items were removed . |
| 9 | There 's some justification for having Green Link as a separate publication but even that is is under question in the coming twelve months because our circulation just does n't warrant all of these publications . |
| 10 | Barton was keeping the info for a rainy day and he would ring his secretary in the morning and ask her to look in the paper 's library for any cuttings on Amaranth Wilikins . |
| 11 | Nor is this a matter of division between a pro-government side and an anti-government one . |
| 12 | With rabbit numbers low , this was seen as the opportunity for a further reduction but in response to public outcry legislation was also introduced making it illegal to spread myxomatosis by artificial means — by taking infected rabbits and releasing them near disease-free colonies . |
| 13 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 14 | You never know who might mistake Armstrong for a real taxi and offer me a few quid as a friendly gesture for giving them a lift . |
| 15 | What was depicted as a struggle between a national proletariat and peasantry , and a national bourgeoisie , was in fact a struggle between the Russian Bolsheviks on the one hand , and Russian and foreign anti-Bolsheviks on the other hand , for the controlling influence over the territory concerned . |
| 16 | We scrunch-dried Rachel 's hair for a casual effect but it can be blow-dried for a completely different look . |
| 17 | Liquid Shaper ( £5.95/8oz ) is a new shaping spray , ideal on wet hair for a sculptured look or on damp hair before blow-drying for a style with volume . |
| 18 | Unions might favour single-employer bargaining as a deliberate strategy since it would enhance their relative bargaining power in terms of a potential ability to whipsaw individual employers . |
| 19 | Heighington Planning appeal : An appeal has been lodged over refused planning permission for a 15-bedroom hotel and manager 's flat at Heighcliffe Country Club . |
| 20 | If a planning authority grants permission for a particular construction or use in its area it is almost certain that some local inhabitants will be prejudiced in the quiet enjoyment of their properties . |
| 21 | Eventually these ideas coalesced into the belief that Germany 's rise as a new state and as an industrial power was being hampered by uncertainty over the unreliable national loyalties of the Slav peoples in the east , by the back-stabbing machinations of the Jews inside Germany , and by the threat of communism that came in both Slav and Jewish forms . |
| 22 | According to the LFS code book , temporary jobs in the first category can include jobs the termination of which " is fixed for , by example , reaching a certain date or completing an assignment , or by return of an employee who has been temporarily replaced " ( our italics ) i.e. jobs that could fit equally well into the second category whilst jobs in the second category are taken to include those with " a work contract for a specific task or a fixed period of time " ( our italics ) i.e jobs that could fit equally well into the first category . |
| 23 | The newly typical relationship was a negotiated contract for a specific form or period of publication , with variable clauses on its terms and duration . |
| 24 | This engine , ‘ Lion ’ was an 0-4-2 for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway , and had a remarkable career , much of it at Princes Dock , Liverpool , where it was used by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board as a stationary boiler until it was discovered in almost original condition and restored at Crewe for the 1930 L & M R film ‘ The Titfield Thunderbolt ’ . |
| 25 | There may be a case for downward movement inside the ERM as the French achieved in the mid-1980s , or even a case for a one-off devaluation as the Swedes undertook in 1982 . |
| 26 | He added that this was not a case for a free pardon because — wait for it — there was no proof that Cooper and McMahon were innocent . |
| 27 | Employees were awarded sums of money between a hundred pounds and fifteen thousand pounds to tackle projects in partnership with national or local voluntary organisations . |
| 28 | Employees were awarded sums of money between a hundred pounds and fifteen thousand pounds to tackle projects in partnership with national or local voluntary organisations . |
| 29 | This should increase the probability that a review committee will be able to approve a lower budget for a given output than if the bureau were a monopoly supplier . |
| 30 | There is now substantial evidence to show that 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 acts as a differentiating agent and that some of these actions are associated with a modulation of receptor concentrations . |