Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 2 | In the 1970s , the United Kingdom population increased by a mere 0.5% , a figure matched only by West Germany . |
| 3 | The overall responsibility for all these classes continued as a joint University/WEA partnership . |
| 4 | Very much the view of of this group that we have an excellent planning and environment department service led by a distinguished er director and say that . |
| 5 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 6 | Angas Brut £5.49 Described as a true non vintage style , bottle fermented sparkling wine this was another of our favourites . |
| 7 | Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc 's plans to get out of its current financial hole have left Standard & Poor 's Corp unmoved and seen the company 's subordinated debt downgraded to a dire CCC+ with the outlook negative ( CI No 2,111 ) . |
| 8 | The example of the United States may be cited in order to refute such a fatalistic approach , but the American colonies were the progeny of the most sophisticated democratic country in the world , and in any case the American republic expanded from a near tabula rasa , politically and geographically speaking . |