Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] and [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see it as a choice between that and continuing an illegal existence . |
| 2 | He or she may now buy 5 per cent of the equity of the ungeared firm , ABC Ltd , for 12,500 and receive an expected return of 2,000 [ ( 0.05 ) ( 40,000 ) ] . |
| 3 | We 've now got a good package which saves us nearly eighty thousand pounds and to actually undo all of that and create an awful lot of public disquiet plus a problem with regard to potential redundancy to particular saving that accommodates this as the absolutely completely inane and except for where it came from , I would be gobsmacked if it came tonight . |
| 4 | The Marienkirche ( S. Mary 's Church ) is the finest of these and forms an architectural group with the Town Hall , round the market place . |
| 5 | Within two years Kenny was captain of the England Youth team , had skippered the Palace Juniors to the FA Youth Cup triumph of 1977 and become an ever-present member of the Palace 's side that won promotion from Division Three . |
| 6 | In the winning series of 1894–95 , he had a Test average of 39.00 and scored an important 173 in the second Test at Melbourne . |
| 7 | ‘ It was past time for me to win a big one like this and play an aggressive final round . ’ |
| 8 | Clio accounted for 2.1 % of all new car registrations in Britain during 1992 and made an important contribution to the success of Renault UK , whose sales in 1992 grew by 15.14% . |
| 9 | Its role was partly that of a forum , partly a catalyst , and partly that of an intellectual resource which feeds in ideas and information ; over the years it has developed an outstanding reputation for encouraging and sustaining an informed dialogue between local movements . |
| 10 | The site began supplying GKN when Warriors were first built in 1986 and has an on-going contract . |
| 11 | Company MBA and Diploma distance learning programmes were developed in 1986 and have an impressive client list including Shell , BICC and Pedigree Petfoods . |
| 12 | It had been painted in 1876 and showed an older and more ethereal poet , his head rising , as is common with Watts 's portraits , from a vague dark column of a body into a spiritual light . |
| 13 | Tim first met Princess Anne when he was an assistant navigating officer on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1979 and received an unexpected invitation to dine with the royal family . |
| 14 | Our third decision dates from 1960 and concerns an industrial dispute at a printers ' works in London . |
| 15 | A former electrical engineering student is now in charge of a microcomputer company which generated $50 million in revenues in 1981 and has an annual growth rate of 200 per cent . |
| 16 | The first accurate annual monitoring of carbon dioxide commenced at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii in 1958 and revealed an atmospheric concentration of 315 ppm . |
| 17 | In 1982 , I would stand just where that cameraman stood in 1958 and watch an Israeli jet on the same bombing run , attacking the same block of buildings in west Beirut . |
| 18 | He was appointed CBE in 1949 and received an honorary D.Sc . |
| 19 | The results were published in 1949 and showed an increasing homogeneity of practice . |
| 20 | Converted in his early teens ( about 1843–1844 ) , he entered the Ministry in 1855 and exercised an appreciated pastoral ministry in many parts of Ireland . |
| 21 | ‘ Histoire de Babar ’ was published in 1931 and became an immediate hit . |
| 22 | John O'Brien became chief executive in 1988 and proved an impressive and popular boss . |
| 23 | The Constable had been in the Force since 1924 and had an excellent character [ and ] served in the trenches at the age of fifteen and a half . |
| 24 | The Bradford Special Conference of 29 July 1932 ended affiliation by 241 votes to 142 and created an independent party with a disunited membership and with an organization which was in serious difficulties . |