Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same is true for many other periods ; for instance , coins provide a date for the deposit of the great Viking hoard from Cuerdale in Lancashire of c.AD905 , and this in turn provides a date for the associated objects and hence a pivotal fixed chronological point for our understanding of Anglo-Saxon metalwork . |
| 2 | Rural areas supplied not only agricultural products but also a considerable proportion of manufacturing output . |
| 3 | In particular , it did not prevent Robert Hersant from creating , from 1950 and from nothing , what became by the 1980S France 's biggest newspaper publishing group -over 40 titles totalling over one quarter of the circulation of the regional dailies and over a third ( 38 per cent ( of the national daily press . |
| 4 | I think we need not only a strong parliament but also a strong presidency . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |
| 6 | He offers himself as a strong figure and also a young one . |
| 7 | He was running what was mostly a sixties disco with a sprinkling of classic rock and only a few recent standards . |
| 8 | Some guides are indeed very brief , suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen . |
| 9 | If you went and stood in the same place now then obviously it would look different in that sense , would n't it so the background if you like would be different would n't it with high rise and maybe a different . |
| 10 | There was the Court of the Myrtles with its pool and lovely arches , the Court of the Lions with fountains of twelve carved lions and over a hundred slender pillars . |
| 11 | MAUREEN ( trying the B set which emits a series of siren-like whoops and then a muffled jazz band ) : It does n't seem particularly easy to get ANY station on the B. |
| 12 | For some women at this stage , cooking can become an absorbing hobby rather than the necessity of life it was when there were others to feed — a social pleasure or simply a personal indulgence . |
| 13 | There is no serious dissent from the general proposition that we should have a system which combines a thorough examination of all individual claims , a clear exposition of the criteria against which they are being assessed , all proper speed and then a clear decision , whether positive or negative , and an effective right of appeal before removal for those whose claims have been rejected . |
| 14 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 15 | They were particularly vulnerable during their first 12 months and about a third of them did not live to reach the age of 10 . |
| 16 | Over the last 12 months or so a new microwave product has been made available to the caterer — the combination microwave . |
| 17 | In the past , many researchers have tended to underplay the problems that arose in the process of research in case they affected the evaluation of their results , although there have been a few ex post disclosures in books intended to show social research as often a messy enterprise ( Bell and Newby 1977 ; Bell and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 18 | He was the product of a broken home and therefore a single-parent child . |
| 19 | If the one we crossed this time was a steep climb and then a pleasant sweep into a warm green valley , and not the mountains of the moon , I was the better pleased , because although it was different it was also wonderful , and because I felt instinctively that the heights must be earned . |
| 20 | No lunch is provided and it does not take long to eat what little they bring — a bit of salad , some bread and maybe a hard-boiled egg . |
| 21 | But this was such specialized work that only a lucky few got it , none of them women . |
| 22 | His second reputation as one of the 20th century 's most important poets was achieved gradually over 30 years and nearly a thousand poems . |
| 23 | Although the Romans maintained a number of marching camps across the Lowlands such as those at Pennymuir , Roxburgh , and Glenlochar in Kirkcudbrightshire , signal stations on heights such as the Eildon Hills , and sentinel forts substantially reinforced at one time and another , these were subjected to repeated tribal attacks and occasionally a combined assault . |
| 24 | There was more to this canal than just a final obstacle , however . |
| 25 | We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership . |
| 26 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
| 27 | Although the responses were generally supportive , ‘ practically everybody expressed some reservations and about a third expressed serious reservations about particular features ’ . |
| 28 | ( b ) Separate practice The decision must be taken as to whether the business of a new office is to be integrated with that of the main office or whether it is to be run ( or the extent to which it is to be run ) as a separate , self-financing enterprise or even a separate partnership but using the same firm-name . |
| 29 | This had long been the LRDG 's main base with clear water and even a few European houses . |
| 30 | Night at any rate you had fine , as we had , with a high clear moon & just a few stars lost here & there among folds of cloud . |