Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The participants in the seminar came from eight European countries and a number of international agencies . |
| 2 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 3 | Such criteria must be viewed in context with far less quantifiable social factors and a consideration of the officially indefinable ‘ quality of life ’ . |
| 4 | He had wide-set brown eyes and a way of gritting his teeth in a half smile , as if against the energy which coursed through him . |
| 5 | Adult trips included bustling Aghios Nikolaos , tranquil inland villages and a visit to the awe-inspiring Minoan Palace of Knossos . |
| 6 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 7 | Easily Accessible : Lewes is an interesting town dating back to the Norman Conquest with steep narrow streets and a mixture of Georgian and older buildings including antique shops , a ruined castle , museums and a house which once belonged to Anne of Cleves . |
| 8 | Now with some 70 employees and a turnover approaching £4 million , it is one of the county 's busiest commercial printing companies , serving commerce and industry locally and nationally with quality print . |
| 9 | The most enduring band of their time now seem like a memory bound up in a few classic singles and a reputation for ‘ nuttiness ’ . |
| 10 | There were several chests and one great press , and on the tables were laid out some unfinished drawings and a litter of instruments . |
| 11 | There are now 12 self-contained flats and a community room . |
| 12 | ‘ Some photographic negatives and a collection of certificates . ’ |
| 13 | Within a short drive you can reach unspoilt Cornish and Devon countryside , old market towns , picturesque villages , olde worlde Inns , ancient churches , charming little coves and a choice of lovely beaches . |
| 14 | ‘ We should get six top international players and a number of international referees and sit down with the law-makers so that all points of view are aired . ’ |
| 15 | As expected ( UX Nos 407 , 420 ) , the announcement included two lines of high-end , symmetric multiprocessing server systems , a graphics subsystem , beefed-up Indigo workstations and a Unix System V.4-compliant version of its Irix operating system . |
| 16 | The meeting came to some useful conclusions and a resolution to the EC 's Environment Ministers is being drawn up . |
| 17 | If a star 's mass is less than the Chandrasekhar limit , it can eventually stop contracting and settle down to a possible final state as a " white dwarf " with a radius of a few thousand miles and a density of hundreds of tons per cubic inch . |
| 18 | The furniture of the room was very homely , of course — a few rough chairs and a table , a comer cupboard with their little stock of crockery and delf , a gaudy tea tray , representing a lady in bright red , walking out with a very blue parasol , a few common , coloured Scripture subjects in frames upon the wall and chimney , an old dwarf clothes-press and an eight-day clock , with a few bright saucepans and a kettle , comprised the whole . |
| 19 | For example , where a meeting that started out being fairly informal raised some key issues and a member of the meeting feels that a record of decisions taken should be made , s/he may feel uncomfortable or that it is inappropriate to write a memo or produce formal minutes of those decisions . |
| 20 | Also here are some onscreen messages and a provision for resetting the saved ‘ good ’ reference values if the number of accumulated bad readings exceeds a predetermined level . |
| 21 | ‘ We work for some 2000 customers and a magazine such as this will contribute to the awareness of technical issues in industry . ’ |
| 22 | Although there are bound to be difficulties in comparing different ages and periods , such as different definitions of crime , different measuring techniques and a lack of adequate records and poor communications in previous times , an impression of the style and extent of crime — and of the popular concern about it — can nevertheless be formed . |
| 23 | There was hardly any traffic , just a few parked cars and a cluster of mopeds around the door of the bar opposite . |
| 24 | There were those among the remaining husbands of the five daughters of Ealdred who would like nothing better than to see Siward perish in an effort to plant a few Anglian soldiers and a bishop in some crumbling old forts in the Lothians . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ These are all old back-to-back properties and a haven for thieves . |
| 26 | When I come back I expect you all to have worked hard and got the team another 9 points and a top of the league position . |
| 27 | Attempts have also been made to provide sheltered housing — that is , groups of small dwellings with some communal facilities and a warden in attendance . |
| 28 | Andrea Wallace , one of Britain 's top cross-country athletes and a mother of two , running in only her second marathon , believes that if she is still there at 20 miles , she has a chance of gaining a medal . |
| 29 | It was built so very near the sea that it had narrowly escaped being carried away in high tides , and doubtless would have been altogether afloat but for its having a foundation of some two feet and a half of stone . |
| 30 | Add a few other programs and a game or two and even a 100Mb drive is starting to look a little small . |