Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Later we can have a chat about this business over a few drinks . ’ |
| 32 | According to a Which ? report , 40 per cent of menus in NHS hospitals claiming to have a healthy food policy failed to reach an acceptable score in a nutritional values survey . |
| 33 | If her bullying ways persist , forget the mother-and-toddler group for a few weeks . |
| 34 | Er , we need to also think about erm , er , B types , because B types may not be being assertive , and I shall talk about assertive behaviour in a few moments . |
| 35 | She could contain her dislike for this character for a few days , could n't she ? |
| 36 | Germany has in the past year alone accepted some quarter of a million refugees from the former Yugoslavia . |
| 37 | ‘ Would you like to come down to Carinish Court for a few days ? ’ |
| 38 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 39 | What permitted the concentration of foreign trade in a few ports was the complementing of overseas trade by coastal trade . |
| 40 | This collection of a dozen essays is offered to mark the occasion , to advertise the vigour and diversity of current research , and to encourage informed admiration and appreciation of the music . |
| 41 | This magazine as a whole attempts to provide some of that missing sense of movement by tracking down individual people that the NI once profiled to see what time has done to them . |
| 42 | King of the Slums manage as much social comment in a dozen songs as others do in a decade but they belong among bands that eschew political persuasion in favour of chronicling the lives of the despairing or dispossessed , the people for whom political solutions have failed . |
| 43 | However , the richness as a cultural object of a deteriorated Windows 1.0 disc pack is cold comfort to an archivist or historian preoccupied with preserving or regenerating the operational environment of the product . |
| 44 | ‘ An Army lorry is due along this road in a few minutes . |
| 45 | " It is a bit ; will you open the back door for a few minutes and let in a breath of air ? " |
| 46 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 47 | Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary for a few weeks only in Aberdeen 's Coalition Government , when on 21st February , 1853 , he was replaced by George Villiers , fourth Earl of Clarendon ( 1800–70 ) who held the post until February 1858 , in both Aberdeen 's and Palmerston 's Governments . |
| 48 | All of which makes the Jorvik Viking Centre not just the journey of a lifetime , but the most exciting journey in a thousand years . |
| 49 | The PAT dogs article by Alan Combes ( Dogs Today , February ) had caused some concern for a few owners . |
| 50 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 51 | There was both their backgrounds — a boy taken from a bleak past into a glorious future by a dedicated schoolteacher — and furthermore this acting business got him off duty , paid him as much cash as a miner 's weekly wage for a few hours ' easy work and had a satisfying tint of glamour … |
| 52 | When the next version arrives , you might want to install it in a separate subdirectory ( in case it has a hidden bug ) and keep the old version for a few months . |
| 53 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 54 | West Mercia police are checking for possible links between the Telford incident and another close by a few weeks ago when a horse was slashed . |
| 55 | Instead they were shunted to another bank for a few days . |
| 56 | I 'll get you some food in a few minutes , but first let's have your shoe and stocking off . ’ |
| 57 | There 's another cost of a million pounds which results from a change in government policy of the cost of government policy , now this is including the er unfair funding of G M schools and including the loss of that was just , just mentioned . |
| 58 | Yet , like Sly , he can only sustain the unfamiliar medium for a few speeches , and sinks back to his true milieu . |
| 59 | Hold your hands in this position for a few moments , then gently move them away . |
| 60 | Hold this position for a few seconds then let your shoulders and head go back slowly to the floor . |