Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Affairs of the heart are not unknown to travel agents in the 1990s either : in the middle of a recent travel consultation a young man proposed to his girlfriend and the travel consultant was asked to arrange the wedding in Mauritius . |
| 2 | Until that fatal weakness is overcome , I fear that the understandably-depressed Dr David Marsh will continue to find chairmanship of a professional football club a far less rewarding pastime than captaincy of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club . |
| 3 | Without probing too deeply into the reasons for the emergence of that national consensus — and the cogency of the Munn report 's argument and the compactness of Scotland as an educational entity , can not be disregarded in this connection — the existence of that consensus is beyond question and it undoubtedly made the introduction of a national curriculum framework a relatively unproblematic matter . |
| 4 | Hotel : ( For a wider choice head a mile north to Glenridding ) . |
| 5 | His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation . |
| 6 | For a year-round foliage plant a variegated Persian ivy ; Hedera colchica ‘ Dentata Variegata ’ has large leaves generously splashed with yellow and grey . |
| 7 | If the stator and rotor teeth of one phase are fully aligned the flux path has a low reluctance ; for a given phase current a large flux links the windings , so the phase inductance is at its maximum value . |
| 8 | ‘ of a qualified driver ’ The supervisor must be a ‘ qualified driver ’ as defined in regulation 9(6) of the Motor Vehicles ( Driving Licences ) Regulations 1987 , namely , a person who holds a full licence authorising him to drive as a full licence holder a motor vehicle of the same class or description as the vehicle being driven by the holder of the provisional licence . |
| 9 | One can imagine their need of concentration with the family trying to keep warm round a peat fire in a dark room , reading by the light of a flickering homemade candle or smoky paraffin lamp but perhaps it was easier than trying to compete with a noisy television set a century later . |
| 10 | With a large entry angle a large proportion of the 4 minutes is taken up in the first turn overhead . |
| 11 | With a high performance car a greater depth is required . |
| 12 | Under a fixed exchange rate a currency flow surplus is likely to persist for some time . |
| 13 | The fire probably started in a rubbish dump , above an old strip mine a few miles east of the town , in May 1962 . |
| 14 | In this case the offender was caught within minutes , his movements watched from a central control room a mile away . |
| 15 | Ironically , he was released early from a previous prison sentence a year ago because of good behaviour . |
| 16 | But 29-year-old Davey , who now lives in a lavish Florida mansion a long way from the two-up two-down terraced house he was brought up in , has no guarantees of success . |
| 17 | In fact , in a 10 kg infant a dose of only 0.8 mg fluoride could theoretically cause a peak of 0.2 ppm in the blood ionic fluoride ; and a dose of just 0–4 mg fluoride , a peak of 0.1 ppm . |
| 18 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 19 | In a compulsory registration area a lease granted for a term of forty years or more must be registered at HM Land Registry ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s123 ) . |
| 20 | For example , if the quantity of sheet piling was increased in a temporary works item a variance would be identified between the budget and actual costs . |
| 21 | After the opposition refused to participate in a grand coalition government a Cabinet of BSP and independent ministers was formed under Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov on Sept. 20 . |
| 22 | Their house was too small to put us up so we stayed in a new motor camp a few miles further along the road , in Portobello ( odd to get all these Edinburgh names , 12,000 miles away ! ) . |
| 23 | Currently in a six month appointment a house officer may be attached to one team of consultants for three months and then change to a second team . |
| 24 | In a tense cup tie a rival fan threw a can at him and in a moment of pure pantomime ‘ Bud ’ picked up the can , motioned a greeting of ‘ cheers ’ to the terracing and drank some of the can 's unknown contents . |
| 25 | In a parliamentary party democracy a large part of the electoral contest is the campaign : the candidates confront each other and attempt to persuade the individual members of the electorate to cast votes in their favour . |
| 26 | Alternatively , where an existing use gives rise to a serious odour problem a local authority may wish to issue a Discontinuance Order under s.51 of the 1971 Act . |
| 27 | He usually arrived on a powerful motor bicycle a B.M.W. , I am told . |
| 28 | On a hot summer afternoon a few weeks later , Caroline trooped wearily home from work and opened her postbox to find a long white envelope bearing the logo of the Davis School of Design . |
| 29 | On a gleaming fibreglass deck a girl with waist-length chestnut hair and tiny navy shorts was reclining against the cockpit , calling something to a man on a neighbouring craft . |
| 30 | When I conducted a " phone-in " on sleep and dreaming on a local radio station a few years ago somebody called in to ask what I had to say about flying dreams . |