Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing .
2 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 .
3 Before the site became part of a private country park the building was lived in by a local tenant farmer named Mrs Hollington .
4 In the ornate portal of a mansion-block department store an old man with buttoned overcoat and brown burnished shoes stood talking at the rain .
5 Meanwhile , Roosevelt would give two agents several hundred thousand dollars out of a substantial slush fund the CIA had established in Teheran .
6 In the event of a future oil shortage the LDCs were to receive priority supplies to meet basic economic needs .
7 If an electron is removed from a p-orbital of a rare gas atom the interaction of the electron spin angular momentum ( quantum number s ) with the orbital angular momentum ( quantum number l ) generates two possible states for the ion , depending on whether the angular momenta add or subtract .
8 Not only that , but all regions will have a direct say in European affairs at E C level , thanks to the creation of a new community institution the Committee of the Regions .
9 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 .
10 Top traffic officer Walter Girven , Wiltshire 's Chief Constable accuses those found positive of a blatant disregard foir the law .
11 As only three episodes of acid reflux were seen in the absence of a common cavity episode no statement could be made about the effects of acidification alone .
12 Prisoner is a puzzle game and computerisation of a little plastic puzzle the author bought in an airport lounge .
13 In a recent case involving a driver of a heavy goods vehicle an oral promise was made by one of the driver 's managers that the driver , a Mr Rump , would not be required to work anywhere in the UK , as mentioned in his contract of employment , but only in the south of England because of special family ties .
14 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 .
15 Despite a major security operation the government had proved incapable of suppressing the rebellion by force , and had failed in numerous attempts to achieve a ceasefire through negotiation .
16 Despite a grim weather forecast the previous day , with the threat of thunderstorms , it turned out to be a sunny day — and it was quickly blessed with a record-breaking inward half of 29 by Mark Calcavecchia .
17 Mr and Mrs Smith , the benign proprietors , were always good to me , giving me a lolly or a ‘ black jack ’ every time I shopped there , and I was looking forward to the treat as I stood behind a small queue masking the counter .
18 For a small screw pitch the effective inertia of the load is reduced and the motor can accelerate rapidly , but must attain a high stepping rate to compensate for the small increments of linear movement produced by each motor step .
19 His interest in the British empire was stimulated by a schoolmaster 's setting for a Latin essay prize a subject involving imperial federation .
20 For a year-round foliage plant a variegated Persian ivy ; Hedera colchica ‘ Dentata Variegata ’ has large leaves generously splashed with yellow and grey .
21 Especially for a large word list the memory requirements are prohibitive .
22 For a load torque In some motors the torque/position characteristic is shaped to give a high value of stiffness near the equilibrium position , so for a given load torque the static position error is reduced .
23 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 .
24 For a given phase current the torque produced by one phase is proportional to the rate of change of flux linkages with rotor position ( Fitzgerald and Kingsley , 1952 ) and therefore the static torque/rotor position characteristics for positive excitation of the two phases can be deduced , as in Fig. 4.14(c) .
25 For a high crosslink density the transition is broad and ill-defined , but at lower values , T g is found to increase linearly with the number of crosslinks .
26 For a magazine-style non-fiction article the maximum length is 1,000 words .
27 On the application for a full care order the local authority proposed , again with the agreement of all parties , to continue the interim arrangements , with a view to exploring the possibility of placing the girl with her older half-sister as carer in due course .
28 However , if as a pure value judgement the government considers that this distribution of income-earning potential is inequitable , the government will need to raise taxes from some people in order to provide subsidies for others .
29 We will challenge the North American churches to adopt as a primary mission priority the issue of solidarity and participation with victims of cultural domination .
30 As a general guide line the total length of the roads and tracks are as follows : Advanced : 9900–13700m Intermediate : 9900–13700m Novice : 7920–9900m
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