Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The name Alnasr Alwasheek somehow just does n't roll off the tongue like that of a 2,000 Guineas winner and would rank high among a long list of awkward names of Arab-owned horses . |
| 2 | Erm obviously the borough council strongly advocates the the principle of a strategic exceptions policy and I think there there is some difference between what Professor Lock is advocating and what the borough council is advocating . |
| 3 | Tithonus also gives us an amazingly depressing view of a human beings life and its pathetic uselessness . |
| 4 | 1967–8 saw the merger of the EEC , Euratom and ECSC , and the achievement both of a full customs union and CAP , but these represented the fulfilment of past agreements rather than new departures . |
| 5 | In December 1989 the following security developments were reported : ( i ) the seizure by the police on Dec. 5 of a large arms cache and the arrest of five people suspected of being members of a white extremist assassination squad ; ( ii ) the acquittal of 12 police officers and a soldier on Dec. 11 by the Cape Town Supreme Court in South Africa 's first private prosecution for murder , arising from the 1985 " Trojan Horse " ambush in which three people were killed , and brought by the father of Shaun Magmoed , 16 , one of those killed in the attack ; and ( iii ) the setting aside on Dec. 15 of the convictions against all 11 defendants in the " Delmas " treason trial , which had ended in December 1988 [ see p. 36913 ] . |
| 6 | The scenery was beautiful and even though there was snow on the ground it was like a hot summers day and if I had the chance to go back I would . |
| 7 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 8 | I 'm not a great rhythm player , I do n't look at myself as a great chops dude and arranging is definitely not my forte . |
| 9 | But with a lower costs base and 6 p.c. rise in advertising revenue expected this year , the company is dipping into reserves to lift the dividend total 11 p.c. to 16p , with a 13⅛p final on June 8 . |
| 10 | Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia favoured a third option ; a " community " of republics with a federal police force and army , a single currency and full monetary union , but with each member of the community also retaining its own army , and holding an equitable proportion of the federal offices and services . |
| 11 | The proximal duodenum was anastomosed to the recipient duodenum end-to-end with a running all-coats layer and interrupted seromuscular sutures . |
| 12 | Brent Chemicals is raising £15.6m from a one-for-four rights issue and is using the money to buy a 75.1 per cent share in the German metals finishing chemical supplier , Hebro , for £10.2m . |
| 13 | But experts from a theatrical pyrotechnics company and the police are happy . |
| 14 | Reynolds was sentenced to 3 years in a young offenders institution and disqualified from driving for 2 years . |
| 15 | Judge Angus Macdonald sentenced Diaz to 18 months in a young offenders institution and Walker to 12 months . |
| 16 | She answered an advert in a lonely hearts column and started an affair with this man who had stated in the ad that he was a good looking 43-year-old bachelor , comfortably off , with car . |
| 17 | Beginning in the 50s , we became active in a pre-civil rights movement and were later known as a civil rights school . |
| 18 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 19 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 20 | Hugh , himself I think he is completing his work and there , in , in a few months time and I know there have attempts made to find someone to replace him . |
| 21 | Sit in a full splits position and lower the body gently to the floor in front . |
| 22 | He got it written er if you remember the rules of the game are that all Regional Railways work will go to a Regional Railways office and they will decide if it goes out . |
| 23 | you 'd be expected to , to do a lot of work by yourself , and that 's reflecting the fact that erm you 'll probably have four or five lessons in each of your three subjects , but most people would choose three subjects for A level , and that means that er , when you 're not having lessons , you 've got a lot of time that is not accountable for , you will have been , or going to a general studies period and stuff like that , but there will be a fair number of private study periods , erm , there are some people I think who , who go overboard , and you 've got such a different approach erm from er the lower sixth , people do n't use the time that they have , erm , what I 'm really saying is that if you go into the sixth form and you spend less school time in the sixth form you do n't need to be prepared |
| 24 | One should not overlook the desirability of having the railway line , which goes fairly directly to the station on a Regional Railways route and one should not overlook the importance of having a radial road which does not go through or otherwise influence villages between it and the centre of York . |
| 25 | She 's been asked to sit on a human rights commission and now she 's full of stories of gruesome tortures in Turkish prisons , of Russian poets locked up in psychiatric wards . ’ |
| 26 | Called the Nomade , the newcomer sits on a stretched 98ins wheelbase and stands 16in longer than the original vehicle with an overall length of 156ins . |
| 27 | By 3.45pm he had washed 45 cars — plus a passing police car and the fire engine ! |
| 28 | The girl lingered at a secondhand clothes shop and was looking at grubby petticoats displayed on iron rods by the doorway , when a young man dressed in a shabby tail coat and check trousers came along and paused beside her . |
| 29 | His soldiers were very fierce and his lettuce garden was surrounded by a deep ditch and guarded by a thousand sentries day and night . |
| 30 | Only do-it-ourself and textiles showed a fall-off caused by a reduced textiles range and the decision not to take part in the DIY price war . |