Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the big disadvantages of crewing a cutter is that much of our revenue work has to be done after a long hard day 's passage between ports when often one only feels like flopping down on one 's bunk . |
| 2 | I remember two summers ago crossing the Dales with a backpack and camping at Malham after a glorious hot day 's walking from Horton over Pen-y-ghent and Fountains Fell . |
| 3 | As the holder of a coveted Swiss resident 's permit , the former premier 's son is taxed at just 12 per cent . |
| 4 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 5 | She was paying attention to the men 's talk , to the discussion of money , the fall in the price of wool , and the cunning of a certain local landowner 's brutal conditions . |
| 6 | An examination of some of the reasons may provide an insight into the sources of a modern Prime Minister 's power . |
| 7 | We 're marking the release on video this week of the Dustin Hoffman movie Accidental Hero , which tells the story of a small-time petty thief 's rise from sleazy obscurity to fortitude and heroic deeds . |
| 8 | These vehicles , or ‘ rigs ’ as they are normally called , were just some of those in use with 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment on that stifling June afternoon , and the troop was nearing the end of a three-week Commanding Officer 's Exercise . |
| 9 | A crowd of more than 10,000 ethnic Albanians gathered outside the provincial LC headquarters in the capital , Pristina , on Jan. 24 , and a representative of a new independent students ' group read out a list of demands . |
| 10 | Consider this text of the beginning of a sixteen-year-old Scottish pupil 's account of a Sempé cartoon : |
| 11 | Should relieve the tedium of a long hot summer 's afternoon , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 12 | They were all sat on the floor of one of the sparsely-furnished bedrooms , the curtains drawn , watching East Enders on a black-and-white telly , and they were eating Greek yoghurt out of a communal family-sized Sainsbury 's tub . |
| 13 | This option gave a married woman the right to a dependent wife 's retirement pension at 60 per cent of a full single person 's rate , once her husband had retired . |
| 14 | Was it right at the end of a distinguished public servant 's long career to reduce him to such misery ? |
| 15 | This valuable example of a local non-teacher specialist 's advice will show the many different ways in which work can arise from one study focus . |
| 16 | This range of tasks is within the capacity of a large secondary school 's staff . |
| 17 | Any support for the shares from the possibility of a British Labour government 's public expenditure on infrastructure has evaporated and hopes of an interest rate cut on either side of the Channel are also fading . |
| 18 | To assist the reader , a simplified version of a British commercial bank 's balance sheet is shown below . |
| 19 | Wind it up and watch it shoot up like a dirty old man 's dick at the sight of a Madonna book . |
| 20 | When Steve and Paul brought in all their stolen gear , it looked like a right little Aladdin 's cave . |
| 21 | I suppose your standard Manhattan faggot might look in here for a final white wine en route to a dungeon appointment or death-pact rendezvous at the Water Closet or the Mother Load . |
| 22 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 23 | Government intervention can likewise influence the demand for a particular nationalized industry 's services . |
| 24 | They can provide all that for a fee why ca n't they provide it as a compulsory necessary part er of the service , it would n't be more expensive the minister claimed , if you do a proper audit it ca n't be more expensive . |
| 25 | We need an effective independent regulator , not the mafia regulating mafia and saying it 's quite understandable boy , we 'll let you off this time which is what happens now er with the Institute of Chartered Accountants er as a recognised supervisory body er in this er in this particular field . |
| 26 | Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator . |
| 27 | Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator . |
| 28 | Even in the case of the large church with a regular new members ' class , this may need to be supplemented by a sponsorship scheme in which the converts are matched with church members of the same sex and similar age and background , to help them find their feet and be introduced to the family . |
| 29 | The King in the meantime had asked for a constitutional memorandum , dealing with a new Prime Minister 's right to a dissolution , from Haldane , and had summoned Bonar Law . |
| 30 | A current with a constant current density J0 flows in the z-direction between the cylinders |