Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the basics of toilet training can be mastered rapidly , it will take two or three months before a puppy is regularly asking to go outside of its own accord . |
| 2 | Similarly , when Wannemacher and Ryan ( 1978 ) in one condition asked three-to five-year-olds to identify rods with either more or less beads than a standard , the children did well on both more and less : 98 per cent and 95 per cent correct . |
| 3 | The second begged question is whether the foregoing can apply when the articles provide for rights of pre-emption or first refusal when a shareholder wishes to dispose of his shares . |
| 4 | We often find it takes three or four years before a youth is used to a regular life once more . |
| 5 | The degree of BMus requires three years of study , or four years if a student reads for honours . |
| 6 | After a while it seemed to me amusing that such preparations as a wedding involve should surround the plain , pale husk that was me and that no one had commented on this incongruity . |
| 7 | Less than twenty-four hours after a bomb caused havoc at Newtownards in Northern Ireland , police foiled a major terrorist operation in Armagh following a high-speed car chase . |
| 8 | Breton and Wintrobe rightly point out that ‘ we will never have a good understanding of the working of public and private bureaucracies if a representation of the behaviour of bureaucrats requires as many models as there are bureaus ’ ( 1982 , pp. 27–8 ) . |
| 9 | The game , if game there had been , had broken the constraints of rule , and there is nothing more reminiscent of chaos and old night than a game become uncontrolled . |
| 10 | One man was killed and another hurt when a car hit a lamp post and overturned on a roundabout at North Seaton , Ashington , Northumberland , yesterday . |
| 11 | To date most stratification schemes have been based on exercise testing , Hotter recordings and coronary arteriography though a number of newer variables have been recently investigated . |
| 12 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 13 | He looked increasingly more like a confused and inadequate witness than a killer . |
| 14 | It is for that reason that a degree of expertise is required in hand strikes and blocking techniques before a student is taught kicks . |
| 15 | A product where the dosage must be finely calculated arithmetically from the instruction data provided to arrive at the quantity of product needed required more thought and more decisions than a product dispensed semi-automatically via a dispenser or one which is supplied ready for use . |
| 16 | Beautiful scenery , fresh air and good food , a chance to live the simple life , staying in accommodation with more character than a motel and more comfort than a tent . |
| 17 | Ministers for such tough assignments need pioneering gifts ( i.e. they need to be made in the apostolic mould ) and cross-cultural training if a church is to put down local roots . |
| 18 | In order to weed out potential problems private schools usually give children some form of interview and pre-entry test before a place is offered . |
| 19 | Because a Court Scheme involves an application to the court for approval it makes it a more time-consuming , expensive and cumbersome procedure than a takeover offer . |
| 20 | Each film appeared nine times as a target and nine times as a distractor . |
| 21 | ( c ) Connected company A company is connected with the settlement if it falls within TA 1988 , s681(5). ( d ) " Capital sum " The expression " capital sum " has the same meaning as that given in s677 and any question whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by a body corporate or to a body corporate by the trustees shall be determined in the same way as any question under that section whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by the trustees ( s678(5) ) . |
| 22 | The foxhound is a much bigger and stronger animal than a fox : the leading hound or couple bowl the fox over and kill him . |
| 23 | Astrophysics graduates find jobs not only in government and university observatories , but also in most fields of industry and applied research where a physics degree would be appropriate . |
| 24 | As indicated earlier , the United States straight bill of lading is , although not negotiable , a transferable document , and as such functions as a document of title . |
| 25 | So it was little surprise to me when one evening after a skirmish Mum had blown up at Dad with more than her normal vehemence . |