Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all know that the Bill has been brought to the House in this form only because of the catastrophe of what happened on the Bills that were guillotined a few years ago — the poll tax Bills . |
| 2 | If at any point you come into contact with it you lose a life immediately and are moved a few steps back . |
| 3 | The move followed a visit to Singapore in August by the Chinese Premier , Li Peng [ see p. 37656 ] , and the renewal that month of China 's diplomatic relations with Indonesia , and was followed a few weeks later by a visit by Lee Kuan Yew to China [ see p. 37780 ] . |
| 4 | The two agents were arrested in May 1990 , but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 5 | For many years it lay ignored in store , but was restored a few years ago ; its lack of finish is particularly significant . |