Example sentences of "[conj] the [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context we may well ask whether we are not living in an age when God is judging our Western civilisation — whether the inflation of the Western world is a judgment on materialism , or the rising unemployment a judgment on militant trade unionism or the crisis of capitalism a judgment on the secular humanism of our age . |
| 2 | Margaret Thatcher had created a ‘ supermarket society ’ where the only thing a society needed was a credit card and the only freedoms that mattered were those that could be bought . |
| 3 | It does seem that the only way a housewife can get any recognition of the value of her work is to refuse or fail to do it . |
| 4 | In pondering these options , the key point to bear in mind is that the only way a society can get a rich future is by engineering a rich economy . |
| 5 | It seems that the only recourse a sufferer now has is to appeal to the landlord . |
| 6 | " Officers had instructions from their employers that no English need apply and that the best chance a man could have to get employment would be that he could not speak the English language ; then he was sure to get a situation " . |
| 7 | In a way , I suppose , it seems rather illogical to dismiss the value of the brochure altogether , for all types of customer , and at the same time suggest that the best way a customer can get the information s/he needs is to use a list of telephone numbers printed in the very brochure that is being dismissed . |
| 8 | The Data Protection Registrar has also commented that the mere fact a breach of security has occurred will not be proof that the data user has been negligent , provided the data user has ‘ done everything which could reasonably be expected ’ ( DPR Guideline 4 ) . |
| 9 | So that the next time a shop assistant ( particularly one who looks as if he might not know what day of the week it is ) asks how Sir or Madam will be paying they 'll say ‘ Cash ’ and make quite sure they rip up the receipt as they leave . |
| 10 | so we agreed that the next time a priest was around |
| 11 | First , the dealers ' commission means that the more credit a car buyer takes on , the greater the dealer 's profit . |
| 12 | I was told that the last thing a parish priest coming in would want would be to take place before he |
| 13 | And talking of police , it 's a dead cert that the very day a Neighbourhood Watch leaflet arrives , detailing all the recent burglaries in your area , is the one day you find yourself alone in the house . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's an assumption that the blind need a set place for everything . |
| 15 | They follow an initiative by the Prince of Wales , through Business in the Community , which found that the less capital a company needed to raise , the harder it was to do so on commercial terms . |
| 16 | In the last three months , the volume of retail sales was 0.3 per cent higher than in the previous quarter and 1.75 per cent higher than the corresponding period a year ago . |
| 17 | Productivity growth in manufacturing in the first quarter at 3.8 per cent was higher than the same period a year earlier , but down on the five per cent improvement in the final three months of last year . |
| 18 | In 1619 Landi brought out an opera ( see p. 311 ) and a book of five-part madrigals , and the following year a book of Arie a una voce ; four more followed during the period 1627–37 . |
| 19 | On the same day , work began on reconstructing and rebuilding telecommunications buildings and the following day a campaign was launched to repair damaged roads and bridges . |
| 20 | And the only way a goal scorer can regain his touch is to keep playing . |
| 21 | And if the vagaries of distribution made it difficult to get It there were others on hand more than willing to give the new paper , Indica , and the new culture a boost . |
| 22 | Between the outer-arc ridge and the volcanic arc a forearc basin may be formed . |
| 23 | There is a cool and comfortable lounge and bar inside , and a first-floor dining-room where there are sea views and the attentive service is excellent and the well-prepared cuisine a delight . |
| 24 | Although they favour differing explanations , the feminist and the sexist share a belief that linguistic behaviour is one of the keys to understanding the nature and status of women . |
| 25 | ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) . |
| 26 | The coast was rough country and the big rucksack a burden in the muggy atmosphere . |
| 27 | It may be several hours before you realise that the cowpat is a date , and the white bit a blindfold . |
| 28 | Here we are concerned with a form of corporate provision that can also be used to provide at one and the same time a safety net and a reward for initiative . |
| 29 | At one political meeting last month , I was abused being at one and the same time a pro-Marketeer , an anti-devolutionist , and , horror of horrors , pro-Sizewell ( AGR tendency only , I hasten to add ) . |
| 30 | A comparison between the third quarter of 1991 and the same period a year earlier , an increase of 44 per cent , shows signs of a slackening in recessionary pressures : between the third quarters of 1989 and 1990 , there was a 64 per cent increase . |