Example sentences of "a [det] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The album pulled a few Manhattan fads ( salsa , jazz , R&B ) into snappy pop figures and also revealed a newly flexible capacity in Jackson 's voice ; previously hard-edged and impatient , it could now sit comfortably on the grand slopes of a ballad like ‘ Breaking Us In Two ’ , a Top 20 hit in America . |
| 32 | A few late-Sunday diners were finishing their lime pie and coconut ice-cream as the small party walked past the vast open dining-room and onto the deep enclosed veranda which was used as a bar . |
| 33 | To enhance the effects of the red shades , Richard suggests adding a few D.I.Y . |
| 34 | An envelope of a few Liverpool sermons survived ; including the first sermon which he ever delivered there ( text I Peter 2 : 9 , ‘ ye are an elect race ’ ) . |
| 35 | Indeed , access of only a few P. falciparum antigens to class I molecules , and the tendency of CTL responses to be focused on one or few foreign antigens , as observed in some other infections , may tend to magnify HLA class I differences in malaria susceptibility : LSA-1 is abundant within the parasitophorous vacuole . |
| 36 | The circulation of the massive atmosphere of Venus results in a very small difference in surface temperatures between the equator and the poles and between the night and day sides , a few Kelvin in both cases . |
| 37 | But the measurements show that these differences are small , for example only a few Kelvin at the tropopause . |
| 38 | In addition , the National WEA provided small specific grants such as those towards the salaries of resident tutor-organisers and a few LEAs made grants towards the administrative costs of the District 's organisation . |
| 39 | Similarly a few LEAs stepped up pressure on schools to implement anti-sexist policies , asking for school policies within a particular time limit ( e.g. Brent , ILEA ) pressuring heads to implement change ; organizing inservice courses ( Humberside , Brent ) replacing text books and appointing Advisers/Inspectors . |
| 40 | Centres for teaching English as a second language ( CE2L ) are separate schools that have been set up by a few LEAs . |
| 41 | The following list of types of secondary schools includes some that no longer exist and others that now exist only in very small numbers , often in just a few LEAs . |
| 42 | There is no uniformity of numbers ; some large authorities have 50 or more advisers while a few LEAs have none , relying on the centrally appointed HMIs for inspection and advice . |
| 43 | I should point out in all fairness that quite a few Northern Ireland Members are engaged in talks with the Secretary of State on the future government of Northern Ireland and therefore can not be present at the moment . |
| 44 | After answering a few PRS and generally guitar-related questions , a winner will be chosen and that winner will decide , during a phone call to Annapolis to Mr P. R. Smith himself , on exactly what options the prize guitar will incorporate . |
| 45 | I bet they have a few Sony Walkman 's disappear . |
| 46 | Test for toxicity with a few Daphnia in the container , as they are more sensitive to toxins than most freshwater fish . |
| 47 | Maybe a few Hollywood producers should take that idea to heart . |
| 48 | After a few Hollywood flops , NEIL JORDAN is back in Ireland and London with his smart new IRA thriller , The Crying Game . |
| 49 | No-one minds a few Greenpeace loonies demonstrating , but when you get nice middle-class housewives not wanting a nuclear station in their back-yard , you 're in trouble . |
| 50 | By 3pm Dez had washed 39 cars , mostly Jaguars , Mercedes , Porsches and even a couple of Rolls Royces , plus a few Ford Escorts and other smaller cars , and was appealing for more cars ! . |
| 51 | Breeding bird species of these largely intertidal habitats are , not surprisingly , few , although some , particularly Redshank and Meadow Pipit , nest on the drier parts of the saltings with a few Lapwings. – sizeable gull and tern colony exists on islands in Chichester Harbour . |
| 52 | Originally many cattle in Ayrshire were black with a white stripe on the back and white flanks and faces , and were of the Highland or Galloway type , but these were locally displaced by Dutch cattle imported between 1750 and 1780 , with ( it is rumoured ) a few Alderneys coming into Scotland in 1756 . |
| 53 | All are small islets only a few thousand square metres in extent , which support a few Shetland sheep , a sizable common seal population and a few birds . |
| 54 | What is certain is that the pre-1989 Austin/MG range , all Skodas , Yugos and quite a few Lancias do not , which does not help already depressed resale prices . |
| 55 | Adult sheep often have a few N. battus eggs in their faeces , but these are insufficient to precipitate a larval flush although enough to ensure the persistence of infection on the pastures . |
| 56 | I guess he 's just what Big Jack needs , a full-back who 'll try & get forward , and if they qualify we could see a few Leeds players in the USA even if without England and Scotland . |
| 57 | Michael Werner attempts a correction of this situation — from 4 March to 17 April — with a show called ‘ Marcel Broodthaers : A Few Major Works ’ . |
| 58 | Here not much study was needed ( a few David Lodge novels would do ) to show that the pope was right and the liberal Catholics wrong . |
| 59 | If I did not already have these , I would probably stock a few Congo Tetras to liven up the surface layers , which would also be more in keeping with the African origins of the Synodontis . |
| 60 | The four Synodontis could have been accommodated in a 36″ tank , accompanied by a few Congo Tetras rather than the Tinfoils . |