Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was twice the size of their back-street Holland Park offices but for a couple of hours all comers were invited to believe that Women 's Word was on the same financial footing as its big competitors . |
| 2 | He now insists on his own shampoo , conditioner and styling products and as a result , the male hair care market is ever-increasing . |
| 3 | This has led to the tying of aid to a large extent to inappropriate or unduly expensive goods from the donor 's country , to sharp annual variations in the volume of aid flows and to a lack of commitment to real coordination with other donors . |
| 4 | Nobody forces you to consume the equivalent of halfa dozen eggs at one meal , but it is very easy to do so , so if you have eaten a mousseline of scallops , red mullet , and écrevisses floating in a lake of sabayon sauce , then do not follow it with a honey ice cream or one of those ali baba affairs nor with a peach charlotte containing five egg yolks , but rather with a tarte fine chaude aux pommes acidulées , which is nothing more outlandish or richer than an old-fashioned apple tart made on a base of puff pastry . |
| 5 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |
| 6 | Churchill investigated German local labour exchanges and within a year proposed to the Cabinet their introduction and that of unemployment insurance and the development of employment opportunities in the countryside . |
| 7 | Now that ambulatory manometry has become available , it is necessary to identify these patterns if perfectly normal oesophageal migrating motor complex activity is not to be interpreted as a sign of oesophageal motility disorders or as a cause of oesophageal chest pain . |
| 8 | The US deficit also enabled most West European central banks to accumulate dollar reserves and as a consequence most of their currencies became fully convertible for non-residents after December 1958 , which further facilitated the international transfer of funds . |
| 9 | More formal opportunities for parent-staff contact are provided in the form of Parents ' Evenings , Parent Workshops and at a number of events throughout the year . |
| 10 | Archbishop Egbert of Trier had himself represented on the first page of a book of liturgical gospel readings and in a psalter as if he were a Christ-like emperor seated in majesty . |
| 11 | This might not seem small in petrol engine terms but for a diesel it is quite dinky . |
| 12 | Her despair at this belated realisation had rendered her only half aware of being dragged down the gallery stairs and across a hall humming with surprised murmurs . |
| 13 | But when due allowance has been made for the very various functions of castles , as administrative and social as well as military centres , it remains true that they were formidable military weapons , and that some of the most remarkable technological advances of the twelfth century were made in the improvement of siege engines and of a castle 's defences . |
| 14 | This can be attributed in large measure to the lower demand of low-paid labour in non-metropolitan manufacturing during the recession years and to a contraction in housing opportunities for low-income groups . |
| 15 | O. glacialis can be distinguished from O. purpureus by the absence of tentacle scales ; the shape and position of the second oral tentacle scales and by a lack of dorsal arm plates . |
| 16 | It must be cooked à la Didier with the most delicate of white wine sauces or in a soufflé with a touch of parmesan cheese . |
| 17 | The situation described above raises the question of how much of the content of UK weapons systems are owned and controlled by US companies , either as a result of security considerations or as a matter of ( patent ) law and what the terms are under which this technology is received . |
| 18 | Designed by Lynda Gray , the stamps are available singly from all post offices or in a presentation pack ( containing all five stamps ) for £1.75 from main post offices and selected sub-post offices . |
| 19 | In all three , serum total , free , and acyl carnitine concentrations while on a gluten containing diet were lower in comparison with a gluten free diet . |
| 20 | Taxation On an off-market purchase the company is treated in the same way in tax matters as for a market purchase : it will have to pay ACT on the distribution element of the purchase price . |
| 21 | Starting to offer drinks in teacher beakers or on a spoon , encouraging thumb or finger sucking , cuddling a doll or teddy or a piece of clothing are all good alternatives . |
| 22 | An intensely dutiful , rather dour man , he was plagued by eye troubles and as a result he shunned fashionable society . |
| 23 | Each of the three cases will be examined for 90 per cent packed files , randomized to individual record positions and to a bucket that can hold ten records . |
| 24 | The replacement of capital has , in the past two years , been low , both , in cash terms and as a proportion of depreciation ! |
| 25 | Well , yes , they have in cash terms and for a proportion of the population they have in real terms too . |
| 26 | First , make every effort to know the person who has died , whether you are visiting as someone involved in the funeral arrangements or as a friend who is trying to help . |
| 27 | Tony McCarthy was driving a solid-tyred Leyland lorry that had the words ‘ Salvation Army ’ emblazoned along its canvas sides and on a board fixed above the cab . |
| 28 | Act , 1919 , ( the Addison Act ) broke new ground in British housing policy in two related respects : the emphasis on building new dwellings to garden suburb ideals and to a standard hitherto unsurpassed in the public sector ; and the neglect of the older slums . |
| 29 | Check for damp below and around windows , on chimney breasts and at a number of points on the surface of solid floors . |
| 30 | In each location they negotiated with the social services department an agreement that any continuing clients would be supported by the social services department , either with community services or with a place in institutional care . |