Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 President Reagan found it difficult to reduce the US budget deficit for the same reasons .
2 So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway .
3 Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons .
4 Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons .
5 I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’
6 The whiteout point under the same conditions is the highest exposure at which the background is not seen , i.e. at any higher exposure at least one background pixel will be seen as ON .
7 My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has written to the Leader of the Opposition drawing attention to the many ways in which it was a gross distortion and to the fact that , for example , one in 10 personal computers sold in the world — let alone in this country — is now made in Scotland and that no less than 85 per cent .
8 Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ?
9 Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes .
10 Lij Yasu was arrested four days later near the Sandfords ' farm ; he had been wandering in the Muger valley with a few retainers , hungry and terrified .
11 As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural .
12 Which the present administration of central government are doing their best to , under the same hammer as it was in those days , so it 's just , this is just a repeat performance of the those days and the government today .
13 In many respects it is an excellent sequel to Flow injection analysis by the same authors and , like its forerunner , it covers an impressive range of applications supported by a generous number of drawings and diagrams .
14 and if you can see our practice nurse in a few weeks
15 Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk .
16 Others , who of course never used a bank , would pawn a five pound note for a few shillings , with instructions ‘ do n't break the note ’ so they could redeem it still in one piece .
17 He expects to sign a facilities management contract within a few weeks that is ‘ bigger ’ than the $53m seven-year contract it signed with Mory-TNTE in December .
18 The 80R is essentially a twin channel , 80 watt amplifier with a few departures from the norm that are all its own .
19 A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here .
20 Barnes missed Saturday 's Test defeat by the All Blacks with a gashed head .
21 Students for this degree work on the same courses as those taking History of Art honours with , in the third year , a course in the Philosophy of Art specifically designed for them .
22 After penetration of the intestinal mucosa L3 travel via the portal system , and reach the liver parenchyma within a few days .
23 Barnes 's bid for a Test place against the All Blacks in Christchurch was ended abruptly in Invercargill on Tuesday , when the two half-backs were involved in a ruck .
24 Leonard has only to play effectively to win a Test place against the All Blacks in the second international in Wellington on Saturday week .
25 Birmingham Reference Library Among the many collections housed ( including the famous Shakespeare Library ) are business archives — the Boulton and Watt archive is a major source of reference for the history of the Industrial Revolution ; the Assay Office Collection relates to the Mint and the Midlands toy and silver trades — and the more general local studies department has a fine collection of maps and seals .
26 Yes , we 've got Maidenhead to come down here , a home game in a few weeks time , so obviously that will be quite an interesting game .
27 When a tape is put in the VCR , it automatically switches to record a test signal for a few seconds , then rewinds , replays and tweaks the recording parameters to optimize picture quality .
28 ( Day Use Only ) Have you thought about hiring a Promenade Chalet for a few days .
29 The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen .
30 The overall picture which has emerged from the analyses is of more or less consistent use of the same marble quarry for the same elements of the monument , but that a variety of marble types were selected for different purposes .
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