Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others only enter the Kingdom after a prolonged and intense search , like the pearl merchant who sells his entire assets to buy one pearl which was everything ( Matt. |
| 2 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 3 | This was largely because the 1990 budget agreement — reached after a protracted and bitter struggle — had already dictated overall ceilings for defence , foreign aid and discretionary domestic spending , and had prohibited any tax cuts or the expansion of major benefit programmes unless specific revenue could be found to fund them . |
| 4 | In 1957 a better diuretic was found , but only after a logical but circuitous investigation , described in detail by K. H. Beyer of Merck , Sharpe , and Dohme . |
| 5 | Looking after a frail and elderly person is very much a management task . |
| 6 | After a contentious and abortive attempt to set up a population register in 1753 , a Bill for a Census was finally passed without fuss in 1800 ( Glass 1973 ) . |
| 7 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 8 | These votes came after a long and stormy debate ; some deputies warned of the dangers of dictatorship because the proposed new presidency lacked an adequate system of checks and balances by the legislature , and argued that a switch to presidential rule was premature . |
| 9 | But as they approached Kingsbere after a long and tiring day 's journey , a man came to tell them there were no rooms available . |
| 10 | He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , are yer comin' or ai n't yer ? ’ he asked after a long and noisy sip at the cup that cheers . |
| 12 | Likewise , after a long and acrimonious struggle with congress the president 's plan for containing hospital costs was defeated . |
| 13 | After a long and acrimonious debate , the developing countries joined to block similar resolutions condemning China and Iraq . |
| 14 | She felt like a convalescent after a long and dangerous illness , her strength returning , her enthusiasm for life rekindled . |
| 15 | And then , after a long and thoughtful pause , she hit me with it . |
| 16 | These important nuances are often recognised only after a long and intimate experience of the couple under study . |
| 17 | ‘ O K. Let's move on , ’ said the President after a long and pregnant pause . |
| 18 | The decision was reported to have been reached after a long and tense debate in which a more moderate current , headed by the Imam Abdelkader al-Hachani , a mining engineer in his early thirties , argued in favour of participation as a necessary step towards the creation of an Islamic state . |
| 19 | The hurdle of post office reform has brought down French ministers of state before now , notably Pierre Lelong , who held the posts and telecommunications portfolio in Jacques Chirac 's government but was forced to resign after a long and bitter strike in 1974 . |
| 20 | Now after twelve years as convener at the huge Merseyside plant where he had effectively established shop-floor control after a long and bitter struggle , he had been thrown out by his own union members . |
| 21 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 22 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 23 | He retired from practice at the bar in the summer of 1802 at the age of fifty after a long and painful illness , having made a fortune . |
| 24 | On February 14 , she went through her transplant and after a long and painful convalescence , came home to Newent . |
| 25 | The final allied victory against Japan came only after a long and costly struggle . |
| 26 | They 'll pick him up , ’ my father said again , after a long and brooding silence . |
| 27 | ‘ I arrived home at midnight after a long and tiresome conference in Lyons , ’ he grated . |
| 28 | After a long and uphill struggle , lasting for most of the 1950s , Margery Fry had persuaded the Howard League and the newly formed Justice to take up the cause of monetary restitution to be paid out of public funds to those who had suffered personal injury from acts of criminal violence . |
| 29 | The homecoming procedure , even after a long and exhausting exercise , is well known . |
| 30 | The Doctor and Bernice had reached the boundary of the city some distance ahead of the others , after a long and exhausting run . |