Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [noun] [coord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a window above me they let down tea in a flask and biscuits as I worked . |
| 2 | I expressed the hope that one day he would include the piece in a volume or volumes of collected essays : a collection I still feel is very much needed . |
| 3 | Prince and his followers lived a dissolute and ostentatious life of great luxury , and Prince drove around the neighbourhood in a carriage and horses , accompanied by bloodhounds . |
| 4 | The spectacle of a beautiful boy in a dress and dreadlocks confiding to the nation 's media that he preferred ‘ a cup of tea ’ to sex appeared both to arouse the public appetite for sexual frisson and deflate it with humour , honesty and a curious sort of innocence . |
| 5 | You should also see a newsagent on your left , so anticipate a man crossing the road with his nose in a newspaper and children darting across with ice-creams or sweeties . ’ |
| 6 | The dipper , a small bird that feeds underwater in fast-flowing streams , has been found to be a good indicator of water acidity , Studies in Scotland by Dr Juliet Vickery of Oxford 's Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology found a clear correlation between acidity in a stream and dippers ' breeding success . |
| 7 | They can say that if one takes belief in a God or gods as the criterion of a religion , then classical Buddhism can not be classified as a religion . |
| 8 | He believes the small businessman invests his whole life in a company and risks losing it all . |
| 9 | It helps to carry out this activity in a group but individuals can use the method with equal success . |
| 10 | It 's very impressive — you can even load the server software in a Desqview or Windows window and multi-task the whole thing , if you fancy trying to work with two machines at once . |
| 11 | Poor ventilation in a room and extremes of temperature can be conducive to discomfort and interfere with concentration when communicating . |
| 12 | I shall consider first the simple case where A makes an out-and-out assignment to B of the whole of his interest in a deposit or deposits . |
| 13 | Similarly , an international organisation may have an interest in a dispute or proceedings between States , or between private parties . |