Example sentences of "[noun sg] with a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DIA 's interest in them sprang from their association with a Chinese arms dealer named David King , also known as David Loo Choy , who represented the People 's Republic of China and had played a part in the North network 's illegal supply of arms to the Nicaraguan Contras in association with Monzer al-Kassar . |
| 2 | Early last year , in an interview with a low-circulation Blues fanzine , Bowyer stated that the current political climate in Northern Ireland would make it almost impossible for Catholics to cross the sectarian divide and play for Linfield . |
| 3 | Well if there is water in the gutter , as there was in the Strand , you can create a remarkably similar effect with a fast sports car . |
| 4 | Hopley burst on to the scene with a dazzling Wasps debut against England captain Will Carling at Harlequins two seasons ago . |
| 5 | IBM Corp 's vast personal computer contract with the former Soviet Ministry of Education ended early with just 15,000 machines installed in schools and only 75% of those paid for , IBM Europe chief Renato Riverso told the Wall Street Journal ; he also said that IBM has yet to receive its first payment on its $150m contract to provide Aeroflot with a modern reservations system . |
| 6 | This replaced the jacket with a windcheater and the kepi with a Chicago-style police cap . |
| 7 | GH-K are the only club in the relegation zone with a positive points differential : indeed , only league leaders Melrose have scored more points than them this season . |
| 8 | The specially-adapted unmarked cars will be compared on a day-to-day basis with a marked police car to see if they are giving value for money . |
| 9 | Easily Accessible : Leominster is an attractive market town with a weekly antiques sale , some fine timber buildings , and a Norman church which features a ducking stool ( last used in 1809 ) and a beautiful 14th-century chalice . |
| 10 | You 're waiting and you 're thinking Er and this is particularly the case with a large goods vehicle , you 'll be sitting waiting to go and there 's a lovely gap and you think Can I ? |
| 11 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
| 12 | Rather than copy this ‘ accidental ’ compound radius , Fender have chosen to equip the reissue with a simple 12″ radius board and .098″ wide medium jumbo frets — big , but not as big as the .110″ wide ‘ jumbo bass frets ’ referred to by the man himself . |
| 13 | This ported enclosure also houses a heavy-duty 12″ driver working in conjunction with a high-frequency 4″ horn ( which is both selectable and attenuable ) . |
| 14 | But there is every chance that the Mains methods will work , and that Mains will have the luxury of starting his career with a public relations system between team and media being put into place . |
| 15 | A study by Bones ( 1986a ) is the work of a non-linguist with a social sciences background . |
| 16 | President Bush proposed a near-doubling of federal spending on airport expansion over the next five years — but would pay the bill with a controversial departures tax . |
| 17 | Audience with a stylish blues king |
| 18 | Products on this list with an estimated imports value of more than £1bn include perfume and toilet water , food additives , car tyres , paper , ceramics , glassware , pipes , recorded material and furniture . |
| 19 | RAPHOE striker Johnny Weir had the rare distinction of scoring at both ends of the pitch in today 's Section Two encounter with a depleted Collegians side at Olympia . |
| 20 | Today almost every country with a developed securities market has some form of controls outlawing insider dealing and with the introduction of the EC Directive on Insider Dealing every country in the EEC will be required to adopt minimum legislative prohibitions . |
| 21 | Middlesbrough company Chemoxy was on the verge of clinching a five-year supply agreement with a major chemicals group . |
| 22 | BANKRUPT antique toys dealer Jeffrey Levitt is threatening to rock the Tory party with a major bribes scandal by naming a Mr Fixit in his £15 million fraud trial . |
| 23 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 24 | She was vaguely aware at one stage in the proceedings of Alexander , with Nina hovering at his elbow , standing in a huddle with a tall plain-clothes detective . |