Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the three-month life of this shop , the police recovered for the owners a great deal of stolen property . |
| 2 | Between the valves a springy ligament keeps the valves in a gaping attitudes — the position used for feeding . |
| 3 | He also talks about the chicks a good deal . |
| 4 | As the pupils continue through the tasks a wider range of source materials could be added which also included more sophisticated language . |
| 5 | She impaled it through the ribs a second time and the point took and held , and this time when she jerked the Scarag to the side it came with her , clutching at the killing wood . |
| 6 | Sandford , however , urged us to defer going down there for at least two months : the rains had only recently ended and after the rains a virulent type of malaria was prevalent in the Awash valley . |
| 7 | Cinema-goers in the North East gave THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS a warm reception . |
| 8 | Give the winners of the games a black spot which can be exchanged for a present or a can of coke . |
| 9 | The solutions offered by the Nazi Party were no less simple than in the Reich , but isolation , the proximity of Poland and the effects of the Depression gave the hopes and fears of the borderlands a personal intensity and meaning quite different from those in the Reich . |
| 10 | For each of the areas a recommended number of periods was given . |
| 11 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 12 | Early on that morning that very same morning in October 1913 , anyone walking or motoring down Westfield Drive , Boston , Massachusetts , would never have given any of the houses a second glance , so ordinary were they , and none more so than number 1015 , a clapboard house like all the others in the street , only one which was in even more urgent need of repainting than most of its neighbours . |
| 13 | During the reign of the pharaohs a popular contraceptive for Egyptian women was a pessary made of elephant and crocodile dung . |
| 14 | In the corner of one of the courts a small figure of Queen Nefertari is depicted standing by the feet of a colossus . |
| 15 | His immediate solution was to present in The Lord of the Rings a whole hierarchy of styles . |
| 16 | To sum up , here are some of the benefits a Mercantile Credit Personal Loan offers . |
| 17 | By placing the tape 2.5 cm ( 1in ) below the top of the curtains a good-sized frill will form when the tape is drawn up . |
| 18 | Typical of the questions a sociological perspective might prompt are : |
| 19 | In the eyes of the neighbours a watery oblivion . |
| 20 | After a close-up of the animals a split screen enables buyers to see still see the animals and relevant details including the current bid in the upper half and auction room with brokers delivering telephoned bids in the lower . |
| 21 | As her photographs prove , the garden looks attractive and it contains most of the items a conventional garden is supposed to display . |
| 22 | There was the sound of crunching metal as it hit one of the trees a glancing blow and came to a rocking halt . |
| 23 | The Inquisition was declared unconstitutional and the old laws of the Partidas a sufficient defence against heresy . |
| 24 | I recall the time that I saw on one of the stalls a bone-handled Scout knife and though only a Wolf-Cub , determined to buy one . |
| 25 | one of the quotes a new mower from |
| 26 | Joe Mallon , Fumigation Technician assisted by Dougie Gray both from the Glasgow Central branch , ensured that the vehicles were correctly fumigated , and to accommodate the length of the cars a double size bubble ( 7m x 3.5m x 2.5m ) was used . |
| 27 | Brave attempts were made to give some of the schools a particular flavour by linking them to particular emphases , or even particular careers . |
| 28 | Why is one of the shirts a different size ? — Because it 's for someone else . |
| 29 | The Scottish Civic Trust awarded each of the participants a commemorative plaque because of the quality of their work , and the British Tourist Authority made an award for the over-all scheme . |
| 30 | As Luce strolled past one of the restaurants a small table became free . |