Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the makers of the Jolly Roger ales believe they can find customers for the 100 barrels a week they soon hope to produce . |
| 2 | In addition to classroom support Mrs says that Paul needs general support for three hours per evening in relation to his er social well being in his leisure activities three hours per evening for the four evenings a week which he spends at school , in relation to this I think it right to bear in mind Mr evidence about the school , being a special school of course has generous staffing levels , staffing levels which would make the mouth of any head teacher of any other school water I suspect . |
| 3 | Almost a million new jobs have come to the state since 1990 , many in pharmaceuticals and electronics , making up for the 1,000 jobs a month which have been lost in mature heavy industries . |
| 4 | The lavatory was below ground , and in the white brick walls between the two cubicles a hole had been hacked , one of the best glory-holes in existence at that time . |
| 5 | A stand-off agreement was struck between the two parties a couple of years ago but observers say the recent death of Savoy president Sir Hugh Wontner may have triggered a fresh attack . |
| 6 | After a few moments a voice said , ‘ Hello , is there anybody there ? ’ |
| 7 | After a few moments a truce was arranged . |
| 8 | After a few minutes a woman in a grey fur coat began to cross the street from my building . |
| 9 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 10 | After a few years a department may be left with serious gaps in its library and a load of superannuated computing equipment . |
| 11 | After a few days a population of adherent migratory cells is found surrounding the initial explant , which by various criteria , including contribution to melanocytes in vivo ( 13 ) , appear to be a relatively pure population of neural crest cells . |
| 12 | She spoke recently of the strain of the six days a week work schedule that she said had left her shattered . |
| 13 | Betacom is giving each of the six finalists a Betacom Venture cordless telephone ( £79.99 ) . |
| 14 | A ‘ Grolier ’ binding is one of the greatest treasures a collector could wish for . |
| 15 | Well one of the greatest qualities a fisherman can have is of course patience . |
| 16 | Hair apparently benefited : of the 120 volunteers a total of 37 stated that the condition of their hair had actually improved whilst almost all the remainder reported no deterioration whatsoever . |
| 17 | Indeed , as we shall see in the final chapter , one of the principal skills a drama teacher requires is the ability to recognise the potential and suitability of each mode for the particular topic and the particular group and to recognise that the incipient performance mode in dramatic playing and the incipient dramatic playing mode in performance provide the means for an imperceptible movement between the two . |
| 18 | In Constantinople the Porte , until far into the eighteenth century , paid to representatives of the western states a maintenance allowance ( ta'in ) graduated according to their rank . |
| 19 | The spiritual care of the bereaved demands a book all on its own and we can not do it justice here since we have been more concerned with the human experiences that people undergo . |
| 20 | One of the great difficulties a teacher has is to recognise a good drawing or painting from a bad one — or to know when a child has achieved through his effort a simple personal expression . |
| 21 | ’ We did it to give some of the great youngsters a chance ’ |
| 22 | By the 1780s Bath and Bristol as well as London were the receivers , via Exeter , of the 500 vanloads a year which were sent from Brixham in Devon . |
| 23 | To women , entering the trade without undergoing any of the initiation rites , excluded from the union , the whole business of fat and lean — one of the first things a boy apprentice would learn about — can have meant little . |
| 24 | They thought the division of the two provinces a check on Russian influence . |
| 25 | The men were the brothers of Patrick Welsh , one of the two men a jury had just cleared Mr Thompson of killing by using his Jaguar to force their van off the road and into a wall and lamp post . |
| 26 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
| 27 | Stratification can also weaken social integration by giving members of the lower strata a feeling of being excluded from participation in the larger society . |
| 28 | Third , within the territory of the northern Angles a Bernician leadership had reasserted itself and the political centre of gravity shifted northwards away from the plain of York . |
| 29 | Many M16 officers made no pretence at co-operation as a desirable aim , instilling in some of the newer men a conviction that M15 saw its main purpose to encroach on M16 domains , and suggesting that all such moves should be pre-empted . |
| 30 | By contrast , Marx saw in Morgan 's emphasis on the primacy of the matrilineal gens a challenge to these principles . |