Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next six hours — or a little less , because at Battersea the flood lasts five and a half hours , and the ebb six and a half — they would be living not on land , but on water . |
| 2 | ‘ Apart from earning very good money , I find the work interesting and a challenge . ’ |
| 3 | This committee , like the CNAA , gives the approval necessary before a course can be funded ( and thereby receive students ) . |
| 4 | There was no furniture in the room other than a cupboard in the far corner in which were kept special foods such as plates of dates selected from the great storehouse or the enamel pots poured full of the sweet of the area . |
| 5 | Tell somebody that ‘ It 's just a joke ’ , ‘ It 's supposed to be a poem ’ , ‘ No speeches please ’ or ‘ Let's have the meeting first and a chat later ’ and they will process or produce the discourse quite differently . |
| 6 | The examination requires an essay on one of the themes of the period concerned and a commentary on a piece of text . |
| 7 | It was also during the period 1924–35 that a forging of closer relationships between the WEA and the Trade Union movement was attempted . |
| 8 | They set something like 50,000 km of net a night , enough to go around the equator one and a quarter times . |
| 9 | Quotes also a useful tool — not yours , but those of a satisfied customer , of the person concerned or an expert in the field . |
| 10 | It took the jury less than an hour to clear Dr . |
| 11 | Glastonbury held the door open while a walking-frame entered at some speed followed by its lean and dapper-looking proprietor . |
| 12 | The bus driver threw the door open and a stream of passengers leapt down to give chase on foot , finally catching the taxi at a red light . |
| 13 | It does however provide expressly that execution of letters rogatory does not imply ultimate recognition of the jurisdiction of the authority issuing the letter rogatory or a commitment to recognise or enforce any judgment . |
| 14 | Almost all accidents start with a simple error on the part of the pilot that leads to a chain of events , each of which makes the situation worse and an accident more and more difficult to avoid . |
| 15 | A defence of acting in her best medical interests fails : he could have tried to find a female gynaecologist , and , indeed , his female house officer had already examined the patient ; a pelvic mass could have been shown by ultrasonography ; if it was necessary to exclude pelvic disease a laparoscopy could have been performed before the appendicectomy ; it is doubtful whether the examination under anaesthesia served any purpose as tenderness could not be elicited ; and , finally , he could have asked the patient first whether an examination under anaesthesia was an acceptable compromise . |
| 16 | Is the Minister aware that a number of stud farms in my constituency , including two owned by Her Majesty the Queen , and also stud farms in general make a tremendous contribution to the rural economy ? |
| 17 | Is the Minister aware that a number of people in the west midlands and elsewhere who took the opportunity of buying their accommodation now find that their homes have been repossessed as a direct result of Government economic policy ? |
| 18 | Is the Minister aware that an unemployment rate among disabled people nearly four times as high as that among able-bodied people can not be justified ? |
| 19 | ‘ for the purpose other than a purpose prescribed under section 16 ( 2 ) , Vehicles ( Registration and Licensing ) Regulations 1971 . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps the earliest reference to this date is in a marginal note in a relatively early manuscript of Mustakimzade ( the note apparently in the same hand as the text ) which gives the date 828 and a chronogram : . |
| 21 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 22 | They need to have somebody that 's a bit liberal and a bit open and that wo n't be available under a Conservative government will it ? |
| 23 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 24 | You erm you 're , you 're a bit uncertain and a bit nervous all the way through it but I think it was , it was basically because you |
| 25 | It could 've varied , you know , any time if you like from , from March till May and without knowing the exact date you might be a bit late or a bit too early er for future business . |
| 26 | That 's a bit better because a gradient of one is forty five degrees and we s we said it should be more than that . |
| 27 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 28 | erm As he will obviously tomorrow as well , but erm he was a bit tense and a bit nervous before , but erm I 'm sure that erm he 'll be absolutely delighted with this result . |
| 29 | yeah , but I need to be a bit skinnier and a bit taller |
| 30 | Mars takes a bit longer to revolve on its axis than the Earth , so a Mars afternoon would be a bit longer than an Earth afternoon . |