Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 2 | Paul Taylor 's left-arm pace could be valuable at Calcutta , where the ball tends to swing , but for him to play in the first Test after barely a month of his first trip overseas would be a gamble . |
| 3 | During the last decade or so a wide range of what were once considered to be mundane or esoteric problems concerning the English countryside have been thrust to the forefront of public attention by the apparently sudden and widespread increase in anxiety about ‘ the environment ’ . |
| 4 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 5 | Rather , they would prefer to struggle on , in charge of a minority government , in the hope that the economy will recover and they can reap the benefits at a second election after about a year — as Labour did in 1974 . |
| 6 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |