Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been reported to the Committee by schools operating such a series of tests that the motivation of their pupils was increased because tests at different levels provide both an incentive and evidence of progress over several terms . |
| 2 | Austen Chamberlain and Salisbury were the nominal leaders , but Churchill was the moving spirit , and delivered a prepared private oration lasting over an hour . |
| 3 | For both countries , the special relationship between them is their primary foreign policy priority , and the European Community remains principally an instrument of their foreign policy needs . |
| 4 | There are guided tours lasting approximately an hour round the Town Hall . |
| 5 | The budget of the Equal Opportunities Commission has been cut in real terms during recent years ; the report says : ‘ equal opportunity remains only an ideal ’ . |
| 6 | If not , then your sum insured should be based on current replacement costs less an allowance for wear and tear — giving a sum insured of perhaps two thirds of the replacement cost depending on the average age of your possessions . |
| 7 | Her good looks made quite an impression . |
| 8 | How often has America used its position within the United Nations to prevent even an investigation into Israeli massacres in occupied Palestine ? |
| 9 | When self-regard is so shatteringly undermined , the symbols of a former shaky greatness become almost an affront . |
| 10 | Thus the descriptions of a language which are the output of a first-order application of linguistic theory represent only an inventory from which a selection must be made in order to draw up the syllabus for any particular teaching operation . |
| 11 | Actor and acted-upon were either human ( e.g. , a girl , a milkman ) , animal ( e.g. a cow , a horse ) or inanimate ( e.g. a bicycle , a ball ) and the depicted action involved either an actor and acted-upon of the same class ( e.g. two humans ) or a different class ( e.g. a human and an animal ) . |
| 12 | The common law provides quite an armoury of such principles , and new applications can be found for them by a bold judge . |
| 13 | The underground tour lasts nearly an hour . |
| 14 | Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley brings together an array of scenic contrasts including a protected coastline , picturesque Welsh seaside villages , breathtaking river and forest scenery and Llanybydder Mountain to the east of the Teifi Valley . |
| 15 | The new building had both an organ and stained glass windows and was meant as a memorial to the brothers ' parents . |
| 16 | The Soviet Union proposed instead an agreement on consultations on Maltese security , which would not involve the establishment of a base and would include Soviet recognition of Malta 's status as a neutral country pursuing a policy of non-alignment . |
| 17 | Five years later , the new albums represent neither an expansion nor a retreat but a hesitant reluctance to set out anew . |
| 18 | The whole ceremony took under an hour but left quite an impression on me . |
| 19 | The whole process took just an hour . |
| 20 | His idea found a ready audience among those , not least the Republicans , who were angered by the constant refusal of the Royal government to contemplate even an extension of the very limited franchise which prevailed . |
| 21 | The whole meal takes almost an hour and makes me ravenous . |
| 22 | The analysis of local politics became instead an analysis of ‘ urban ’ politics , a change given academic respectability towards the end of the 1970s , when the Political Studies Association changed the name of its Local Politics Group to the Urban Politics Group . |