Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the amount left for food and clothing after rent and a more flexible sum for heat had been deducted , wives tended to act as the buffer against the needs of husbands and to a lesser extent children . |
| 2 | The Bank also acts as banker to overseas central banks , as well as to international organizations and to a small number of other institutions , companies and private individuals . |
| 3 | He met her eyes and for a second time ; she smiled her shy smile at him , but his swimming head filled it with invitations . |
| 4 | Less successful proctors , petition-drawers and to a lesser extent court officials were dependent for their livelihoods on establishing a reputation for effectiveness . |
| 5 | Several other people had arranged to share cars and after a good deal of last-minute discussion and instructions , they were at last on their way . |
| 6 | The average torque produced by the motor over one step at maximum load is : The total phase resistance , R = 18.0 + 2.0 ohms = 20.0 ohms and for a rated phase current of 1.0 A the required d.c. supply voltage c = 20 V. For two-phases-on excitation the fundamental component of supply voltage is V = 4 X d/T ( Fig. 5.5 ) , i.e. V = 25.5 V. The peak magnet flux linkages with each phase winding ( M ) can now be found by solving Eqn . |
| 7 | This campaign reinforces Moet & chandon 's position as the undisputed leader among champagnes and as a lasting symbol of luxury , at once authentic and appealing . |
| 8 | Photo CD is ideal for putting pictures into computers and as a low cost , photographic database . |
| 9 | Kitzler was also a provincial musician , but he was well versed in Beethoven 's compositional methods and as a working instrumentalist he seems to have been shrewdly aware of what the leading contemporary composers were up to . |
| 10 | Used for pelmets and in a finer quality for curtain headings . |
| 11 | Very importantly , just maybe , these prospective , highly motivated , branch admin officers would inject new life into non-active branches and from a personal point of view , I would see this as an opportunity to gain experience , which would encourage them to apply for regional organizer 's jobs when they come available and do n't we need more women officers ? |
| 12 | The average waiting time for a routine appointment in a urological outpatient clinic was 7.4 ( range 3–36 ) months and for a non-urgent prostatectomy 21 ( 9–36 ) months , and the situation in Wales was slightly worse than in the United Kingdom as a whole . |
| 13 | It is preceded by a prologue ( Genesis 1–11 ) , consisting of ancient records and traditions , which serve not only to introduce the main themes of the narrative but also to relate them to God 's purposes in the world of fallen men , of divided nations and of a created order which was originally good . |
| 14 | The initial allocation of system design responsibility was negotiated between the four aircraft companies , Deutsch Aerospace , British Aerospace , Carsa and Allenia and against the background of an M O U which said we must share the technology on this project between the four nations and in a particular way which ensures that each of the nations has got access to all the high technology aspects of the project er therefore the individual companies identified those areas of the project , were they felt they either could lead best or wish to lead and for the United Kingdom British Aerospace erm identified the avionics system integration as the major complex task that they would take responsibility for . |
| 15 | The structures of these complexes and of a trinuclear palladium complex with two ligands are shown in Fig. 5 . |
| 16 | It also refers to other sacred books and to a great author 's works , eg the Chaucer canon . |
| 17 | The proposed regions , which would each have an elected regional council , were based on the pre-1987 provinces and on a 1984 language survey . |
| 18 | They walked up the wide stone steps and into a small reception area . |
| 19 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 20 | The door to Raynor 's room was down a flight of steps and through a narrow archway . |
| 21 | As we went down some steps and along a dark passageway , open to the sky , I recalled Maria 's visit to this terrible place , the night they 'd had Raoul here , the night Arsenio had wanted to kill Raoul and Osvaldo had forgiven him . |
| 22 | The only way now open to the English , in these years deeply involved in war against the Scots and in a domestic situation turning more and more violent , was retaliation . |
| 23 | She thrust out her jaw , pursed her lips and in a deep voice said , ‘ Come on old girl , up the golden stairs ; let's hit the hay . ’ |
| 24 | Individuals can , if they wish , contribute both to company AVCs and to a free-standing plan or plans . |
| 25 | Thus for much of the period after 1760 , canals were important in some areas and over a small number of major routes . |
| 26 | In his key he differentiates them on the number of arm spines and suggested that A. grandis could be separated from A. otteri by its ridged proximal ventral arm plates and by a lower number of arm spines . |
| 27 | Apart from this , he figures only briefly , in passing , in the Gospels and as a peripheral background character in Acts . |
| 28 | I followed his directions and down a narrow street came to a cul-de-sac dominated by a large white house with a portico over the front door . |
| 29 | This Invention relates to lifts for transferring barges and other vessels from one level to another on canals and other waterways in lieu of an ordinary lock or flight of locks , the object of the invention being to obviate the loss of water from the higher to the lower level by lockage inseparable from the ordinary system and to provide for the passage of vessels simultaneously in both directions and at a single life and between levels of widely different altitude where by the loss of time incidental to the passage through a flight of locks is in great measure avoided . |
| 30 | Hosts : Horses and donkeys Site : Caecum and colon Species : For many years there has been a great deal of confusion in the classification of this group of parasites and in a recent revision it has been proposed that the genus Trichonema be discarded and replaced by four genera , namely Cyathostomum , Cylicocyclus , Cylicodontophorus and Cylicostephanus , these being collectively referred to as cyathostomes . |