Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Protura differ from all other hemimetabolous insects in that the number of abdominal segments increases during post-embryonic development , the youngest instars having only eight segments and a telson . |
| 2 | I now noted that the latter had on each hand only three fingers and a thumb , and only four toes on each foot , in the manner of the monkeys we had come across in another existence . |
| 3 | There were only three huts and a couple of three-walled structures that Isabel had taken for huts last night . |
| 4 | In the vision of the Four Beasts in chapter 7 , Antiochus " changes the seasons and the law " and his rule will last " a time and times and half a time " ( 7.25 ) : perhaps three years and a half . |
| 5 | Whereas Dysart had the bearing and features of an accomplished thirty-year-old , Ockleton lacked only short trousers and a catapult to pass for a skylarking schoolboy . |
| 6 | There are only five pubs and a couple of discos in Lothian Road itself , though there are others in neighbouring streets . |
| 7 | Only two men and a woman , who sat at a centre table , were not at work , though the woman had a piece of sewing in her hands . |
| 8 | While the mass of the India Office was similar to that of the War Department with its own internal courts , the Foreign Office was considerably shallower , being only two rooms and a corridor deep throughout . |
| 9 | Home now consisted of only two rooms and a kitchen , but fortunately we were allowed half of the attractive garden as well . |
| 10 | The journey took only two nights and a day ; previously it had always taken three days , since the train stopped for the night at Dire Dawa and the Awash Station . |
| 11 | They inhabited houses which , in the building boom organised under the strict and uncontrolled power of the Mafia , laughably resembled English houses , with pitched roofs and fireplaces — in a temperature which rarely fell below thirty degrees and a humidity comparable to Brazil 's . |
| 12 | The original fuel cells were rotten and needed to be replaced , so new cells and a support system were designed to make the replacement bladders easily accessible to a mechanic by removing the belly skins , straps and parts of the support container . |
| 13 | In June 1983 , for the first time , the prison guards entered the political section and ransacked the building , taking away personal possessions and a television set which had been bought jointly by the women . |
| 14 | Constructed from lightweight aluminium , it has extra wide treads and a handrail for safety . |
| 15 | There were no earwigs in the Scarinish Hotel bedroom , just two flies and a moth . |
| 16 | Widely differing accents and a range of grammatical forms from near-basilectal Creole to British Standard can be heard from different individuals participating in a single conversation . |
| 17 | These higher totals were obtained through more generous subsidies and a stimulus to private building . |
| 18 | Announces a huge redundancy programme that will lead erm which will result in a lot more unstaffed stations and a hell of a lot less maintenance . |
| 19 | TRANSFER PRICING EXPLAINED — 2 A look at more complicated set-ups and a discussion of some practical methods of transfer pricing |
| 20 | There will be lots more coloured pages and a brand new section for Rainbow Guides ! |
| 21 | The new Prime Minister , Sid Ahmed Ghozali , promised early presidential elections and a review of electoral legislation . |
| 22 | I would like to include a pair of Clowns , one or possibly two Mandarins and a Dwarf Angel . |
| 23 | We were aroused late that night by the most terrible screams and a pounding on the door . |
| 24 | In Permanent Magnets ( 1962 ) , the benefit identified was that the absence of price competition had encouraged technical collaboration between the firms , giving purchasers the benefits of both lower costs and a range of suppliers . |
| 25 | In ( 3 ) , SPAR is able to identify both some biscuits and a bowl on the floor , allowing both definite noun phrases to be fully resolved ; but it can not find any biscuits that are already in a bowl . |
| 26 | We decided to start the later group walk at Aberangell , because a mixed group of people will inevitably be slower than just two reasonably fit men and a dog . |
| 27 | The age and sex distribution of children who had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia diagnosed in the study area conformed to expected patterns , with slightly more boys and a peak age at diagnosis of 3 years ; the excess of Down 's syndrome in young children with non-lymphocytic forms of leukaemia is as would be expected . |
| 28 | There are also two waitresses and a Voice . |
| 29 | There are also two lounges and a choice of interesting and varied bars . |
| 30 | About eight men and a foreman had to get 300 quarters of barley off the wagons for a day 's work . |