Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although China is a member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , rhino is being smuggled into the country from Yemen , Hong Kong , Macao and Taiwan and to a lesser degree from Singapore and Thailand . |
| 2 | A large part of its small area is taken up by the grounds of The Crystal Palace and by a residential school . |
| 3 | A blue cloth bag contained roots of Yellow-Root ( see below ) with several kinds of Orchis and in a white bag were various Martagons . |
| 4 | Most of the attention , however , was focused on the nine days ahead of battling over the direction of economic reform in Russia and over a new constitution , several drafts of which have been prepared by different factions . |
| 5 | ‘ The Russian authorities are very likely to ask that they be extradited and tried in Russia since the crime took place in Russia and on a Russian plane , ’ Stockholm 's police superintendent , Tore Loftheim , said . |
| 6 | Russia and to a lesser extent Prussia are at one extreme , Great Britain at the other . |
| 7 | In the nineteenth century they were all categorised together as ‘ the Alderney or French breed ’ said to be bred chiefly on Alderney and to a lesser extent on the other islands . |
| 8 | It expresses particular concern about the fact that 10 per cent of England 's salty lagoons are projected to be lost over the next 20 years : " Their rarity , both in England and on a European scale , is such that their conservation is of the highest importance . " |
| 9 | The position of the territory , situated to the northeast of Beijing , bordered to the east by Korea and with a long frontier with Russia , was somewhat ambiguous , Home of the Manchu Qing dynasty which ruled China from 1644 until its fall in 1911 , it had a distinct status shared with no other part of the empire . |
| 10 | Robin Prentice , who died during the winter , became the Scottish Cricket Union 's Administrator in 1982 , retiring in 1990 and had a long association with the game in Scotland and as a wicket-keeper batsman with Uddingston in the Western Union . |
| 11 | Twenty eight years of age , Tommy , made just a handful of appearances for Sunderland before coming here to Shrewsbury Town and he 's made important contributions at both ends tonight , because his could be the goal that takes Shrewsbury past Blackburn and to a lucrative tie against Tottenham . |
| 12 | In January of 1825 Barratt had decided upon an ambitious and costly project ; a deep adit level to be driven as a cross-cut , some 230 yds. downstream from Taylor 's Level into the eastern bank of Red Dell Beck and in a northerly direction , to come in below the old workings and to explore the vein , especially below that section expected to be opened up by Taylor 's . |
| 13 | The project is complementary to work going forward in Wales and Northern Ireland and to a European programme , which is wholly or partly funded through JAEP . |
| 14 | In the immediate pre-war period Britain , Germany and to a lesser extent France witnessed a dramatic upsurge of labour militancy . |
| 15 | Britain 's poor military performance sharpened the perceived economic , political and cultural threat to the predominance of the Empire from other burgeoning nations , especially Germany and to a lesser extent the USA and Japan . |
| 16 | For our last week in NZ and as a final fling , as it were , we had booked a number of events in the Wellington International Festival . |
| 17 | When it acquired the painting for the sum of FFr5 million ( £511,000 ; $889,000 ) the Louvre acted in good faith following guarantees given by Christie 's lawyer Paul Lombard and by a Swiss notary . |
| 18 | Hence in cells such as HeLa cells which contain the cervical protein , the octamer motif acts as a positive element both in the context of the HPV-16 URR and in a heterologous promoter , resulting in a higher level of gene expression when it is functional . |
| 19 | Dumas discussed the peace process with Levi and Shamir and with a Palestinian delegation . |
| 20 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 21 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 22 | Over a ten year period , drink related road traffic deaths fell by over 60 per cent in the UK and by a similar percentage in Germany . |
| 23 | If its greatest danger lies in the Israeli threat to push yet more Palestinians across the river Jordan and in a consequent revolution , Jordan 's greatest asset lies in the support it receives from the West , anxious to bolster Jordan as a ‘ moderate ’ in the Arab world so long as the Middle East conflict persists . |
| 24 | He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent , himself . |
| 25 | We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor . |
| 26 | Perfectly located on Nathan Road in Kowloon and within a short walking distance of the Star Ferry and Mass Transit Railway , the Imperial 's rooms are simply furnished and rather small . |
| 27 | It contributed to the financial package for the land consolidation works above Catanzaro and for a sophisticated park and ride system for Orvieto , both in Italy . |
| 28 | This patronage was continued by the late Shah ( Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ) until he was deposed in 1979 , and the items produced in the top workshops in Isfaham , Tabriz , Nain , Quoom and to a lesser extent Kasham , Kerman and Meshed are known collectively as Pahlavi rugs . |
| 29 | Some replica coaches were also made and ‘ Iron Duke ’ has run on a temporary track in Hyde Park , at Didcot and on a short length of track at the National Railway Museum . |
| 30 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |