Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are often hung between trees or old posts a long way apart , and they are extremely difficult to see . |
| 2 | It provided that in civil or commercial matters a judicial authority of a Contracting State might , in conformity with the provisions of its legislation , communicate by letter rogatory with the competent authority of another Contracting State in order to request that the latter should , within its jurisdiction , effect either an examination ( un acte d'instruction ) or other judicial acts ( actes judiciaires ) . |
| 3 | However , the cost of repairs , lack of heirs and financial or family problems inevitably mean that every two or three years a great house faces sale and break-up . |
| 4 | Within two or three weeks a brisk walk for a full half-hour becomes an enjoyable experience . |
| 5 | Consequently , in order to diminish any noxious or injurious effects a local authority can make byelaws under s.108(2) of the 1936 Act which may lay down specific standards and ensure good housekeeping practice . |
| 6 | However , in complex or protracted cases a formal set of books for the trust should be kept . |
| 7 | Any nation has to learn democracy er , and it seems to me that all the people of the Soviet Union have shown over the last four or five years a lively interest in politics and considerable to participate in politics , er one of the problems is of course is that they 've been doing so , too much and in too disorganised a way , they 're going to have to get together . |
| 8 | In few cases was the curriculum criticized adversely , but in one or two cases a particular course was questioned in terms of how appropriate it was for the pupils , or because an aspect of the curriculum was underdeveloped . |
| 9 | Japan has not found the fluctuations of the yen against the dollar and European currencies a serious barrier to its ability to increase exports . |
| 10 | In the sections of intestinal biopsies obtained after 20 ( Fig 2B ) and 75 minutes a faint colouring was seen apically in the enterocytes . |
| 11 | I wish , like Arthur or King Stephen , I could tell you that I will return when the hour comes round again ; that , one day in the future , some public relations executive , some politician or health fascist , some snivelling egalitarian with dandruff in his eyebrows , some stunted corporatist with a filthy mind will go too far , and with a bright flash , a smell of freshly-oiled leather and the sound of a celestial whip cracking , I will once more be among you , eyes blazing , tongue wagging ten to the dozen , and in my bronzed and muscular arms a lovely cornucopia of drugs , women and vulgar abuse . |
| 12 | In contrast to the notion of vulnerability in infants expressed by Bangladeshi families , there was among Welsh and English mothers a clearer push towards encouraging babies to be independent . |
| 13 | Kinship links through frequent intermarriage and numerous personal friendships cemented the bonds that gave Wigston and similar places a real sense of belonging to a community . |
| 14 | Breathtaking planetary aspects and movements will give your confidence and personal affairs a tremendous boost . |
| 15 | In the late tenth and eleventh centuries a marked revival of agriculture and country life in Lombardy had ushered in the urban renaissance in its heartland ; for it was to be the Lombard cities above all which lured the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy in the 1150s and 1160s , and whose almost innumerable walls baffled his armies in the long war of the Lombard League . |
| 16 | This is measured in units of millivolts ( mV ) , with positive values registering an oxidizing potential and negative values a reducing potential . |
| 17 | Having spent some of my limited time pouring over heavy ( in weight ) ‘ how to paint ’ library books , and investing in impulse art book buys , I find articles by I am Simpson , Robin Stemp , Jenny Webb and many others a simple joy for a struggling amateur . |
| 18 | We are also trying to make News and Current Affairs a better place to work by providing more flexible ways of working . |
| 19 | As you head up Wasdale the prominent , wedge-shaped peak of Yewbarrow ( 627m ) sweeps up from Wastwater and offers scramblers and competent walkers a challenging outing . |
| 20 | With his low-crowned hat and antiquated clerical costume , his broad scholarship and unenthusiastic divinity , his uncompromising insistence on ancient rights ( especially in chapter ) , his belief that land and ‘ the funds ’ were the only proper investment for the college and industrial shares a new form of the South Sea Bubble , he seemed to have stepped out of the eighteenth century . |
| 21 | The popular dial-a-ride bus service for the elderly and disabled faces a mounting cash crisis which could radically reduce the timetable , officials have warned . |
| 22 | Was Crook Labour Coun Olive Brown 's emphasis on the need for young blood and new ideas a little sideswipe or just a straight forward plea for members ? |
| 23 | 5.1 PSD modules offer schools , colleges and other agencies a flexible system of modular provision . |
| 24 | Over this period the NRO has put into orbit over Russia and other countries a wide variety of satellites designed to bring back all kinds of visual and electronic intelligence . |
| 25 | With detergents and other chemicals a different technique is used . |
| 26 | On re-establishing the climb and at a height of between 100 and 200 feet a third flock was seen , again directly ahead . |
| 27 | In the short term , this would involve giving local government representatives , health workers and voluntary bodies a greater influence within the NHS . |
| 28 | Susan Einzig thought he dressed badly until one day she recognised in his ugly sweaters and ill-matched clothes a marvellous insouciance . |
| 29 | In later centuries the rate of clearance may have slowed , and in the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of replanting was carried out in the formation of the large parklands . |
| 30 | Journalists then get their hands on the beasts , spend an hour or so flying the aeroplane and give their readers and potential customers a definitive report on the aeroplane . |