Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , because of the concentration of the Communist vote in certain traditional strongholds , they have high hopes of holding on to some 20 of their present 26 parliamentary seats , whereas the National Front and the Greens may not win any , or at best only a handful . |
| 2 | In practice , many of the fossil fronds that one finds are sterile , and for these there a number of form genera , units of classification based on the shape of the fronds alone ( see p. 23 ) . |
| 3 | Less than half of those who left the commune proceeded to consolidate their strips of land , and of these only a quarter actually moved their homesteads out of the village . |
| 4 | Shortly afterwards Miss T. went into labour and at 10.45 p.m. a decision was reached that she should be transferred to the maternity unit . |
| 5 | On the evening of December 15 , starting at 6.30 pm , members of the institute will give demonstrations of their various techniques , and at 7.30 pm a lecture will be given by the head of the Modern British Art Department of Christie 's . |
| 6 | Copyhold was by inheritance in thirteen out of twenty-five Buckinghamshire manors surveyed in the reigns of Edward VI and Mary ; on two there were lifeholds only , and at three either a term of years or tenure at will ; six had a medley of all modes . |
| 7 | Very often , too , when we were travelling round the farms doing repairs ( and many of these were done just before harvest to prevent hold-ups at a busy time ) the Guv'nor would tell us to leave two shillings at a certain farm , half a crown perhaps at another , and at some only a shilling : that would go towards the men 's largesse-spending . ’ |
| 8 | There followed a short lull , but from 1620 onwards a succession of attacks by small formations of S.79s commenced but all were successfully beaten off , mainly by the intense gunfire of the ships , although Yellow Section of 808 Squadron , two Fulmars flown by Lt. A.T.J. Kindersley and Lt. Hay , R.M. , caught one bomber at 1710 and claimed it shot down . |
| 9 | I believe tobacco-smoke is the most effectual , but to one not a smoker it would require to be a case of hiring another to the office of smoking away the midges — a work many would gladly undertake , for tobacco is looked on in the Highlands as a very great good , almost as essential as the whiskey . |