Example sentences of "[coord] the [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context we may well ask whether we are not living in an age when God is judging our Western civilisation — whether the inflation of the Western world is a judgment on materialism , or the rising unemployment a judgment on militant trade unionism or the crisis of capitalism a judgment on the secular humanism of our age . |
| 2 | In 1619 Landi brought out an opera ( see p. 311 ) and a book of five-part madrigals , and the following year a book of Arie a una voce ; four more followed during the period 1627–37 . |
| 3 | On the same day , work began on reconstructing and rebuilding telecommunications buildings and the following day a campaign was launched to repair damaged roads and bridges . |
| 4 | And the only way a goal scorer can regain his touch is to keep playing . |
| 5 | And if the vagaries of distribution made it difficult to get It there were others on hand more than willing to give the new paper , Indica , and the new culture a boost . |
| 6 | Between the outer-arc ridge and the volcanic arc a forearc basin may be formed . |
| 7 | There is a cool and comfortable lounge and bar inside , and a first-floor dining-room where there are sea views and the attentive service is excellent and the well-prepared cuisine a delight . |
| 8 | Although they favour differing explanations , the feminist and the sexist share a belief that linguistic behaviour is one of the keys to understanding the nature and status of women . |
| 9 | ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) . |
| 10 | The coast was rough country and the big rucksack a burden in the muggy atmosphere . |
| 11 | It may be several hours before you realise that the cowpat is a date , and the white bit a blindfold . |
| 12 | Here we are concerned with a form of corporate provision that can also be used to provide at one and the same time a safety net and a reward for initiative . |
| 13 | At one political meeting last month , I was abused being at one and the same time a pro-Marketeer , an anti-devolutionist , and , horror of horrors , pro-Sizewell ( AGR tendency only , I hasten to add ) . |
| 14 | A comparison between the third quarter of 1991 and the same period a year earlier , an increase of 44 per cent , shows signs of a slackening in recessionary pressures : between the third quarters of 1989 and 1990 , there was a 64 per cent increase . |
| 15 | If there were a choice between receiving £100 now and the same amount a year hence there would be no doubt as to which would be preferred . |
| 16 | If there were a choice between receiving £100 now and the same amount a year hence there would be no doubt as to which would be preferred . |
| 17 | Thus it is important to have paddocks and gardens close to farmsteads , for overnight penning of animals , and garden crops for use in cooking ; but both the latter and the arable need a lot of manure from the farmstead and are also intensively worked in terms of man hours . |
| 18 | Without doing much more he found himself in the Scotland ‘ B ’ team to play Ireland at the end of December and the Scottish trial a week later . |
| 19 | It is difficult to appreciate it now in the liberated 80's , but at the time the worst thing an unmarried girl could do was get pregnant , and the worst news a mother could hear from her daughter was , ‘ I 'm going to have a baby ! ’ |
| 20 | Following an agreement between the Duke of Buccleuch and the Caledonian Railway a branch line was constructed from Slateford , on the main Carstairs–Edinburgh ( Lothian Road ) line , through generally open countryside , to West Granton where the Duke owned the Harbour . |
| 21 | But the previous day a judge had adjourned the trial of Winnie Mandela , wife of the ANC 's leader , who faces charges of kidnapping and assault . |
| 22 | But the next day a conversation with Gerard , the American Ambassador , convinced the Kaiser that the United States would indeed sever diplomatic relations if the sinkings continued , and , abruptly changing his mind , he promised an immediate ban on unrestricted submarine warfare . |
| 23 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |