Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audacity of criminals faced with ineffective and ill-equipped police forces , not just in their East European homelands , is turning crime levels in Germany into ‘ banana republic proportions ’ , lamented a federal criminal police spokesman . |
| 2 | As we waited for the lights to change I noticed a sleek white sports car which had stopped at the foot of the church steps to take in a passenger . |
| 3 | The NLA passed a new political parties law on Dec. 27 , requiring political parties to state their assets every four months . |
| 4 | In the 1960s , Lotus produced a delightful little sports car called the Elan . |
| 5 | WIRRAL Housing Department scooped a major public relations windfall last night all for the cost of a few sticks of rock . |
| 6 | Speaking at the opening of new offices for the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunals in Belfast , Economy Minister Robert Atkins said the province now enjoyed an excellent industrial relations record . |
| 7 | This company , at first attached to an advertising agency , later became an independent public relations consultancy . |
| 8 | Following the establishment of a committee to review the Constitution and to prepare for the introduction of a multiparty system [ see p. 36842 ] , the President 's office announced on Nov. 6 that a six-member committee had been set up ; the committee 's members included a leading human rights lawyer , Ismail Ali Jumaale , released from prison on Oct. 25 after four months ' detention . |
| 9 | One has only to look across the Atlantic to Canada , where similar government policies shattered a once-successful Canadian pharmaceuticals industry . |
| 10 | Most common cavity episodes had a single transient UOS relaxation , but up to five were seen during a single episode . |
| 11 | In 1962 he remained concerned about America 's role in Europe , via NATO , he disliked President Kennedy 's ‘ Grand Design ’ for the improvement of Atlantic co-operation , and he became gravely upset when the British purchased a new nuclear weapons system , ‘ Polaris ’ from Washington . |
| 12 | Heavy lorries did the big power chords and the postman whistled an old Rolling Stones number . |
| 13 | Outside an open door of something called the Wells Workshop , at the kerb , stood a large American sports car . |
| 14 | Laing is building studios , and one- and two-bedroom apartments from its Charter range , which recently gained a 9.2 New Homes Energy Rating certificate ( on a scale of one to 10 ) at a development in Essex . |