Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old man 's come out — probably the old lady first with a bundle , and the old man 'd come out with his few possessions in a red handkerchief tied up . |
| 2 | It has recently been recognised that there have been considerable liquidity problems both before and after Big Bang for some of the smaller companies listed on the ISE , prompting some calls for a two-tier market . |
| 3 | This rumour may have been based on someone having witnessed some signs of a growing affection between Richard and Margaret , but we can not be sure . |
| 4 | She stood with it in her hand , looking about for some signs of a waiting servant . |
| 5 | said at a press conference in May that he had some misgivings about a formal sentence bargain , but thought it would be possible to devise a procedure which would be acceptable . |
| 6 | The authority 's sewage works vary in size from those producing many millions of gallons of treated effluent a day to those serving a few houses in a rural area where the discharge may be the merest trickle . |
| 7 | to retain temperature controls but relax those on some products with a short shelf-life ; |
| 8 | As the number of fossils increased , more and more examples of fairly continuous fossil sequences were discovered , allowing paleontologists to analyse the historical development of some groups with a fair degree of confidence . |
| 9 | Now , just as the long-standing debate had been settled , here was Kammerer adducing experimental evidence in favour of Lamarck 's discredited theory , for he was claiming that the pads had been ‘ re-evolved ’ in a few generations as a direct consequence of the parents being persuaded to mate once more in water ! |
| 10 | Although there have been some investigations of a functional kind relating soil erosion amount to controlling variables in areas like Zimbabwe ( Stocking , 1977 ) , studies of soil loss are potentially very useful ( Stocking , 1980 ) and may be undertaken by detailed process investigations which are usually concerned with parts of the erosion process or with laboratory measurements ( e.g. De Ploey , 1983 ) , by empirical investigations which monitor output in relation to input and use a relation similar to the Universal Soil Loss equation ; and factorial survey methods which Stocking ( 1980 ) visualizes as analysis and collation of the spatial pattern of all factors which relate to soil loss erosion . |
| 11 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 12 | A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make . |
| 13 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 14 | Ipswich then enjoyed the final few minutes of a memorable league campaign . |
| 15 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 16 | Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a cup and leave to stand for a few minutes in a warm place before stirring to completely dissolve the yeast . |
| 17 | Carter entered office on a wave of enthusiasm , yet with few signs of a clear policy . |
| 18 | There is a wider set of natural monopolies sustainable as natural monopolies either with specific pricing policies or in some cases under a wide range of pricing policies , given alternative assumptions regarding entry . |
| 19 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 20 | For several decades , however , there has been a great deal of controversy among Marxist scholars about the theory of modes of production , the base/superstructure model , and the relation between the structural characteristics ( including contradictions ) of a particular form of society and the conscious actions of social classes and other groups , which has led to quite extensive revisions of Marxist theory , and in some cases to a critical reassessment of fundamental concepts in the theory ( Bottomore , 1992b ) . |
| 21 | In mammals , several members of the POU gene family including pit-1 , oct-2 , brn-1 , brn-2 , tst-1 , brn-3 and oct-6 ( 1–3,5,6,35,45 ) are expressed widely in the developing central nervous system ( CNS ) and in some cases in a limited number of other organs . |
| 22 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
| 23 | In your first few hours in a new place , while you 're still dazed , before you can even really believe you 've arrived , you see it more vividly and more clearly than you ever will again . |
| 24 | To wash our dishes , for instance , requires placing them for a few hours in a rattan basket in the swift-flowing stream deflected through the kitchen to the left of our house . |
| 25 | There were a few books on a revolving mahogany stand , mostly museum catalogues . |
| 26 | A passageway crossed left and right before her ; a little way along the right-hand corridor she could see a wide opening in the wall , and through it the first few steps of a wide staircase leading upwards . |
| 27 | In Britain this kind of attitude has led to considerable animosity between some supporters of teaching Christianity in schools and some supporters of a multi-faith approach . |
| 28 | He seemed to think he might feature in some pictures with a blonde girl . |
| 29 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 30 | He organised many other fund raising events during the last few months including a sponsored marathon scuba dive and raised a grand total of £2,000 towards his own travel and subsistence . |