Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 22 March was to prove a disastrous day for 261 Squadron . |
| 2 | system 624 and 2331 owners are offered a one-day course . |
| 3 | BIG BRAAANG THEORY Jackson Infinity XL Pointiness is lent a friendlier aspect by this new Japanese Jackson , but do n't be fooled by appearances : herein lies some classic rock nastiness . |
| 4 | What we do know is that in the autumn of 1869 Nietzsche was contemplating a large book , but one of a different kind . |
| 5 | A year , a month , and a day on from our first meeting , the 18–30 group is holding a welcome event for all those who would like to come and meet us and find out more about the group , and maybe throw your ideas into the pool . |
| 6 | We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . |
| 7 | Level One modules operate with a high degree of tutor/supervisor support , Level Two with a limited degree of tutor support and at Level Three students are given a high degree of responsibility to plan , organise and undertake their own activities . |
| 8 | Middle-earth itself survived in song even after people had forgotten what it meant : ‘ 0 cocks are crowing a merry midd-larf , /A wat the wilde foule boded day . ’ |
| 9 | ( The various P-40 models were renamed a few times — the ‘ A , ‘ B and ‘ Cs were called the Tomahawk ; the ‘ D , ‘ E , ‘ F and ‘ Ks were known as the ‘ Kittyhawk ’ ; and the ‘ L , ‘ M and ‘ Ns were christened Warhawk ) . |
| 10 | In 1911 courts were given a statutory power to apportion damages in cases of collision at sea ( Maritime Conventions Act 1911 ) . |
| 11 | No doubt No. 6 Commando were having a rough time in their area . |
| 12 | By 1848 MacLauchlan was conducting a similar survey of ancient remains in the North Riding of Yorkshire for Algernon Percy , Lord Prudhoe ( later fourth Duke of Northumberland , q.v . ) . |
| 13 | The Commission 's Report also suggested that the " commercial " side at Stockport should be expanded , but this was only partially acted upon , when in 1869 Greek was made a voluntary subject and Natural Philosophy was introduced as a substitute for Pure Mathematics . |
| 14 | If one male was defending a better territory than another male , the female might be selected to mate with the better male . |
| 15 | One route is to take a hostile view of takeovers involving the absorption of a domestic firm by a foreign buyer , since takeover is often the best method for a potential competitor to get an initial share in the domestic market . |
| 16 | Sites at Ballyhannon have caused the greatest furore , with five acres being sold a few weeks ago for £250,000 . |
| 17 | There were loads of light vans in the Mirror livery parked on both sides of the street and the pubs down one side were doing a roaring end-of-shift trade — or maybe pre-shift . |
| 18 | One proposal is to take a 2-kg piece of tellurium and leave this for a year ; tellurium is chosen because it transmutes into xenon , which is unreactive and relatively easy to detect . |
| 19 | One boy was solving a quadratic equation , another was engaged with Euclid . |
| 20 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 21 | Sprague-Dawley rats ( Alab AB , Stockholm , Sweden ) weighing 300–400 g were given a subcutaneous injection of 600 larvae of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in 0.5 ml saline . |
| 22 | Along almost the whole of one wall was trained a cultivated blackberry bush . |
| 23 | Few scholars have been allowed to see them since they were discovered but now they are being examined , one phrase is causing a heated arguement . |
| 24 | In an experiment conducted some years ago , twelve people were shown a ten-minute film depicting a street scene with the usual comings and goings . |
| 25 | A cheap alternative to a radio microphone that produces acceptable recordings of one speaker is to use a small tape recorder attached to a tie-clip microphone . |
| 26 | One man was carrying a huge bunch of red bananas over one shoulder , another was driving a small open truck loaded with oranges . |
| 27 | One man was carrying a white handkerchief . |
| 28 | One answer is to compile a comprehensive media list , as outlined above , which takes in all the groups which are likely to be contacted with any frequency . |
| 29 | One answer is to use a finer grid to achieve finer detail ( Walsh et al. 1987 ) , but this causes a corresponding increase in the size of the raster database . |
| 30 | The one form is given a new meaning in its Christian context in which the initiate is identified with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ . |