Example sentences of "and [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that a bit of meat there . |
| 2 | to accept as one of their primary aims and responsibilities the achievement and maintenance of as high and stable a level of employment as possible , with a view to the attainment of full employment . |
| 3 | The identities of the individual sections may well survive but each member of staff is first and foremost a part of Lothian Highways . |
| 4 | Margaret Irwin refers to some women making between 20s and 30s a week on piece-work on a particular contract ( the valuation rolls ) . |
| 5 | Almond oil ( 90p for 50ml from Boots ) is ideal , or you can make an even richer concoction by adding a teaspoon of warmed clear honey to a tablespoon each of almond , sesame and olive oils and half a tablespoon of glycerine . |
| 6 | The Soviet-US joint venture Telekos is now providing a voice-mail service in Moscow : according to Alexander Gromov , Telekos deputy director , the system runs off a computer installed at the Moscow city telephone exchange ; the mail box has two minutes ' memory for input messages and half a minute for output messages ; the subscription is 1000 roubles hook-up fee plus 2,300 roubles per month . |
| 7 | I still get half the blow — and half a blow from Casey is ten from anyone else . |
| 8 | On February 10th , five men , three sledges , eighteen dogs , and half a tonne of food left Framheim and went south . |
| 9 | Magnús had Norway then , remember , and half a foot in Orkney already through Thorfinn 's nephew Rognvald . |
| 10 | Yeah and half a portion of chips . |
| 11 | But it was about i there were three things on the day , so it should be an hour and half a couple of hours . |
| 12 | Insulted by Commander Moelchert 's offer of a side of bacon and half a sack of hardtack , the warriors looted the station for flour , sugar , coffee , pots and pans . |
| 13 | Dafalla woke to find the railway station yard covered with water , and half a mile of track submerged . |
| 14 | These apartments are 350 yards from the beach and half a mile from Villasimius with its shops and trattorie . |
| 15 | In Dorchester Gaol criminal prisoners were allowed a peck of coal for their common room every day during the six winter months , and half a peck in summer . |
| 16 | Medical experts told the court that they found cocaine and half a bottle of whisky in Kim Brockwell 's body . |
| 17 | Stranded in the Kalahari desert we had no water and half a packet of Marie biscuits . |
| 18 | The roofing felt was eventually fixed with a gallon of disgusting adhesive and half a pound of nails , which just about completed the major work , everything else could be classified as ‘ off jobs ’ to finish off . |
| 19 | On December 17th 1803 the house committee ordered that each patient and servant belonging to the House should have ‘ one pound of Plumb Pudding and half a pound of Beef ’ for dinner on Christmas Day . |
| 20 | Pound of flour and half a pound of marg , and an onion . |
| 21 | Otherwise , rationing restricts Romanians to one kilo of meat a month and half a loaf of bread a day . |
| 22 | A packet of aspirin and half a glass of water stood on the tray on his desk . |
| 23 | ‘ I swear I had had one bucks fizz and half a glass of port . |
| 24 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 25 | After some coaxing she struggled with a minuscule portion of chicken salad and half a slice of bread , all the while gazing at Melissa with the eyes of a frightened child . |
| 26 | McFarlane was then no longer in government ; he travelled to Iran on Reagan 's orders , accompanied by North , Amiram Nir of Israel and half a pallet of missile parts that he hoped to exchange for hostages . |
| 27 | On charter flights skis and half a set of golf clubs can be carried free of charge in addition to your baggage allowance , unless otherwise stated . |
| 28 | Stuff each poussin with half a lemon and half a bunch of tarragon . |
| 29 | For example , if one bank has excess cash and another a shortage of cash , the first bank could make a short-term loan to the second . |
| 30 | Their two-hour show glows with an extraordinary , gentle cultivated charm , a mixture of wit , instant visual gags , ‘ magic ’ and some longer extended routines , one involving bicycles and another a pile of garden chairs with a backing of a sophisticated choice of Satie-type music . |