Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside it was an overturned bottle , a length of grubby cord and a sheet of newspaper on which lay a crust of brown loaf , the core of an apple and some crumbs of cheese . |
| 2 | The BFASS divided between a Sturgeite majority advocating a continued discrimination in favour of free-labour sugar and a minority , mainly of West Countrymen , for complete free trade in sugar . |
| 3 | During a planned search last night a joint police/Army patrol found 13 rounds of assorted ammunition and a detonator attached to 15 feet of single core hidden in a hedge . |
| 4 | These fads for physical fitness invariably , in my experience , lead to two things : a great deal of unnecessary injury and a lot of profit to the people behind the scheme . |
| 5 | Victory and profit , together with the king 's affable personality and chivalric reputation , ensured that this co-operation , once offered , would not lightly be withdrawn ; but in dealing with the nobility Edward showed a degree of political skill and a sensitivity to their interests which went beyond simply sharing in a glorious and profitable enterprise abroad . |
| 6 | As a barometer of political opinion and a verdict on the political talks , the results can be read any number of ways . |
| 7 | In the event of a hung parliament there is the probability of constitutional deadlock , and the possibility of political breakdown and a realignment of parliamentary support for particular parties . |
| 8 | Mallerstang is one of the quietest of the Pennine valleys , unfrequented by tourists and free from heavy traffic : it is a pleasant ribbon of green deepset between lofty heights , sparsely populated and always giving the impression of rural contentment and a way of life that remains as unchanged as the landscape . |
| 9 | The board is made of insulating material and a conductor which is etched away leaving the circuitry to which electronic components are later attached by solder . |
| 10 | But in all social discourse a stable home was seen both as a microcosm of stable society and a sanctuary from an unstable and rapidly changing one . |
| 11 | We have seen in this chapter how a dual structure of production has been maintained in Japan through the interconnected activities of private business and a state which has supported the simultaneous existence of a limited number of larger companies and a massive network of smaller ones . |
| 12 | As they were built for use on the Crystal Palace route , they were fitted with Spencer track brakes , with a single pair of hard oak shoes under the centre of each truck and a brass wheel concentric with the hand brake staff on the platforms . |
| 13 | A small committee assists in deciding the financial benefit of each suggestion and a cash bonus is given to the employee concerned based on this . |
| 14 | A spring of guarded hope and a source of amusement . |
| 15 | Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space . |
| 16 | ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea . |
| 17 | After a cup of strong coffee and a slice of dry toast , she contemplated the day ahead . |
| 18 | Those who wished to do so gathered to share in the fellowship of a symbolic meal — a piece of dry bread and a cup of water . |
| 19 | His breakfast consists of dry bread and a cup of tea . |
| 20 | Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information . |
| 21 | In the context of , we 'll be witnessing a change er we 'll be witnessing without a change on the part of the , the Health Authority , an eventual rundown of that hospital and a closure as a consequence of the internal market . |
| 22 | In places where the sand has completely blown away there are patches of primitive ploughing and a complex of the remains of stone walls . |
| 23 | A meal of fresh pasta and a glass of Sancerre ensured that I was sound asleep in front of the television 's latest moronic soap opera by ten o'clock . |
| 24 | Craig had fielded twice as many candidates and won fewer seats ; a result which was probably a combination of public reaction to Vanguard 's lack of clear policy and a lack of enthusiasm for some of the Vanguard candidates . |
| 25 | Patients with peptic ulcer and spurting haemorrhage have an 85% incidence of further haemorrhage and a death rate of 50% . |
| 26 | Personal protective equipment , Controlling contractors and Are you complying with COSHH ? give practical advice , sources of further information and a list of useful publications . |
| 27 | This blanket condemnation brought an outcry of popular protest and a compromise was reached whereby all the naked figures in The Last Judgement were to have clothes painted on them . |
| 28 | The first and second call for the end of direct rule and a return to ‘ Ulstermen in control of all major government functions by means of legislative as well as executive devolution ’ . |
| 29 | A minimum of historical awareness and a willingness to confront our own past is what is needed to teach us that , quite as much as knowledge of ‘ Arab culture ’ . |
| 30 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |