Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and some of them a bit it 's all sales talk |
| 2 | Given the variety of forces influencing a country 's trade and domestic consumption after the formation of a CU there is much diversity of outcome . |
| 3 | I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask . |
| 4 | It 's not a culvert it 's two pipes that takes the water in ordinary times , ordinary river level , across the road but if there is heavy rain the ford , you 'll find that the ford will be always flooded so er it wo n't be alleviating th the flooding of the , of that part of the road . |
| 5 | Her son and daughter-in-law , she confided , drank a powder which was half chicory . |
| 6 | In the process of interpreting a statute there is one consideration which overshadows all others in importance . |
| 7 | Once a customer has participated in a demonstration there is less likelihood of ‘ customer remorse ’ ( i.e. the doubt that value for money is not good value after all ) . |
| 8 | ‘ If you want a sandwich there 's some margarine and foul cheese in the cupboard and some not very fresh bread in the bin . ’ |
| 9 | erm The reason why we moved the amendment on this is er Jim been and that has , we started to query the figures I did n't get involved in the all this week and th people like Jim , David loads of my attention and the whole er exercise was a fraud they 're all bum figures and when I checked , the figures I have checked here are done by a senior officer when I showed 'im what stuff was being wrong . |
| 10 | As a result there is some prospect of schools once more becoming places where children are expected to learn and teachers to teach . |
| 11 | As a result there were many instances of incorrect use and reports of inadequate performance that were not always justified . |
| 12 | As a result there were more males than females , unlike Europe where milk was a relatively more important reason for keeping cattle . |
| 13 | A N'pani of Alexei 's household had designed the garden , and as a result there was more art than agriculture to its appearance . |
| 14 | I recently put some of these questions to Joanna Turner , who 's a psychologist who 's special interest is the development of young children . |
| 15 | This is a very safe car , but it is also a car which is great fun to drive . |
| 16 | But you see if you take a car it 's eight pound to park a car . |
| 17 | I was actually looking at you before I came in , but just come out here for a second There are two ways I can hurt you . |
| 18 | The five surviving freeholders included the dean of Windsor , Robert Dormer of Wing , who was one of the richest landowners in the county , and a lady who was principal proprietor of the hamlet of Horton in Ivinghoe , not the kind of tenants to yield to pressure to sell out , if pressure there was : most of the small landed families of 1522 were still there as customary tenants at the later date . |
| 19 | Within the group of chemicals which exhibit the characteristics of a detergent there are four types each with distinct characteristics . |
| 20 | Now if they had a child who 's four years old , how much would they get ? |
| 21 | When you were a child there was some excuse for you , but not now . |
| 22 | That concluded a half which was bad news for the candidacy of McClair to partner his volatile new colleague . |
| 23 | In a triphthong there are three parts . |
| 24 | A nice idea ; what a pity it is bad history . |
| 25 | His car was instantly recognizable , as was his profile , so by the time he drew to a halt there were three men waiting to do his bidding . |
| 26 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 27 | After explaining a benefit it is sound practice to ask the buyer ‘ Is this the kind of thing you are looking for ? ’ |
| 28 | A motorist who was five times over the drink-drive limit , twice within 24 hours , was put on probation for two years , and banned from driving for three years by magistrates at Exeter . |
| 29 | In fact , the police force lacked access to any digital information and although the evacuation went off without a hitch there is little doubt that a GIS containing the Chinese postman algorithm could have provided efficient routes and also have guaranteed that no road was missed from the warning sweep . |
| 30 | His parents published a collection of his letters in 1919 , The Letters of Charles Sorley , which the Manchester Guardian thought ‘ contained the first mature impressions of a nature which was all vigour and radiance , a boy who may be said to have had a genius for truth ’ . |