Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 2 | With a little training both the congregation and the soloist can produce good results , and thus provide a welcome supplement to the singing of hymns . |
| 3 | If the house has a solid floor then a radon stump has to be dug into the foundations . |
| 4 | Th this company must be in a bloody sight worse a mess than we thought and the government are not letting us know this is what they 're look for are scapegoats and they they 're . |
| 5 | Bury St Edmunds is a picturesque historical town with many interesting buildings including the remains of an abbey founded in 945 and Moyse 's Hall , a 12th-century mansion now a museum of local history . |
| 6 | For instance we have argued elsewhere that if accountability is interpreted in a professional sense then the question of intelligibility to lay audiences is rarely an issue because the primary audience is teachers ' professional colleagues . |
| 7 | However , others may have a broader view eg. the use of appropriate software on PCs to create formatted printed material for widespread distribution . |
| 8 | If the world that science investigates is largely a social construction then the history of science may show change but it will not show progress . |
| 9 | For those who liked cleaning their buttons there was button polish and a British parade once a year on the King 's Birthday . |
| 10 | Because the error often produces a different word altogether the misspeller ought to recognise his mistake : so this again suggests poor visual memory . |
| 11 | FERGIE may have found it difficult to learn Her Royal Lessons , but you do n't have to be a fitness connoisseur to see that she has learned a thing or two about keeping in Of course her title of the Disappearing Duchess takes on a different meaning now a year ago it referred to her ability to lose five stones of regal flab . |
| 12 | She and Luc share a luxurious flat just a stone 's throw from the famous Hollywood sign — complete with swimming pool . |
| 13 | Unless you make a fresh start today the future is going to be bleak for you , ’ said the judge . |
| 14 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 15 | During the course of a week , his nursery teacher gave him a simple task once a day and noted the time he spent on this task . |
| 16 | Pachinko is a £3.8bn-a-year industry which has a Svengali-like hold over a quarter of the adult population . |
| 17 | Because the Milk Marketing Board agrees to pay a fixed price regularly every month , most farmers keep a herd of dairy cows . |
| 18 | The council should not agree to standing orders being ‘ suspended ’ except in a real emergency otherwise the conduct of the council 's business will be unnecessarily prolonged and the standard of debate lowered . |
| 19 | If this behaviour represents a national trend then the influence of these guidelines on the sample doctors ' behaviour may not have been as pronounced as the study suggests . |
| 20 | As a patient , I do believe that if the government , the media , and the medical profession combined to produce a national effort then the ignorance , the indifference and the arrogance could be wiped out . |
| 21 | Turner 's painting of Hardraw Scar shows a vast rocky amphitheatre with a torrent gushing over the lip of the furthest wall , while leading us into the scene there is a wide , almost treeless valley , with cows grazing on its slopes and a milkmaid perched on a dry-stone wall ill the foreground . |
| 22 | Exceptionally , if there is a large shortage then the Bank will offer an ‘ early round ’ of assistance . |
| 23 | In cases where the home country has a small share of world trade for a particular commodity , and the partner country and the rest of the world have a large share , the home country can import the commodity at a constant price i.e. the import supply curve is horizontal . |
| 24 | There is a closing sequence now the reason that you were able to close in the manner that you did with that bloke is a natural ability , but if I 've said to you to teach somebody else it you would say I can not do it , but I ca n't teach somebody else , because you 're not actually aware of the sequence that you 're working , can you see what I 'm saying to you ? |
| 25 | Two weeks ago , I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago . |
| 26 | A little while later the phone rang . |
| 27 | A little distance away the spire of the old minster soared towards the clouds . |
| 28 | Everyone has the gift of life — and for the sake of just a little pain over a week it 's a wonderful opportunity to take . |
| 29 | It turned out to be a false alarm then the army 's concentration could be reversed next day . |
| 30 | Well I mean they do n't have a great lot so a concert , did you see the dresses ? |