Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To pull back just a few metres on an Alpine climb is a dozen times harder than on the flat . |
| 2 | The general theory of relativity links the gravitational force and the structure of space–time , and so we should begin with a few remarks on the gravitational force and then explain how it was that the classical or Newtonian view of gravitation came to be seen as unsatisfactory . |
| 3 | Yet , what , one might ask , is a tropical institute doing in central London in the 1980s when Britain 's influence and claims in those climes are largely reduced to a few dots on the global map ? |
| 4 | The glory of victory , the bitterness of defeat , the sunny nature of everyone as they cross the bridge into the magic world for a few hours on a frosty January day . |
| 5 | And again , when reporting on the A & B Foursomes in January 1969 , he started as follows : ‘ There must be an increased number of wives who are convinced that there is a special weather dispensation for Harpsden , or it may be , of course , that many of them are only too glad to get the old man out of the house for a few hours on a wet Sunday . ’ |
| 6 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 7 | They saw a warm , comfortable room with a good fire burning in the fireplace and a few papers on the big table . |
| 8 | Today , with just over a month to go before the general election , it only merited a few lines on the inside pages . |
| 9 | Again , a few minutes on the personal computer is all that is required . |
| 10 | Getting to the Health Centre was a tedious business involving a bus and a clanking ride for a few stops on the underground and Erika was glad to find her way to it , jammed among the usual blocks of flats , although at that time of night they had rather a festive air with every window lighted . |
| 11 | While there are a few vines on the flat ground just south of the village , the vast majority are found on the slopes of the Butte de Saran , the northern extremity of the Côte des Blancs , and on the eastern slopes of Mont Bernon , edging the suburbs of Épernay . |
| 12 | After a few weeks on an unsweetened diet , it is remarkable how disgusting anything sugary tastes . |
| 13 | Before going ahead and mixing a perfume as directed in the ‘ Aromatic Concoctions ’ section , the easiest and perhaps the most economical way to experiment is to put a few drops on a damp cotton wool stick . |
| 14 | His face was flat and wide , clean , the skin marked only by a few freckles on the right cheek , the eyes set far apart and shallow in their sockets . |
| 15 | There were a few books on a revolving mahogany stand , mostly museum catalogues . |
| 16 | Just a few jottings on an interesting rail topic can make useful copy . |
| 17 | " Oh , lay off , " said Clelia , and pulled away from him , and skipped a few steps on the green short grass , and then did rather a professional cartwheel . |
| 18 | ( I was four and a half years on the Western Front as a stretcher bearer ) and only one of the worst cases who had it and lived through it . |
| 19 | For example , a tightrope-walker balances on a high wire strung sufficiently far above the ground and without a safety net ; hence a fall would ordinarily be fatal . |
| 20 | Thin beads of light were pulsing from a dozen locations on the convoluted spiral arms of the space station . |
| 21 | Labour scored its biggest successes in London , where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 per cent . |
| 22 | He had a dozen men on the other side of town waiting for him . |
| 23 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 24 | Well , if you 're talking about the smallest sort of business , and you 've spent maybe two thousand pounds on your actual computer , complete with a printer and the floppy discs I 've been talking about , then you might expect to spend another five hundred to a thousand pounds on a basic set of software . |
| 25 | Christ , that 's gon na be a thousand pounds on a full comprehensive , just about . |
| 26 | A THOUSAND stalkers on the Scottish hills this winter have been shooting deer to keep their record numbers under control . |
| 27 | I mean , I 'm a bit cynical about great conferences , they 're important if you 're trying to set a tone , and they 're important if you want the press and the media involved , but actually it 's a smaller fora on the local basis , which actually produces much better results , in my opinion , but that 's the sort of thing I have in mind . |
| 28 | The kind that cost about a hundred dollars on the black market . |