Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could even put a tag on a few customers . |
| 2 | These included a concentration on a few sectors , a bias towards managerial and commercial interests , a limited appreciation of relevant contexts , the lack of a historical perspective , and a disciplinary imbalance including insufficient attention to economic factors . |
| 3 | They depend as a rule on the same sorts of schematic stimulus-recognition systems and simple processing seen in less elaborate behaviour . |
| 4 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 5 | Prohibition lies to prevent some unlawful action by a tribunal on the same grounds as the granting of an order of certiorari . |
| 6 | Abbott became one of the founding members of the Open Door Council in 1926 , dedicated to securing that ‘ a woman shall be free to work and be protected as a worker on the same terms as a man … and to secure for a woman , irrespective of marriage or childbirth , the right at all times to decide whether or not she shall engage in paid work ’ . |
| 7 | After the feasting tonight you three will leave the Rorim with an escort on a few days ’ patrolling . |
| 8 | The mention of Seville had only aroused a small murmur of protest in her left ventricle , and that was an improvement on a few months back when open heart surgery had seemed the only cure for her suffering . |