Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are all empirical , qualitative , aesthetic , concrete activities , and they all have a rich vocabulary and indeed literature . |
| 2 | Yet in those golden eyes of hers was a lively intelligence and even wit . |
| 3 | It was a dignified response if not departure with Spurs chief executive Terry Venables forced to come clean over the Shreeves situation after a media leak . |
| 4 | Problems with a flaked bone in his foot , a broken toe and then hamstring and rib injuries meant that McLeish played only seven times for Aberdeen last season and also missed the first 11 matches of this one . |
| 5 | Heatpipes draw energy away from the electronics and pass it into a cooling unit where either air or water is used to dissipate the heat . |
| 6 | Lairds , like Swans , was designated a Naval yard and therefore intervention fund and for the E E C. With the advent of the peace dividend , those yards , designated Naval yards can not compete with the merchant yards who receive the intervention fund , which is basically a subsidy that allows European yards to compete on a level plain with shipyards in the Far East . |
| 7 | While the main focus of the Survey is on basic payments it is nevertheless a crucial benchmark because both bonus and overtime payments are to an extent determined by the basic or standard wage . |
| 8 | On these islands the sailor has long featured as a national paradox as both saint and sinner , as both saviour and scamp , as both hero and victim of oppression . |
| 9 | At first police treated his case as a suspicious death but not murder . |
| 10 | After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker . |
| 11 | Although the White Paper is as yet just a White Paper and not law , it seems that certain hospitals are being pushed towards ’ opting out ’ . |
| 12 | It is not a natural similarity but rather sex stereotyping that prompts the comparison between men and fierce animals or women and helpless children . |
| 13 | Kate could n't even justify it by saying it was a boy Lizzy loved , whom her daughter had been with for a long time and so sex was a natural progression . |
| 14 | We have , therefore , two possibilities to offer at this stage of our thinking : a simultaneous approach offering a mixture of BSL and English presented concurrently by teacher and pupil , or a bilingual approach where both BSL and English are accepted and used as separate languages . |
| 15 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 16 | Money of yew will agree that this was owr best proformance of the season so there an owne goal by Davedoyle rite from the kockiff was not a good start but too superherb hedders from Royston Marlee , playing with hevily bandiged neez , one the day four us . |
| 17 | After a few days it may go onto their chest or settle in the liver causing a bilious fever and even jaundice . |
| 18 | ‘ The history of all societies , past and future , is the history of its ruling classes … there will always be a ruling class and therefore exploitation . |
| 19 | In looking for significance some critics took a sociological line but perhaps psychology was a better guide . |
| 20 | , Donald Woods ( 1896–1971 ) , paediatrician , psychoanalyst , and writer , was born 7 April 1896 in Plymouth , the only son and youngest of three children of ( Sir ) John Frederick Winnicott , a wholesale merchant and twice mayor of Plymouth , and his wife Elizabeth Martha , daughter of William Woods . |
| 21 | They may be attached to a particular school for a single day or even part of a day , or for a substantially longer period . |
| 22 | box are in the toilet with a paper bag in there 's a , where I used to put them and I 've had a fair look but not sort of |
| 23 | Often looks rather besotted with a congested mottled and purple face ; a bloated face but not oedema . |
| 24 | Often , the cause can be simple — piled-up earth in flowerbeds causing rising damp ; a faulty overflow or down pipe resulting in penetrating damp ; or inadequate ventilation leading to condensation or rot . |
| 25 | Keynes divided the demand for money into three types : ( a ) the transactions demand , which is the demand by firms and households for holdings of money to finance day-to-day transactions ; ( b ) precautionary demand , which arises out of uncertainty and the desire not to be caught short of ready cash ; and ( c ) the speculative demand , which is the demand for money as a financial asset and therefore part of a wealth portfolio . |
| 26 | It is a tacit acknowledgement that neither office nor a peerage awaits them . |
| 27 | California 's philosophy underpinning its seismic codes holds that a building should not be damaged in a minor quake , should suffer no more than minor structural damage in a moderate quake and not collapse in a major quake . |
| 28 | It also recommends that the General Assembly approve the introduction of part-time ministers — but only where that is necessary for a territorial purpose such as in a remote area or where parish work could be combined with another church role . |
| 29 | Egon Krenz , 48 , a hard-drinking hard-liner and nominally number two , responsible for youths , is now written off , having no friends in the Soviet Union or anywhere else . |
| 30 | A visit may lead to a display , or an audio-visual presentation or perhaps drama , role-play or empathetic work . |