Example sentences of "a [det] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all become used to matching colours in the home , and perhaps a little colour co-ordination in the garden would not go amiss . |
| 2 | Luxury sorbet with strawberry coulis Blend together strawberries with a little icing sugar in a good processor until it forms a smooth purée . |
| 3 | Even at the simplest and most active plate boundaries , a major earthquake caused by a few metres movement of a fault recurs perhaps six times a millennium . |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 5 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 6 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 7 | The delightfully named village of Chigny-les-Roses is situated south of Reims , on the northern slopes of the Montagne , a few kilometres west of the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay . |
| 8 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 9 | As a result , erm , prices wo n't be quite as volatile as they are in the opposite case , alright , when the world market , and virtually nobody , let's assume that virtually nobody uses the world market to trade in , they 've all got their own agricultural policies , right , just a few countries trade in the world market , it only takes erm , a , a sort of poor harvest , or a very good harvest in any one of these erm , er , sort of protected countries , in order to get rid of this output , they 'll put it on the world market . |
| 10 | Dunstaffnage House is set in an acre of pretty garden with wonderful views across the open land to the Cairngorms , yet only a few minutes drive from the centre of Grantown . |
| 11 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
| 12 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 13 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 14 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 15 | Kensington Palace is a few minutes walk through the park from Kensington High Street or Bayswater Road where buses and underground stations are located . |
| 16 | Situated only 60 metres from the International Drive resort centre , the Famous Host International is only a few minutes walk from a great selection of restaurants , bars , and general hub that Orlando has to offer . |
| 17 | Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent . |
| 18 | Mini-golf : There are good courses just a few minutes walk from the village centre . |
| 19 | Situated in a quiet position , this modern style pension is just a few minutes walk from the centre of Going . |
| 20 | There is a generous provision for car and coach parking and the centre is only a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations . |
| 21 | Situated on its own private beach in Mazzaro Bay , this deluxe hotel is only a few minutes walk from the cable-car to Taormina . |
| 22 | The Hotel Des Etrangers is centrally located about 250 yards from the Piazzo Colombo and a few minutes walk from the Via Matteotti . |
| 23 | The hotel enjoys a central position in Alba Adriatica at the end of the promenade and is therefore convenient for the small shopping area , only a few minutes walk from the sandy beach with changing cabins . |
| 24 | A few feet south of the CBR entrance was a side entrance to the hotel leading down to a beer parlour on one side and the spacious Hotel Cafeteria on the other . |
| 25 | Even a few microns difference in the size of a component can cost valuable minutes on the production line as machines are re-set . |
| 26 | The Seychelles lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean , just a few degrees south of the equator . |
| 27 | Just a few yards north of the inn is a farm that serves teas in the summer . |
| 28 | Many of the stations as Curzon found them were no more than rude shanties , a few planks half-buried in the sands of Central Asia . |
| 29 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 30 | OUR friends at Mission Impossible , Darlington FC 's un surpassed fanzine , carried an enthusiastic review a few editions back of a book on the fall and fall of Workington Town . |