Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bit tricky keeping the mortar board on your head . |
| 2 | Having spent money on a new washing machine or fridge-freezer , you may be tempted to pay a bit extra to cover the cost of potential repairs . |
| 3 | I thought it a bit extreme to take the unit off as I 've found a much simpler way of stopping this problem of the springs sounding off in the back . |
| 4 | It 's a bit difficult to get the tomato out cos it 's all chopped in with the mince you see . |
| 5 | I feel a bit naughty to tell the truth , going off like that and leaving Mr Jackson waiting for me . |
| 6 | The crop is harvested a bit green to avoid the seed being cast , and made like hay . |
| 7 | Test Dept are n't by their very nature , exciting — but people are still a bit scared to broach the naffness of their output for fear of getting shouted at by Swells . |
| 8 | I 'm feeling a bit dizzy to tell the truth . |
| 9 | Even in a Force 5 wind the Forgen never generated more than 0.2 amps . |
| 10 | In contrast to Montgomerie , Gilford , who won in Agadir with a nine-under-par 279 to retain the title , and runner-up Spence , who finished on 280 with Stephen Ames of Trinidad and Tobago , flew home well satisfied with their four days ' work . |
| 11 | Luke squatted alongside , like a child anxious to keep the priest 's attention . |
| 12 | We did a lot of talking , of course , and then it was decided that we could possibly raise some money by going to the League of Friends , which we did , and they very generously provided well in fact the whole total is about five thousand pounds , of which three and a half thousands represents the computer , and we 're about to go live , as it were , in a week or two . |
| 13 | ANDREW SHERBORNE , the quiet man of British golf , shot a five-under-par 67 to lead the field after the first round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo , near Verona , yesterday . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) If on an application under this section the applicant lodges with the board , instead of the plan mentioned in paragraph ( b ) of subsection ( 1 ) above , a plan sufficient to identify the site of the premises , together with such description of the premises as will give a general indication of their proposed size and character ( with reference in particular to the sale of alcoholic liquor ) , then ( a ) the licensing board shall deal with the application as if made under subsection 1 ) above ; but ( b ) any provisional grant of a licence made on an application under this subsection shall become ineffective unless affirmed by the licensing board on application made to the board to that effect within 12 months of the provisional grant of the licence , any such application being accompanied by a plan of the premises . |
| 15 | My Lord the second bundle , part A bundle two contains the witness statements . |
| 16 | That was bad enough but Italian Constantino Rocca , who had been five shots behind the 39-year-old Scot coming up the last , sank a six feet putt for a birdie three to close the gap by two . |
| 17 | … an experienced teacher , someone aware of the educational possibilities and problems offered by the use of multi-media materials … a person enthusiastic to extend the range of learning methods employed in schools and keenly interested in educational technology . |
| 18 | Such concentrations of population are frequently regarded as a burden on food supplies , and as a factor likely to worsen the balance of payments as consumer goods and food are sucked in from abroad , either openly or clandestinely . |
| 19 | All persons more than a mile high to leave the court . ’ |
| 20 | And what are the constraints on possible perceptions : for instance , is it in principle possible that a creature able to perceive the motion of an individual object might be able to perceive the object 's shape ? |
| 21 | It is telling that a theory unable to recognise the nature of power relationships in today 's society , should exhibit a similar incapacity in its assessment of ancient history . |
| 22 | The latest CBI surveys suggest that more stockbuilding has indeed occurred , although not on a scale sufficient to explain the trade figures . |
| 23 | He was gazing judiciously at his finger nails with the air of a man content to leave the opening moves to his subordinate . |
| 24 | At blindside prop George Mann , recruited from St Helens to ease mounting injury problems , ran with the enthusiasm of a man keen to catch the eye ; and with Kuiti and Nikau generating a good deal of power in the second row , Rovers were hard pressed to close the gaps . |
| 25 | The yard was bought by Kvaerner , one of Norway 's largest shipbuilding and engineering conglomerates , for a token £7m in 1988 , by a government anxious to end the state links with shipbuilding . |
| 26 | This was held to be a mistake sufficient to overturn the decision . |
| 27 | Health spokesman Vic Shroot said : ‘ We are now looking for a pilot willing to fly the plane . |
| 28 | This had nothing whatsoever to do with fabrics , referring instead to an alternative to upholstery nails : tin-dipped filigree stamped iron available in rolls of — it must be presumed — twenty yards , a length sufficient to outline the lid , sides and ends of a coffin , such as that on the outer case of Lord Vere Bertie ( d.1770 ) in the Wray vault at All Saints ' , Branston , in Lincolnshire . |
| 29 | If the first digit within the brackets is a zero this indicates the form of the publication ; for example 54(03) means Chemistry ( dictionary of ) ; 62(091) means English Literature ( history of ) . |
| 30 | In the Wachtel case the settlor guaranteed the overdraft of the trust and was required to deposit with the bank a sum sufficient to cover the overdraft . |