Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | POSTIES in Luton , Beds , are claiming a record after delivering a second class letter 75 minutes after it was posted . |
| 2 | Only a day after reporting the second year of falling personal computer sales ( CI No 2,157 ) , the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association says that Japanese manufacturers ' shipments of personal computers jumped 6.2% in unit terms during the January to March quarter from a year earlier , and the rise in combined exports and domestic sales to 688,000 units from 648,000 units in the year-earlier quarter marked the first quarterly rise in two years ; exports rocketed 31% to 144,000 units but domestic shipments only inched up 1.1% to 544,000 units , but was still the first quarterly increase in two-and-a-half years ; because of the price wars , combined export and domestic shipments of made-in-Japan micros — when measured in currency terms , fell 8.3% — exports and home sales each off 8% . |
| 3 | Divertimento gives you a chance of looking a second time , without much delay , from a slightly different point of view . |
| 4 | Jacklin has not won a title since recording the last of his 14 tournament victories on the European Tour in the 1982 PGA Championship . |
| 5 | The South Wales Cricket Association XI came within a raindrop of becoming the first British team to meet South Africa during their tour of Australia and New Zealand . |
| 6 | * The Ukrainian government has decided to hold an international contest to work out a method of converting the fourth reactor at Chernobyl into an environmentally safe system . |
| 7 | After conceding two quick strikes , Clark fouled off four pitches in a row before blasting the next into centre field . |
| 8 | When I was an apprentice there were two component plants in Europe , and now there are seventeen , and I 've had a hand in establishing the last twelve . |
| 9 | The session had been intended to set a date for reconvening the 14th party congress , which had broken up in disarray on Jan. 23 [ see pp. 37172 ] . |
| 10 | Adversely affected in the 1970s by the United Kingdom 's entry to the European Communities and by fluctuating oil prices , New Zealand declined from a position of having the third highest standard of living ( as measured by per capita GDP ) in 1951 to 15th in 1971 and 23rd by 1991 . |
| 11 | I mean The Sun is absolutely I mean I did tr have a go at reading the first one and I thought well I ca n't read this trash any longer , think I read two pages . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm rather surprised at our position but we are hitting form now and I fancy having a crack at winning a fourth title . ’ |
| 13 | As a way of emphasizing the first charge , TV commercials were run , including clips from old Reagan films embellished with slogans such as ‘ Vote for a real governor , not an acting one ’ , or ‘ Over the years Ronald Reagan has played many roles . |
| 14 | So she schemed until she found a way of having the second thing without losing the first . |
| 15 | There is a problem about investigating the first of these hypotheses in that the dreams that are remembered are presumably the ones that have more logical structure . |
| 16 | An extensive seismic programme will begin in the second half of 1992 with a view to drilling the first exploration well in late 1993 . |
| 17 | They may be intended to help people to be more aware of their own interests and abilities with a view to taking the first steps towards any of these possibilities . |
| 18 | The Profitboss never leaves a client without fixing the next meeting . |
| 19 | Emilio Butragueno , who twisted an ankle in earning the first of three penalties , may not be fit for the European Cup first leg in Milan next week . |