Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1789 , for example , an unsigned letter received by Sir Thomas Dundas advised the member of parliament that a Mr. Glen , a freeholder of Stirlingshire , would be greatly obliged if he could obtain introductions to colonels of regiments who might be induced to give the enterprising Mr. Glen the clothing contracts for their units . |
| 2 | Interior Minister Col. Manuel José Antonio was arrested on Aug. 11 for questioning in connection with an attempted coup uncovered on June 24 and said to have been planned for June 25 ( the 16th anniversary of Mozambique 's independence ) . |
| 3 | The road leading into the pleasant village of Austwick branches from the A65 and at a fork at the north end of the village a left turn , unsignposted , climbs through a leafy avenue into Crummackdale , reaching open country where it is crossed by an unsurfaced lane coming from Clapham . |
| 4 | Where the surfaced road ends at the farm an unsurfaced trackway leads to Little Langdale ( 3 miles ) from where you can follow the main route to Elterwater ( 1.5 miles ) . |
| 5 | IN an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party voted yesterday to declare itself an independent party by more than 5 to 1 , well above the two-thirds majority needed . |
| 6 | In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party . |
| 7 | The family silver collection includes the usual trophies and coasters , but there is also an historic halberd belonging to Edward King , an ancestor 's cousin whose death at sea in 1637 was remembered by Milton in his poem ‘ Lycidas ’ . |
| 8 | Set to kick off the programme at MAC on Saturday 29 September is the British premiere of MASALA an irreverent tragi-comedy set amongst Toronto 's middle-class Asian community starring Saeed Jaffrey . |
| 9 | He and an Iranian doctor flew from Paris as directly as they could . |
| 10 | An Iranian delegation led by Vellayati visited Damascus on March 7-8 and was reportedly assured by Syrian President Assad that Iran would have a significant role in a post-war Gulf security order . |
| 11 | Between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 several thousand Azerbaijani rioters pulled down or set fire to fences and other installations along a 137-km stretch of the border between the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( an Azerbaijani exclave separated from Azerbaijan proper by a strip of Armenian territory ) and Iran . |
| 12 | The election was banned in the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic ( an Azerbaijani enclave separated from Azerbaijan by Armenian land ) by its Supreme Soviet which was headed by Geydar Aliyev , a former CPSU politburo member [ see p. 36592 ] who had become a member of the Azerbaijani People 's Front . |
| 13 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 14 | The 11 tourists , with a lot of help from the four friends who made up last night 's team , gave an astounding display to inflict on France their first defeat here for seven years . |
| 15 | In an extensive review arising from IGCP 61 Kidson ( 1982 ) has concluded that the search for a universal eustatic curve should be regarded as over ; that regional differences in changes in the geoid mean that eustatic sea level curves can have only regional validity ; and that no part of the earth 's crust can be regarded as wholly stable . |
| 16 | On Wednesday , 9 April 1986 , the Kosovo police ( who are , of course , controlled by the Kosovo Party ) arrested Kosta Bulatović , an agricultural engineer living in Kosovo Polje , on suspicion of ‘ carrying out a criminal act of hostile propaganda ’ ( punishable under Article 133 of the Criminal Code of Kosovo ) . |
| 17 | This Pavel Sergeevich had an adoptive son living in Zvenigorod . |
| 18 | Fox delivered an angled kick caught by Ieuan Evans , who was instantly wrapped up by Bunce . |
| 19 | An odd look came into Rose 's face , and she glanced away , shifting uncomfortably in her chair . |
| 20 | I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be . |
| 21 | The visit , by an Israeli diplomat serving in Thailand , was the first of its kind since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 . |
| 22 | In an interview with an Israeli newspaper published on Jan. 2 , Weizmann described Shimon Peres , the Labour leader and Vice Prime Minister , as a " son of a bitch " and claimed that Peres had actually briefed him during his telephone conversation with the Palestinian in Tunis . |
| 23 | An ASEAN statement issued on July 23 ( the day before the start of the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Indonesia — see p. 37613 ) stated that the representation of Cambodia at the UN was " a delicate political question " and that attempts to change the seating in the absence of an acceptable Supreme National Council would set back the search for a comprehensive political solution . |
| 24 | AN UNDERWATER SEARCH started on October 12 for the well-known aviator , Antoine de Saint-Exupery ( FP September p45 ) . |
| 25 | This pattern is also repeated in an unpublished survey conducted by Richard Whatmore on Church of England parishes in Brighton and Hove . |
| 26 | This interpretation was based on an abbreviated version provided by Bloomsbury of the profit and loss account , with no reference to the balance sheet or the statement of source and application of funds . |
| 27 | Conscious of advancing years , the league always allowed four subs until an alert referee wrote to Durham FA pointing out that international law allowed only two , regardless of age . |
| 28 | AN alert was flashed to police forces across Britain last night for an articulated lorry stolen from Cleveland . |
| 29 | The firm also adopted , with appropriate changes , the horseshoeshaped emblem with an enclosed cross used by Pountney and Allies . |
| 30 | The President , who acted under Article 58 of the Constitution , also dissolved the National and provincial assemblies , imposed a state of emergency and swore in an interim government led by Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi , leader of the Combined Opposition Parties ( formed in June 1989 — see p. 36736 ) . |