Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | University lecturers , politicians , trade unionists and showbusiness figures rubbed shoulders with the citizens of Dublin in an attempt to drive home a message of peace to the men of violence . |
| 2 | It describes the process whereby oppression and prejudice come about and is therefore , like the term ‘ special needs ’ , an attempt to bring together a number of behaviours such as sexism , racism , disablism and homophobia . |
| 3 | When it also rapidly became clear , following the 1972 White Paper , Education : A Framework for Expansion , that there was to be in fact a massive reduction in teacher education and an opportunity to diversify to fill the gaps created , the CNAA began to be faced with proposals for degrees in other subjects , often combined or modularized degrees , and often with an attempt to build both a BA and BEd degree on top of a two-year Diploma . |
| 4 | Dexter handed across an article dated about a year before from one of the broadsheet newspapers . |
| 5 | Make an appointment to see either a partner or , if it is a large firm , the local manager . |
| 6 | It produced an air burst almost a mile wide . |
| 7 | This would not mean that an executive reports once a week to a local probation office to affirm that all is well back in the corporate suite . |
| 8 | If the money falls in law to be repaid , a direct order for its repayment is more appropriate than a declaration that it should repay it or an order setting aside a refusal to be repaid . |