Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an insult to the many managers and workers who responded so well for the hon. Gentleman to imply that they were less than efficient and hard working in those difficult circumstances . |
| 2 | The reason for this will become clear when the fossil faunas are examined , for post-depositional breakage of the upper and lower jaws often removes any evidence of the jaws themselves so that only the teeth are left to provide an indication of the former numbers of jaws , and this index attempts to take this into account . |
| 3 | But inspired by the experience of Jim Duffy at the back and battling Stainrod himself up front , the pattern of play changed dramatically during the final half hour , to the extent that it was the visitors who were forced to hang on , especially after Stainrod had forced goalkeeper Theo Snelders into an own-goal during the latter stages . |
| 4 | The delay in starting the course until January was caused by her leaving an interval of a few months before approaching Oxford . |
| 5 | Conversely , a large-scale and long-period phenomenon such as the movement of tectonic plates can lead to local stress accumulation and to its release by an earthquake in a few seconds and with highly local effects . |
| 6 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 7 | After the feasting tonight you three will leave the Rorim with an escort on a few days ’ patrolling . |
| 8 | All specimens were taken using Olympus FB 13U colonscopy forceps at routine colonoscopy , except in two patients in whol ileal specimens were obtained through an ileostomy with the same forceps . |
| 9 | Newcomers this year include Galerie Bruno Meissner from Zurich , while Spink from London will be returning after an absence of a few years . |
| 10 | No I 'm not : first I 'm going to wander round Bristol and try and get myself a job , then I 'm going to persuade the manager to give me an advance of a few pounds so I can get myself something to eat and find somewhere to stay . |
| 11 | On the ground floor , the extension houses an area for the many periodicals , some of which are paid for by our own library appeal fund . |
| 12 | Then he dozed in an armchair for a few hours , until he was too cold and stiff to bear it any longer , when he got up and made tea for everyone , and discovered that there was nothing to eat for breakfast . |
| 13 | And then he swept on with an account of the several attempts to buy the paper , culminating in MacQuillan offering more money and more guarantees about the way it would be run . |
| 14 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
| 15 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
| 16 | Bismuth is still used by some practitioners as an adjunct to penicillin therapy , but in most centres the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics has , at long last , brought an end to the many centuries during which the treatment of syphilis was worse than the disease itself . |
| 17 | Emitting clicks containing between 20 and 230 pulses per second , and lasting from around one to five seconds , they are capable of distinguishing different sizes of fish to an accuracy of a few millimetres . |
| 18 | The accuracy of this technique has been steadily improving and measurements can now be made over thousands of kilometres to an accuracy of a few millimetres . |
| 19 | Naturally there were many differences of opinion among the European governments , but basically all were trying to find an answer to the same problems . |
| 20 | The mention of Seville had only aroused a small murmur of protest in her left ventricle , and that was an improvement on a few months back when open heart surgery had seemed the only cure for her suffering . |
| 21 | The genial heavyweight said : ‘ I 've fought as an amateur for a few years . |
| 22 | If I quote three or four quid underneath , he 'll consider it and we may get an order in a few months time when the schedule runs out . |
| 23 | I can give you an estimate in a few days . " |