Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe in the short term it is an advantage to a few people working in the car industry but it only encourages more people to generate more pollution . ’ |
| 2 | BDO Seidman has won what is believed to be the first successful countersuit by an auditor against a former client . |
| 3 | The delay in starting the course until January was caused by her leaving an interval of a few months before approaching Oxford . |
| 4 | One of their riders Paul Muchene died after an accident at an another track 3 years ago . |
| 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 | Newcomers this year include Galerie Bruno Meissner from Zurich , while Spink from London will be returning after an absence of a few years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mr Bakker is the fourth PTL official to be convicted in connection with the scandal , which began after it was revealed that he had an affair with a former church secretary , Jessica Hahn , using PTL funds to pay her hush money afterwards . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Poor polls , one showing Labour ahead by six points , were followed by an attack by a former chancellor , Nigel Lawson , who questioned the government 's ability to govern . |
| 13 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
| 14 | The company says it can be integrated with an application in an few hours . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Dillon LJ echoed this point in Alec Lobb. 9 Pleading restraint of trade In the typical case of an action by an employer against a former employee the employer will plead in his statement of claim that by doing a certain thing the employee has breached express or implied terms of his contract . |
| 19 | The genial heavyweight said : ‘ I 've fought as an amateur for a few years . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I can give you an estimate in a few days . " |
| 22 | Perhaps you would like to learn a new skill , rekindle an interest in a former hobby — or simply try and make that new girl at the office feel more at ease . |
| 23 | An envelope of a few Liverpool sermons survived ; including the first sermon which he ever delivered there ( text I Peter 2 : 9 , ‘ ye are an elect race ’ ) . |