Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A further important point is that on two scores — the overall symptom score and the resistance score — there was a difference between the normal women and a group of normal men who were also given the inventory .
2 The uniformed cops and a couple of detectives were watching their superiors slug it out .
3 Another Israeli concession was the presence at the negotiating table of Feisal Husseini , the unofficial lieutenant of the PLO leader , Yasser Arafat , in the occupied territories and a resident of Jerusalem .
4 During the 3 hour 15 minute flight they were offered champagne , the finest liqueurs and a choice of dishes from a menu prepared by a cordon bleu chef .
5 It requires the right adaptors and a CD-ROM .
6 Khaled Nezzar , the Defence Minister and head of the armed forces and a member of both the HCS and the High Security Council [ see also p. 38702 ] .
7 Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death .
8 We asked leading figures in the art world whether the Tate should divide into the British Collections and a museum of international modern art : all but one were in favour
9 With an economy of movement she collected up her things , some of the remaining rations and a flask of water .
10 The Redpath brothers had a field day , sharing five of the six tries and a contribution to Melrose now and in the future could hold the vital key to unlock even more championship trophies .
11 So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate .
12 There was even a worn rug spread on the uneven stones and a heap of blankets and pillows .
13 Right across the road from the ‘ Vic ’ is Rockafellas , the Club 18–30 disco bar , open well into the early hours and a host of other bars and discos such as the Texas and Moby Dick 's .
14 When this was remembered , one mark of the exuberant joy of the early Christians and a secret of their costly praise was an overwhelming sense of God 's grace behind the whole of life .
15 When asked whether he would support a constitutional change in Scotland if he did not have proportional representation , he said no ; so he makes it clear that he gives higher priority to the self-interest of the Liberal Democrats and a voting system that would help them than to the issue of principle on Scotland 's constitutional future .
16 Nearly half did n't know about the official guidelines and a quarter admitted they had no monitoring procedures .
17 The three girls and a boy have dual British and American nationality .
18 Indeed if the three years and a day expire on a Saturday or a Sunday or a bank holiday , when one can not issue a writ , the limitation period is extended until the next day on which one can ( Pritam Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [ 1973 ] QB 336 ) .
19 But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt .
20 At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole .
21 Across the road , a taxi drew up in front of the august jewellers and a man in pinstripe trousers and black jacket got out , then helped a woman with magnificent grey hair to alight .
22 The international settings and a word-list in six different languages give it a truly world-wide appeal .
23 With adverse publicity about the failure to establish a development programme in the black townships and a renewal of sanctions from the ANC now inevitable , Botha believes that the time has come for ageing administrators like Danie Craven to step down .
24 FOLLOWING the intervention of the IRB ( very keen not to jeopardise the talks between the SARB and the SARU ) the planned game between the All Blacks and a selection of South African players currently playing in Europe has been abandoned .
25 It 's a far cry from Lille , World Cup excitement , the All Blacks and a crowd of well over 30,000 to an open field on the University of Victoria campus where BRITISH COLUMBIA opened its defence of the Canadian Senior Provincial Championship , on November 9 and 10 .
26 I stopped , glared up at the wheeling gulls and a couple of thrushes , then got some grass and wiped the yellow-white mess off the front guard .
27 After the menopause there is a progressive thinning of the vaginal walls and a drying out of the mucous membrane which provides lubrication to the vagina .
28 From the start and in the course of its development , industrial development was distinctive , not least because its rapid phase from 1870 onwards coincided with a prolonged agricultural depression in the eastern counties and a collapse of staple industries in East London .
29 About 150 former squadron members attended the official banquet ( I had earlier been asked to propose the Toast the the Squadron ) , there was a Squadron Parade , the dedication of a cairn to mark the 50 years and a flypast of present day aircraft .
30 But after the initial blisters and a bit of breaking in , I 've been fairly impressed with these boots .
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