Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I would love to see a newspaper but the current staffing of the office does n't permit that also the costing of it erm but I 've very little input from this department and really while all out and about in the force and just a tip off about something human interest or whatever would be appreciated . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've had a lot of positive feedback from the people of the Borough and even a letter of thanks — something which is almost unheard of in our business ! ’ |
| 3 | Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed . |
| 4 | It 's a well known fact that aircraft are sold all around the world , this can have a bearing on the capability and also a bearing on their cost and therefore saleability . |
| 5 | The bruise was a dull , greenish sickle of shadow just under the cheek-bone and then a comma of purple on the side of the nose , as if Culley had been wearing ill-fitting glasses . |
| 6 | As they lay on the floor , he went at Pascoe with knees and elbows , everything uncoordinated , getting a blow in to the cheekbone and then a knee close enough to the groin to make Pascoe panic . |
| 7 | It is half the height of the parent and quite a treasure , especially for small gardens . |
| 8 | There was a large barn behind the gallery and originally a door at each end , one leading to the house . |
| 9 | And Jonathan was justice of the peace and quite a leader in ar area . |
| 10 | Now , because of the seasonal variation , it can provide a lot of your hot water in the summer , but not very much in the winter and over a year , with a rooftop solar panel installation , you could perhaps expect to heat half your hot water by solar energy . |
| 11 | It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared . |
| 12 | There are more formal lectures by the invited keynote speakers , but also summaries of the workshops and buzz groups held , reports on individual research undertaken , snapshot views of the conference and even a flavour of some of the social functions in more jovial mood . |
| 13 | Since becoming assistant to Monsieur Bonard , he has progressed rapidly in the business and only a week ago he told us of his hopes of being made a partner . |
| 14 | But the trick of firing the forest and thus a mechanism for massive clearing , is associated with seasonal forest , where man must have first made his mark . |
| 15 | ‘ Down the other side of the hill and roughly a couple of miles on . ’ |
| 16 | It was therefore timely that the RIBA should have been approached by a number of parties interested in publishing the Journal and eventually a deal with The Builder Group was struck by the Institute . |
| 17 | The handbook will include an introduction to the broad economic and administrative history of the period and then a summary of the contents of specific classes of records , in particular those of the Cabinet Office , HM Treasury and the Board of Trade . |
| 18 | Although they are a standard device in parliamentary elections in most of the democracies of continental Europe , they are an abomination for the evangelists of the STV and sometimes a stumbling block for less prejudiced supporters of electoral reform . |
| 19 | She sat , still staring at the newspaper and slowly a look of understanding came across her face as if the final piece of the jigsaw had just been put into place . |
| 20 | There is plenty of evidence for the planting of new vineyards in the Bordelais and even a Poitevin was prepared to admit that Bordeaux wine was of superb quality , but at this date by far the most important wine-exporting region was further north , in Aunis and Saintonge . |
| 21 | Ruth heard music in the distance and then a boat came into view , moving eerily across the limpid waters . |
| 22 | Alex Goldfarb , executive director of the ISF and formerly a biochemist at the Engelhardt Institute in Moscow , sees the gap between the number of applicants and the number of eligible scientists as a sign that many of his colleagues have left the country for greener pastures in the West or have taken up another occupation . |
| 23 | The longer-term recovering member is able to give the newcomer a sense of identification that someone really does understand the problem from the inside and also a sense of hope that recovery is possible . |
| 24 | Most rucksacks are made from heavyweight nylon with a waterproof coating on the inside and often a water repellent treatment on the outer surface . |
| 25 | He needed somewhere to store the various artefacts he 'd collected on his travelsand decided to build a gothic tower complete with mullioned arched and trefoil windows … crenellated battlements at the top and even a gargoyle to complete the effect . |
| 26 | He was in the Navy and away a lot of the time . |
| 27 | We are looking forward to the game and hopefully a win . ’ |
| 28 | It can not , of course , cover the full legal and statutory framework in 200 pages , especially since it includes a section on the structure of the industry , an analysis of the workforce and also a section on organisation patterns , together with a chapter on ‘ Managing Communication ’ which includes homilies on ‘ listening ’ , ‘ writing skills ’ , and ( inevitably ) ‘ motivation ’ and ‘ leadership ’ . |
| 29 | and you absolutely no knew nothing about producing plain bearings you were sitting in the chair and probably a guy that worked his way through the factory floor who knew the job inside out , he was still |
| 30 | Mr Morris , 45 , who has served for 10 years at TV-am 's Camden Lock headquarters , says : ‘ I 'm going to have a lie-in in the morning and then a holiday for a couple of weeks somewhere sunny . ’ |