Example sentences of "the [noun prp] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why we have ordered the new Challenger II tank for the Army , the Merlin helicopter for the Navy , the ASRAAM air defence missile for the RAF and a wide range of other new equipment for our Forces . |
| 2 | There was a jarring of brakes and a cacophony of horn blasts as he squeezed into the gap between the Vauxhall and a black Ford . |
| 3 | Alex Cockburn , later to work for Black Dwarf and 7 Days before decamping to the States and a 1970s career on Village Voice , provided a somewhat withdrawn interview with the New Statesman 's then right-wing socialist editor Paul Johnson . |
| 4 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 5 | On November 7 and 8 they 'll take part in a new two-section grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 6 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 7 | If their marks are among the top six in the country they 'll be invited to take part in a new two part grand final , with a specialist round on the Saturday and a general fishkeeping knowledge round on the Sunday . |
| 8 | What will the Germans think when they arrive in Glasgow with players still fresh from a ten-week break in the Bundesliga and a legislative system which means that if any of their players has called off from this game they must not play for their club sides next weekend ? ’ |
| 9 | A further effect of the scandal was on the stability of the Takeshita faction , the largest internal grouping within the LDP and a vital component of the support within the party for Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa . |
| 10 | A leaf shaped bronze sword was found at Leannan Buidhie , Coillabus , on the Oa and a small bronze vessel , perhaps a lachrimatory , four ounces in weight , in the chapel on Texa island . |
| 11 | ‘ It was his feeling that in any country , even if there is war , there is time for negotiations , ’ said Mrs Sisulu , whose husband , Walter , a former secretary-general of the ANC and a close friend of Mr Mandela , is to be freed from prison . |
| 12 | And he 'd been unlucky , what with the ubiquitous Mr Burke of the Somme and a low quota of political scandals conspiring to make Chant posthumously famous . |
| 13 | Until recent times , there was great water traffic on the Shannon and a busy landing-stage at Clonmacnoise . |
| 14 | His extensive private collection was purchased by the Institution after his death , with some of his papers , but no trace was found of the manuscripts of a supplement to A Natural History of the Crinoidea and a major account of the corals on which he was known to have been working . |
| 15 | The devalution aided the government in its negotiations with the IMF and a new agreement was reached on March 23 , 1990 . |
| 16 | The crew will be volunteers from the Midlands and a special headboard will be carried on the front of the locomotive , one of the Ffestiniog 's unique double engines . |
| 17 | Multilines of spring barley , designed to control the fungal infection , powdery mildew , are now marketed by the Sinclair McGill seed company ; such heterogeneous barley now covers 60 000 hectares in the UK and a larger area in Denmark . |
| 18 | , born in Croydon in the UK and a qualified teacher , has lived in France for 17 years . |
| 19 | They are set in a peaceful location only one kilometre from some of the most fantastic sand dunes in the Canaries and a short bus ride from the heart of the nightlife of Playa Del Ingles . |
| 20 | As he sought to negotiate with Aguinaldo , Florendo , the director of the civil relations office of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and a former friend of Aguinaldo , was taken hostage along with three other members of the arresting party . |
| 21 | Mr Desmond , a ex-member of the Dail and a one-time cabinet minister , will take up his new appointment next month . |
| 22 | That way they will not only taste wonderful , they will also make you feel as cosy as wearing a cashmere sweater , or sitting with your toes in the Aga and a purring cat on your lap . |
| 23 | It is a sensitivity which effects an almost fleshlike appearance on the legs of the Cupids and a velvet-like softness in the petals of the flower in mosaic A. In both instances cubic and narrow slivers of tesserae produce what , in other contexts , could be termed an emblema . |
| 24 | Two highly respected writers and commentators have recently supported the Gulf war project as a moral and political necessity : Hans Magnus Enzensberger , the poet and critic , and Fred Halliday , Professor of International Relations at the LSE and a noted authority on Middle Eastern politics . |
| 25 | It is a long way from the " careership " proposals of the CBI and a long way , too , from the systematic manner in which those parties argue who would wish to see TECs as the regulators of training and as the godfather of the careers service . |
| 26 | Since then , Austin has done virtually every job connected with swimming , including being centenary president of the A.S.A. and a national selector for many years . |
| 27 | U2 : Achtung Baby , The Videos , The Cameos And A Whole Lot Of Interference From Zoo TV |
| 28 | Industry in this country will find itself called upon to serve two masters , the EC and a Labour government , both with markedly dirigiste tendencies . |
| 29 | A report by Barclays Bank economics department in August 1991 stated that " in structural terms the economy has to face the prospect of the single market in the EC and a further period of deregulation " . |
| 30 | In view of the evaporation of the objections of the BMA and a large number of doctors to the Government 's policy , does my hon. Friend agree that the debate is being drawn up along the following lines , with the Confederation of Health Service Employees , the National Union of Public Employees and the Labour party on one side and the Government , the taxpayers and the patients on the other ? |