Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four pre-teen girls were abducted , molested and mutilated in a serial killing spree the New York Times described as very ‘ un-Japanese ’ . |
| 2 | It is easier when you are feeling fresh and alert after a good night 's sleep than at the end of a busy day , easier for short periods than for long periods . |
| 3 | The effect of an adverse pressure gradient is generally destabilizing — it decreases the Reynolds number at which corresponding developments occur — and that of a favourable gradient is generally stabilizing . |
| 4 | It was mine , and that of a small cadre of supply-side intellectuals . ’ |
| 5 | That a creature of his should fall into mortal sin , and that of a violent kind , was astonishment enough , but that this pliable mortal should ever undertake personal action of any kind came as an even greater shock . |
| 6 | There was , the Board felt , a need to reconcile two ‘ separate images ’ of a degree course in business studies , ‘ that of intellectual rigour presented in the university pattern , and that of a new range of studies designed to meet the needs of the business world ’ . |
| 7 | Despite the identification so far of only one temple , and that of a dubious nature , something of the religious interests of the inhabitants of Carlisle has survived in the form of inscriptions . |
| 8 | When Boswell sought to establish a distinction between ‘ the licentiousness of a single woman , and that of a married woman ’ , Johnson intensified his analogy , comparing the loose single woman to a thief , and the randy married woman to a thief who first murders the victim , and says that among women the infection of licentiousness spreads from the single to the married . |
| 9 | I shall also consider the subject from two points of view : that of a critic and that of a practising novelist . |
| 10 | The tributes to P C Patrick Dunn mounted today in Cato Road , the Clapham Street where he died , as the police investigation of his killing and that of a suspected drug dealer in the house opposite , continued . |
| 11 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 12 | This suggests , for example , that a new two-year bond issued at par would have to have a coupon of 10.25 per cent and that for a three-year bond ( with annual coupons ) trading at par the following equality holds ( see ( 5.10 ) ) : demonstrating that the YTM and the coupon are identical when a bond is trading at par . |
| 13 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
| 14 | In which case I would see that the sensible thing to do , which is what we have done , is to assume that the current vacancy rate stays the same as a percentage and that with a larger dwelling stock , results in some additional vacant dwellings . |
| 15 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 16 | From December 1988 to January 1990 , 693 patients ( 601 with radiolucent stones and 92 with a calcified nucleus and/or rim ) were treated . |
| 17 | One bright young man who some years before had been a ‘ star ’ pupil , and assured of a successful career in technology said he had ruined his chances by joining the demonstrations . |
| 18 | He admitted taking the car without consent , driving while unfit through drink , without insurance and unaccompanied by a qualified motorist , and failing to report an accident . |
| 19 | This student had at one time worked in catering until her love for learning foreign languages prompted her to tackle French and Spanish as a mature student . |
| 20 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
| 21 | The wait would be well worth it for such a blind release ; and in this motley crowd , drawn from a dozen hamlets outside in addition to the town , her companion was nameless and faceless as a hunted man could wish to be . |
| 22 | Anthony Tennant , the Guinness chairman , said : ‘ The synergistic benfits of our deal with LVMH are already coming through strongly , without all the costs and upset of a contested bid . |
| 23 | Kurds in Turkey say they have been tortured and repressed in a bloody campaign by the government to crack down on separatist guerrillas fighting for an independent Kurdistan . |
| 24 | Examples of search instructions are the " table look-up " ( TALU ) instruction on the University of Manchester MUS computer , which performs a masked equality comparison between the contents of one store location and the contents of each of a vector of elements , the similar " masked search for equal " ( SRCH ) instruction on the Burroughs B6700 computer , and the " linked list look-up " ( LLLU ) instruction , also on the B6700 , which performs a " greater than or equal " comparison between an argument value and each of a linked list of elements . |
| 25 | it would be a commonplace to historians that the union movements in the United States or in Britain are very different in character from the union movements in France or in Italy , each conditioned by its own historical experience , and each with a distinctive conception of its role within the wider society . |
| 26 | The completed video will be published on two cassettes each containing 4 programmes and each with a total duration of approximately 27 minutes . |
| 27 | After consultation and planning , the company set up the organization in approximately fifteen lines of business , each representing a separate product line and each with a general manager . |
| 28 | The stylishly colour co-ordinated hotplate offers the best in gas technology , with three standard and one semi-rapide burners , each igniting instantly at the touch of a button and each with a simmer-stop position , which maintains a steady flame at a low setting . |
| 29 | Here there will need to be not one module in EP but a variety of modules each geared to a particular path and each with a different set of prerequisites . |
| 30 | Intermediate rinse-Rinse with fresh hot water and a clean cloth , wring and dry to a damp finish |