Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all these and similar ways a government can exercise power and control over people without attempting thereby to exercise authority over them . |
| 2 | Their way is to pick up everything movable and retreat into the mountains when pressed , and in such rapid removals and sudden onslaughts a man can come by his death by pure accident . |
| 3 | He and Sara would not want much , and sixteen shillings a week would be enough to keep them , money which Coleridge intended to earn by reviewing . |
| 4 | In talking about ‘ craft ’ practice and black craftswomen a dance must be stepped through a sludge of definition , misinformation , appropriation and assumption . |
| 5 | He says he thinks indoor opera performances at a hundred and sixty pounds a ticket will still be popular , but now outdoor opera in beautiful settings with opera stars and clasical musicians are also becoming very popular . |
| 6 | Furthermore , in many more isolated and smaller settlements a wife may be unable to work regularly owing to a lack of jobs or transport ; therefore the total mortgage that a would-be home buyer can obtain will be based on a multiple of the husband 's income alone . |
| 7 | By contrast , environmentalists often focused instead on the meanings of the symptoms they observed in their patients , and drew attention to the rearing and experiential difficulties a person may have undergone during their formative and developmental years . |