Example sentences of "and [prep] [num] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |
| 2 | A deputy is allocated to about half of these tasks and after six months a reallocation of tasks may be requested in accordance with skills , interests and time available . |
| 3 | The amiable Cube boys — Chris , Pat and Mark — have continually promoted a wide variety of up and coming acts in a friendly setting and with three bands a night you can usually find something to make your ears prick up . |
| 4 | The amiable Cube boys — Chris , Pat and Mark — have continually promoted a wide variety of up and coming acts in a friendly setting and with three bands a night you can usually find something to make your ears prick up . |
| 5 | Baritone Sir Geraint Evans is the patron , Humphrey Littleton will cover jazz , Osian Ellis will play the harp and from 19–24 June a host of musicians , poets and craftsmen will congregate in Criccieth for the annual Festival . |
| 6 | February 1689 and within three weeks a Declaration of Rights denounced the illegalities of the previous reign . |
| 7 | Some subordinate foresters appointed by the king were paid wages : in 1228 Hubert de Burgh , as warden of Windsor Forest , was paying 6d. a day to Osbert and Robert , King 's serjeants , for keeping the forest of Odiham , and in 1233 2d. a day to each of six serjeants on foot for keeping the forest of Windsor by the king 's command . |
| 8 | There are stories of gangs of roughs waylaying cyclists and pelting them with stones , and in one case a South London cowboy was brought before Lambeth court for lassoing cyclists — ‘ a kind of horseplay that must be stamped out at once ’ said the magistrate , with good reason . |
| 9 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 10 | Old cars were sold to clubs at inflated prices and on one occasion a player sold his dog to a director . |
| 11 | When the stories reached Lysons himself , he wrote at once to the Duke of Portland , the home secretary , alerting him to the ‘ very suspicious business ’ taking place at Alfoxden , and on 11 August a government spy called James Walsh was dispatched to investigate . |
| 12 | On Tuesday 14 June , " representatives of the girls in the composing department of the printing trade , attended to address our [ i.e. WFL ] members " , and on 25 August a deputation went to see the employers and called for a Board of Trade enquiry . |
| 13 | During the summer there had been reports of rising tension in the area , and on 30 August a crowd demonstrated outside Toxteth Police Station and then attacked police cars and the station itself . |
| 14 | The students were enraged at these new rules and on 29 December a crowd of between two and three thousand from several Beijing campuses openly defied the authorities by holding a demonstration in the university quarter . |
| 15 | Reagan 's success in the Senate was never in doubt , and on 29 July a package of tax cuts virtually identical to those asked for by the president was approved by 89 — 11 . |
| 16 | On 21 September 1982 the husband committed an act of bankruptcy by failing to comply with the requirements of a bankruptcy notice and on 20 December a bankruptcy petition was presented . |
| 17 | The toilet stank of urine , and at one point a chef was seen picking his nose while preparing food . |
| 18 | And at 0815 hrs a signal ( AC/189 ) [ KP 97 ] went from Gen McCreery at Eighth Army to Gen Clark at 15th Army Group " Personal for Gen Clark from Gen McCreery . |