Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , I saw , an application for a permit to race as an amateur jockey . |
| 2 | A CROWD of people fought with police officers as they tried to stop a council bailiff taking a car to pay for an outstanding poll tax bill , a court was told yesterday . |
| 3 | However , if an individual lamp will help a child to succeed in an integrated setting , every effort should be made to provide one . |
| 4 | I therefore took with us Ergay , one of our zabanias , selected a place to sleep under an overhanging rock and sent him back to camp to bring Birru in the evening with a mule , blankets and food . |
| 5 | It also means that there is no longer a need to go to an expensive design company or advertising agency to produce company stationery , direct mail material or even sophisticated brochures . |
| 6 | Perhaps the replacement of the flawed philosophy which permits the best batsmen in a team to bat for an unlimited number of deliveries , but restricts the number of overs the best bowlers in a side can send down ? |
| 7 | What a price to pay for an Imperial whim . |
| 8 | If nothing else it will give the landladies of Aldeburgh a chance to turn in an honest penny at a time when holidaymakers are few and far between in Suffolk . |
| 9 | He talked more readily about floating exchange rates than painted ships on painted oceans and he was as like to translate water , water everywhere and not a drop to drink into an elaborate example of the importance of adequate liquidity ratios . |
| 10 | ‘ See here , ’ said the doctor doubtfully , ‘ it is n't usual for a man to walk into an empty house at four in the morning and come out with another man 's cheque for nearly a hundred pounds . ’ |
| 11 | As to ‘ a big one ’ , dear , what a thing to say to an ageing queen ! |
| 12 | Good health resides in areas under more direct personal control , and those with time to investigate such matters as exercise and nutrition may be in a better position than a doctor to arrive at an accurate understanding . |
| 13 | A conceivable problem for the Solo is its price — £39,850 is a lot to pay for an unknown quantity . |