Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The power station is also a matter of miles from the Lilstock bombing range in the Bristol Channel , where aircraft can be watched from the coast as they wheel and circle in the sky before a fiery flash and a splash of water shows that they have hit their ‘ target ’ . |
| 32 | ‘ We had a superb leader , a well-organised campaign and a policy platform that commanded wide support in the party . |
| 33 | They were excused few , if any , tasks , Hannah may appear to be a frail pensioner but a lifetime 's exposure to the hard labour of rural life enables her to endure the most extreme elements far better than urban-reared people half her age . |
| 34 | To the left , he could only at first see his own garden , his tennis court , the old wall that screened his vegetables — to eat what one has grown , actually to eat that ! — but then , across a low hedge and a fence that needed repair , he found he could see into the garden of the new Rectory , whose impersonal little back windows faced the same way as his own . |
| 35 | Then out of the watery mist came a low call and a light flashed once , twice , three times . |
| 36 | In front of that were a low sofa and a coffee table . |
| 37 | They went in behind Sir George , who waved his huge cone of light around the dark , cramped , circular space , illuminating a semi-circular bay window , a roof carved with veined arches and mock-mediaeval ivy-leaves , felt-textured with dust , a box-bed with curtains still hanging , showing a dull red under their pall of particles , a fantastically carved black wooden desk , covered with beading and scrolls , and bunches of grapes and pomegranates and lilies , something that might have been either a low chair or a prie-dieu , heaps of cloth , an old trunk , two band boxes , a sudden row of staring tiny white faces , one , two , three , propped against a pillow . |
| 38 | This necessitated having a low roof and a side gangway in the upper saloon , reminiscent of the old low-bridge buses . |
| 39 | Early Greek mythology describes several encounters between a strong god/hero and a snake/dolphin/woman figure . |
| 40 | There also tended to be a strong presumption that a person brought before the court was guilty . |
| 41 | Employing BP Chemicals ’ world-leading proprietary technology , this plant provides us with a strong partner and a platform for attaining growth for our products in this region . |
| 42 | It 's not very convincing as a logical argument : anyone can see there 's a world of difference between a castor-oil plant and a city of 120,000 people . |
| 43 | This is surprising since the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) has ruled in that the refusal to engage a pregnant woman and a dismissal on grounds of pregnancy are a form of direct discrimination covered by Council Directive 76/207/ EEC without the necessity to resort to comparisons with the treatment which would be meted out to a man in a comparable situation . |
| 44 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 45 | Flashing that kind of money in this kind of joint could lead to either of two things , a uniformed policeman or a chippie . |
| 46 | Behind him was a rocky shore and a sea with many white-capped rollers in parallel lines , under an ominous , bruise-coloured , storm-laden sky with a streaky , orange sunset . |
| 47 | Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos said in Spain on April 5 at the start of a European tour that a peace agreement might be signed on April 30 . |
| 48 | Commitment to the community continued through our support of the performing arts , most recently through involvement with the Royal National Theatre in the UK , where we have sponsored a European Tour and a number of other initiatives . |
| 49 | I 've got a sore throat and a bit of a cough . |
| 50 | He always seems to have a sore throat and a fever , so I do n't like to leave him when he 's not well . |
| 51 | Sandra , a full-time barrister and a mother of three , says some judges are known to be partial to women in wigs and gowns . |
| 52 | The public rooms include a spacious lounge and a ballroom elegantly decorated with corniced ceilings and stylish furnishings . |
| 53 | On this occasion he was dealt with by the juvenile court for an offence of being a passenger in a stolen car or a car taken without authority and he received a conditional discharge . |
| 54 | Now that George used to have a bloody motorbike and a sidecar . |
| 55 | Recognising an opportunity area is not quite the same as putting together a specific concept and a plan of operating . |
| 56 | It might seem strange that rapes such as these carry a lower penalty than a Category 2 case in which the defendant threatens violence against one party with the aim of securing intercourse with another , but where no violence is perpetrated and sexual intercourse does not in fact take place . |
| 57 | Note also that the test is also sensitive to the standard deviation — a wide ’ spread ’ of scores ( as demonstrated by the results for music ) will produce a lower z-score than a domain with the same percentage correct but a narrow spread of scores ( e.g. estate agents ) . |
| 58 | To take an example , a person taking a lien on subfreights is not affected by the register since this is not a registrable charge but a person taking a floating charge would be . |
| 59 | One , apprenticed to a shoe maker , recalled not a cruel master but a mistress who turned him into a household drudge . |
| 60 | She had a cruel pen and a reputation for physical violence to match . |