Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This produces an interference pattern which is converted to a periodic change in voltage by means of a light-emitting diode and a photodetector . |
| 2 | Public rooms at the hotel include a comfortable lounge with TV viewing area , a pleasant bar and a restaurant which extends onto a long covered terrace running the entire length of the hotel and facing out across the promenade and the road , to the lovely lake . |
| 3 | Householders however , who look out over the proposed site may fear the loss of a pleasant environment and a drop in their property value . |
| 4 | This is because the former faces lack either a sunny aspect or a pleasant prospect and the preservation of privacy is an important consideration on elevations so close to the highway . |
| 5 | The smart cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place with a pleasant atmosphere and the restaurant serves a good selection of food . |
| 6 | In 1935 a Mr Cole of Middlesbrough complained to the Sea Fish Commission that they were still having to sell at the pre-war prices of a halfpenny fish and a ha'porth of chips . |
| 7 | I knew he hoped to take the treasure , cut every honest throat on that island , find and board the Hispaniola at night , and sail away a rich man and a murderer . |
| 8 | A problem arises if the seller ( i.e. the person who puts the goods into the sale ) imposes a reserve price and the auctioneer nevertheless accepts a bid for less than the reserve price . |
| 9 | It would seem that the bidder , in these circumstances , has no remedy against either the seller or the auctioneer because the sale was expressly subject to a reserve price and the auctioneer 's authority was known to be so limited . |
| 10 | Land sold at auction may have a reserve price and the site will only be sold when bidding reaches the reserve , the auctioneer advising at that point that the site is ’ in the market ’ . |
| 11 | The man is also equipped with a reserve parachute and a container for his personal equipment . |
| 12 | Despite the limitations of a retrospective study and the heterogeneity of the tissue available for review , the present findings show that over 80% of antral tumours were associated with H pylori in the 1960s although this fell to about 40% in the 1980s . |
| 13 | A whining fizz and a crack on the block |
| 14 | A friendly face and a wealth of knowledge will greet you at Hastings Tourist Information Centre . |
| 15 | We 're talking about the combined and simultaneous effect of a massive thermonuclear detonation , a volcanic eruption and an earthquake . |
| 16 | Madeira is a volcanic island and the temperature stays at roughly seventy degrees all year round , ’ Kay told her , ‘ so it 's just perfect . |
| 17 | While the three major parties closed ranks to form a tripartite government and the assembly drafted a new constitution along the lines that de Gaulle had feared , he himself made no public appearances . |
| 18 | Yet the SLA document , excellent though it was , was little more than a description , sensitively written , of what school librarianship had aspired towards since the SLA was first formed ; audio-visual resources received a polite page and a quarter , and there were two references to curriculum change . |
| 19 | Precisely what she disliked most about them was what interested him ; she knew that he wondered whether they could be persuaded to become sleeping partners in the revolution a phrase which she used and he approved with a dry smile and a nod . |
| 20 | Molly 's father awoke the next morning with a start , a dry mouth and an erection for which he had no need . |
| 21 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 22 | However , he said patients should also remember they are calling a private home and the doctor will often be asleep when the call is made . |
| 23 | In overall charge of the Empress 's Household was her Grand Master , General Count Tascher de la Pagerie , descendant of the family of the Empress Josephine , who had under his control the five court chamberlains plus a private secretary and a librarian . |
| 24 | Odours from the following activities have been found to amount to a private nuisance and the remedy of an injunction and , or damages granted : odours from a fried fish shop , in close proximity to a dwellinghouse ; odours from stables ; odours from smoke and effluvia from a factory chimney ; odours from a gasworks affecting the plaintiff 's plantation of trees ; odours from a sewage disposal works , and odours from the spraying of cars and the burning of tyres . |
| 25 | All of the comfortable bedrooms have a private bathroom and a balcony . |
| 26 | All rooms have a private bathroom and a balcony ; some can take a third or fourth bed . |
| 27 | The existence of an internationalised contract between a private entity and a State is frequently asserted , and there does not appear to be any reason why international law can not be the proper law of a contract between an international organisation and a private entity . |
| 28 | The final 80 metres at the west end , however , passes between the fence of a private house and the fence of a proposed small housing development . |
| 29 | In 1797 he entered the drapery business of Henry Browne , a high constable of Lewes , a keen scientist with a private laboratory and a printing-press , who encouraged his assistant 's artistic and scientific interests . |
| 30 | At first the club treated it as a private matter and The Doc shook hands on a new four year contract . |