Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I had to place my cock down on the glass , but the way this copier is designed — I disliked this copier , by the way , that place is too cheap to lease a decent brand of copier — the way it 's designed is that a normal eight and a half by eleven piece of paper is oriented sideways in the middle of the glass between two marks , you how that works , right ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
| 3 | It should be obvious that a dissonance sounded by one instrument must be resolved by that instrument ( unless there is a complete break-off and a rest or pause separating the discord from what follows ) , but it is the writer 's experience that beginners do not always realize the musical necessity for this . |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately , you do n't win any prizes for a fast-finishing seventh and a race like the Ebor does n't come round every day , ’ he said . |
| 5 | As Roth ( 1974 ) points out , the notion that only professions have subcultures is negated by the ‘ distinct and pervasive patterns of occupational life ’ found amongst dockers , seamen , miners , etc. ; prostitutes also claim that their service is a social good and a community service ; a lack of demarcation of work and leisure is equally true of policemen as of dockers ; and so on . |
| 6 | Pressures on household and corporate borrowers have been eased significantly since last October by a series of interest rate reductions , which have reduced base rates by a cumulative four and a half percentage points to date . |
| 7 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 8 | as if to confirm his train of thought there came a great crashing and a screeching of metal . |
| 9 | Of the seats where the Liberal Democrats are second , there are 16 where Labour is a poor third and a switchover by the bulk of the Labour vote would give the Lib Dems victory . |
| 10 | A medical orderly and a nurse patch up a competitor 's foot during a break in the Nijmegen Marches |
| 11 | In June 1968 , at their first meeting , Ceauşescu shrewdly let a twenty minute courtesy call run on for a flattering two and a quarter hours . |
| 12 | Look forward to a miserable 1990 and a fast-improving 1991 , vicious circles permitting . |
| 13 | The approximations I used to derive the emission from black holes should work well when the black hole has a mass greater than a fraction of a gram . |
| 14 | It comes in a large range of tints , but I only use three : a warm grey , a blue grey and a sand colour . |
| 15 | The pair added a fluent 80 before a mix-up saw the latter depart , although TV replays suggested he was unlucky . |
| 16 | A local authority may therefore bring proceedings : ( i ) to prevent parents from removing a child accommodated by the local authority under voluntary arrangements where a return home is likely to harm the child significantly ; ( ii ) to protect a child who has been significantly harmed in the past where this is likely to happen again because , for example , a parent is known to abuse in certain recurring circumstances ; ( iii ) to protect a child who has never been harmed where the family history clearly places him at risk , eg a new born or a child reaching an age at which other children in the family have been harmed . |