Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill .
2 Erm , it 's again recognized in the S S As that it is more social factors that impact on the need to spend on children 's services , and therefore things like single parent families , the level of family income and these tend to have a greater impact , but it would be foolish to assume that with a higher child population you are not going to get more demands on children 's services , and therefore we have provided a fifty thousand pounds ' provision within that to take care of problems .
3 On May 24 , a quadrilateral Foreign Ministers ' meeting during the Lisbon summit [ see p. 38923 ] issued a statement on measures to calm the situation .
4 Thus the immediate practical relief offered was two days of day care at a progressive old peoples ' home , where Stanley was encouraged in his piano playing to make a lively contribution .
5 There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully .
6 Coached by Place , representatives of the Loyal Standard and a few other workmen 's organisations , were instructed how to claim attendance at the Committee and to present the reasonable face of trade unionism .
7 There can be little doubt that a Labour Minister for Women would be hard put to right all our wrongs ; none the less , it is likely that she will save a few battered women 's refuge centres from closure , open the odd nursery school , and raise the tax status of child-minders to that of company cars .
8 And er we cast during the dark days of the war , when toys were n't available , we a few older blokes er apprentices used to I remember being at it for a couple of hard week we had a hard week , well evening during the evenings anyway .
9 There are also a few special sailors ' clinics in ports , but even so two-thirds of patients will be seen and treated by private practitioners .
10 Destroyed a few 17-year olds ' ambitions for a while , I can tell you . ’
11 Destroyed a few 17-year olds ' ambitions for a while , I can tell you . ’
12 Presumably he had snatched a few more hours ' sleep , she decided morosely , while she 'd been traipsing fruitlessly up and down Strøget .
13 Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation .
14 A last-minute plea to the Scottish Office by the North Tayside MP , Bill Walker , for a few more days ' grace to allow the Diplexcito family to ‘ depart with dignity ’ from their home of 17 years fell on deaf ears .
15 Old longline and squid jigging vessels are re-equipped with inexpensive nets instead of being retired , and are sent out to return a few more seasons ' profits .
16 And there have been two burglaries in Bicester ; last night a Ford truck was stolen and ten and a half thousand pounds ' worth of roofing was stolen from a roofing supply store .
17 After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer .
18 The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training .
19 Existing gainers of the subsidy would presumably be given a further five years ' grace , and new recruits would similarly benefit .
20 He did a further two years ' apprenticeship at Covent Garden , and then six years back at the Arts Council in finance department .
21 Former Bangladesh President Hussain Mohammad Ershad was sentenced on Feb. 3 to a further three years ' imprisonment for illegally amassing some 19,000,000 taka ( about US$510,450 ) .
22 A further three years ' non-residence , as well as the revenues already held for three years without ordination and without papal dispensation' .
23 A further three years ' non-residence , as well as the revenues of Ightham , were also granted to him by papal indult .
24 However , since menstrual cycles can be irregular First Response has a refill kit to enable a further three days ' tests , which allows nine out of 10 ovulating women to detect their surge .
25 Fempress , a Latin American women 's communication network , has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary .
26 A second independent miners ' congress , held in Donetsk ( Ukraine ) , ended with a declaration on Oct. 26 that it had been the founding congress of an independent miners ' trade union .
27 In February 1974 , there was a second national miners ' strike .
28 The first attempt to form a future national women 's organization was the Unified Committee of Salvadorean Women ( CUMS ) , founded in 1982 , but internal problems and communication difficulties blocked progress .
29 The government , however , attempted to avert a threatened national teachers ' strike , by claiming that the emergency tax plan had raised enough revenues to increase their wages .
30 More than a dozen other candidates ' names — some frivolous , others serious — have been bandied about , particularly since Lord Wilson 's departure was brutally disclosed four months early by his elevation to the peerage at New Year .
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