Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The smart cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place with a pleasant atmosphere and the restaurant serves a good selection of food . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Madeira is a volcanic island and the temperature stays at roughly seventy degrees all year round , ’ Kay told her , ‘ so it 's just perfect . |
| 8 | He suggested that the one who asks for containment usually has a simpler personality than the container who has a tendency to dissociate . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As it was , we were often on a sticky wicket when the rummage crew had to deal with the crane drivers for a smuggling offence . |
| 11 | To provide a polite reminder that the country was started by Englishmen they took the Queen to a hostel called Raffles Hall and Westin Stamfords , another hotel . |
| 12 | OIL TANKERS may have to follow a one-way system where the tanker , Braer , went out of control off Shetland , under plans drawn up by the Department of Transport . |
| 13 | ‘ So when are they going to sign to Factory ? ’ came the cry , but a rebellious gig where the band showered The Hacienda with flowers virtually negated this particular course of action . |
| 14 | The roof is in a right mess because the water 's been just pouring through . |
| 15 | It had been a dry summer but the pool was full and the young people , many of them travel-stained after a long trek from Portofino , were lying in steaming baths , their toes poised to activate the gilded taps . |
| 16 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
| 17 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had sent her younger son to a private school because the switch to comprehensives was such a mess and because he had a horror of a huge education factory after his primary school where everybody was known by their first name . |
| 21 | She sends her daughter to a private school where the headmaster is a pillar of the small-town citizenry . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On council estates every tenant will have the right to call in a private contractor if the council fails to do a minor repair . |
| 24 | At first the club treated it as a private matter and The Doc shook hands on a new four year contract . |
| 25 | In the private key procedure , the transferee 's rights are predicated upon both , issuance of a private key and the transferee 's acceptance of the right to control . |
| 26 | It was originally built as a private residence and the Association bought the home in 1962 . |
| 27 | The press reports were based on the discovery of 40 Koevoet members at a private mine and the allegation of a mine security guard that one of the squad had told him they had taken part in the massacre . |
| 28 | The first was for a private hospital and the area for cleaning was not made available for some time . |
| 29 | It would only become a private place if the entry was restricted to a specific class of persons only , although even this is unclear . |
| 30 | The books were hardly more revealing , seeming to be less of a private collection than the sort of works which might help visiting tourists dedicated to culture . |