Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | The man is also equipped with a reserve parachute and a container for his personal equipment . |
| 6 | One suspects that the ‘ process ’ argument is sometimes deployed as a reserve justification when a mismatch between subject output and employment intake arises . |
| 7 | A whining fizz and a crack on the block |
| 8 | A friendly face and a wealth of knowledge will greet you at Hastings Tourist Information Centre . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Such social aggregations may be either a feeding adaptation or a means of avoiding predation . |
| 11 | And there was a simultaneous announcement that a business park on land next to the 13-year-old assembly plant would be developed . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Between a service organisation and a producer , e.g. between a travel company and a breakfast cereal manufacturer , or a dry cleaner and a clothes manufacturer . |
| 14 | If the houses are bought by the council then the occupants remain secure tenants , but if a private landlord or a housing association becomes the new owner then occupants become assured tenants . |
| 15 | You can apply whether you are a tenant of a local authority , a new town development corporation , a private landlord or a housing association , or even if you live in a hostel . |
| 16 | Well , the war came , and Dick turned into a night person , got a job as a private cop or a night editor or something . |
| 17 | The new organization had the Secretary of State at its head assisted by a private secretary and a Précis Writer . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | All of the comfortable bedrooms have a private bathroom and a balcony . |
| 20 | All rooms have a private bathroom and a balcony ; some can take a third or fourth bed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It was hard to know where to start but we went for a private sale and a Mazda 323 on the basis that Dave Baker ( our friend in Christchurch ) has a Mazda 323 and what 's good for Dave is good for us ! |
| 24 | All the comfortable rooms have a private bath or a shower/wc . |
| 25 | This operation is another example of how things do not always go according to plan , but with a little luck and a lot of hard work a successful conclusion can be reached . |
| 26 | A little smoke and a couple of pills doth not a junkie make . |
| 27 | All that 's needed is a little time and a box of index cards with dividers . |
| 28 | A squat kit of chunky glassware , an orange rug of Iranian provenance and recent manufacture , a Spanish guitar and a pair of maracas , two oil paintings ( the first showing puppies and kittens asnooze , the second a nude , ideally rendered ) , an elephant 's foot , something that looked like a microphone stand but turned out to be a Canadian sculpture , a Bengali chess set , a first edition of Little Women , and various other cultural treasures from all over the world . |
| 29 | Sometimes it is impossible to tell the difference between a solid model and a 3D drawing . |
| 30 | Five of these were fairly typical strip buildings , at least three with a room or cellar to the rear ; two others were open walled enclosures ; while there was also a possible shrine and a stone barn replacing a timber predecessor . |