Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [coord] [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | The man is also equipped with a reserve parachute and a container for his personal equipment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A whining fizz and a crack on the block |
| 13 | A friendly face and a wealth of knowledge will greet you at Hastings Tourist Information Centre . |
| 14 | or a coronary is normal , and I think again , that stops people for asking for help because the they 're not sure whether it 's a depressed mood or an illness . |
| 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 | Another example would be a fever with a dry mouth but no thirst . |
| 21 | Molly 's father awoke the next morning with a start , a dry mouth and an erection for which he had no need . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
| 26 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 27 | Well , the war came , and Dick turned into a night person , got a job as a private cop or a night editor or something . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |