Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Walters climbed off the substitutes ' bench to score Liverpool 's two goals in a frenetic closing 13 minutes . |
| 2 | The system of zoogeographical regions , now accepted by zoologists throughout the world , was the work of two great Victorian naturalists , Dr P. L. Sclater , who put forward his theories in 1858 , and Alfred Russel Wallace , who set down his conclusions in a classic book eighteen years later . |
| 3 | And the day of the funeral , recalled in a quasi-fictionalised form 18 years later , was no less memorable or searing : Breavman 's mother had stayed alone in her room leaving ‘ Nursie ’ to get the children ready . |
| 4 | The execution-style killings occurred at the Wat Promkunaram temple , the second-largest site of Buddhist worship in the country , built in 1988 in a remote location 20 miles west of Phoenix . |
| 5 | The Ford car in which Ian Spiro fled after the shooting was discovered in a remote area 100 miles east of San Diego , near the Mexican border . |
| 6 | Perhaps in a foul world these men were seeking purity . |
| 7 | To group interestingly in a unified design inactive figures ranged along a single base-line is much more difficult . |
| 8 | Emily Ascher was dead , killed in a fictitious accident three days back . |
| 9 | Locate the ceiling joists , and if not in a suitable position fit noggins in between the joists . |
| 10 | However , in a strong wind several tyres are required to stop the into-wind wing lifting up . |
| 11 | In a separate survey most respondents correctly understood the aim of the campaign and thought that it was appropriate in such a venue . |
| 12 | There is a pool ( from 1 June ) in the surrounding park ( swimming caps compulsory ) and the bedrooms , in a separate building some yards from the castle , are ultra modern with telephone , TV and mini-bar . |
| 13 | The jury , which spent more than six hours considering its verdicts , cleared Mason of threatening to kill Mr Hawes in a separate incident 18 days earlier , but were unable to agree on another charge of affray . |
| 14 | Although Rod Wallace opened the scoring from Strachan 's pull-back 10 minutes into the second half , nervous , unconvincing Leeds could not be sure of victory until both Lee Chapman and Cantona scored in a hectic final three minutes . |
| 15 | In Dering Street , Grob gives a first exhibition to Danny Moynihan ( 12 May–20 June ) , who was seen at the gallery in a mixed exhibition two years ago . |
| 16 | In a similar tragedy three days before Christmas last year , father-of-six David Button , 34 , was knocked off his cycle and killed on his way to work from his home in Hedgerley , Bucks . |
| 17 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 18 | In a similar fashion large companies frequently reduce the cash element or where they supply materials to be processed by subcontractors , increase the prices they charge for these materials . |
| 19 | France , inspired by captain Gilles Dumas , who opened the scoring in the fourth minute , displayed their breathtaking array of attacking skills in a frantic final 40 minutes . |
| 20 | For example , the Standard Procedure has resulted in a 4 minute 40 seconds pattern . |
| 21 | In six hours in a warm environment four bugs in a moist sandwich will multiply to more than a million — the danger level for causing illness . |
| 22 | Genealogy develops the possibility broached in the Archaeology that in a general history different significances can be accorded to events , depending on ‘ their correlation with other previous or simultaneous events , discursive or not ’ . |
| 23 | In a joint statement both sides undertook to work out an agreement for the early destruction of a " significant part " of their chemical arsenals . |
| 24 | Among the vanquished was the master chimney-sweeper , whilom incredulous at Stagg 's Gardens , who now lived in a stuccoed house three storeys high , and gave himself out , with golden flourishes upon a varnished board , as contractor for the cleansing of railway chimneys by machinery . |
| 25 | Its prevalence is unknown except that , in a retrospective analysis two years after cholecystectomy , eight of 93 patients were said to have loose stools and bouts of watery diarrhea . |
| 26 | On promoting economic recovery in Europe an annexed declaration provided ( i ) for member governments to " implement in a concerted way economic measures , tailored to national requirements , which would boost confidence and promote economic recovery " ; ( ii ) for the EIB to establish " a new , temporary lending facility of ECU 5,000 million … to accelerate the financing of capital infrastructure projects " , and ( iii ) for the establishment " as quickly as possible " of a European Investment Fund with ECU 2,000 million capital . |
| 27 | Unlike her sisters , Kimberly lives in a rural cottage twenty miles outside of the city . |
| 28 | In a democratic system political parties expect to alternate in office . |
| 29 | This crisis had come about as a result of the Emperor 's determination to carry through a series of far-reaching reforms which had actually been begun in a tentative fashion some years previously . |
| 30 | Normally to be seen driving around in a funereal Daimler — dwarfing the island 's other cars ( including the BMW of Premier Sir John Swan ) — the Governor also dons his uniform and takes to the streets in a horse-drawn landau several times a year . |