Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 29-year-old Davey , who now lives in a lavish Florida mansion a long way from the two-up two-down terraced house he was brought up in , has no guarantees of success . |
| 2 | In fact , in a 10 kg infant a dose of only 0.8 mg fluoride could theoretically cause a peak of 0.2 ppm in the blood ionic fluoride ; and a dose of just 0–4 mg fluoride , a peak of 0.1 ppm . |
| 3 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 4 | In a compulsory registration area a lease granted for a term of forty years or more must be registered at HM Land Registry ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s123 ) . |
| 5 | For example , if the quantity of sheet piling was increased in a temporary works item a variance would be identified between the budget and actual costs . |
| 6 | After the opposition refused to participate in a grand coalition government a Cabinet of BSP and independent ministers was formed under Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov on Sept. 20 . |
| 7 | Their house was too small to put us up so we stayed in a new motor camp a few miles further along the road , in Portobello ( odd to get all these Edinburgh names , 12,000 miles away ! ) . |
| 8 | Currently in a six month appointment a house officer may be attached to one team of consultants for three months and then change to a second team . |
| 9 | In a tense cup tie a rival fan threw a can at him and in a moment of pure pantomime ‘ Bud ’ picked up the can , motioned a greeting of ‘ cheers ’ to the terracing and drank some of the can 's unknown contents . |
| 10 | In a parliamentary party democracy a large part of the electoral contest is the campaign : the candidates confront each other and attempt to persuade the individual members of the electorate to cast votes in their favour . |