Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 2 | The size of figure represented on the card which an individual child can discriminate is then set against the information in the conversion table which indicates the correct text size usable by the child , as well as indicating the visual aid needed when reading certain print sizes at specific distances . |
| 3 | Our concern in this chapter is , therefore , to highlight a number of considerations which a local church should bear in mind in pondering its evangelistic effectiveness and over-hauling its strategy . |
| 4 | For those youngsters legally driving their cars its a frustrating time . |
| 5 | six days a week … from dawn till dusk … from gallop to grandstand … fortunes may be won or lost at the betting shops or with the bookies … but for the stables … for the lads and lasses and trainers its a hard grind … |
| 6 | I travelled in and they did an interview which a fine man called Peter Canham heard on his car radio . |
| 7 | In other words , it was not a straightforward rule which a national court , or even the European Court , could apply directly , but essentially a question of policy for the Council , the role of the Court being limited to checking whether the Council had overstepped the limits of its discretion . |
| 8 | They were brought in shiploads and bundled away in an institution which a Swiss newspaper recently called ‘ an antechamber of death ’ and a British journal ‘ a modern entrance to Hades ’ . |
| 9 | Between them , they have solved the problem of finding a role for an institution which a few decades ago looked to be under siege . |
| 10 | And there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship which a loving faith fills with happy assurance . |
| 11 | This is why unqualified reports which cite the large , or small , number of TV channels which a coaxial cable can carry are meaningless . |
| 12 | There is so much of good that can be done if we seize the opportunities which a modern world makes available . |
| 13 | This is not just because of the enormous scale of the demands which an ageing population puts on caring organisations . |
| 14 | It 's time to get Britain working again sets out Labour 's programme for national recovery — the immediate action which a Labour government will take to get the economy out of recession . |
| 15 | Satisfactory though casing may be for books which a careless age does not expect to be long-lived , it can not compare in craftsmanship and durability with the old method properly practised . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ We are looking at frightening levels of loss which an independent company could not sustain . ’ |
| 17 | It gives a sharper focus to an interview , helping the worker cope with the flood of reminiscence which a lonely old person may release . |
| 18 | Much of the game was taken up with mauls which an alert French referee often had to turn into scrums . |
| 19 | The car itself a new Rover 3500 was far from memorable in Gloucestershire ; it was probably the only British saloon a local landowner would think of owning . |
| 20 | In order to avoid any trouble with the Warden 's forces , they decided to give Jedburgh itself a wide berth , so followed Rule Water down to its junction with Teviot at Menslaws , where they camped the night . |
| 21 | None the less , within the Review itself a particular kind of space was offered to modernism , seen especially in reviews written by Bateson ( see pp. 81–2 ) . |
| 22 | Bedford ..... 6 Wasps ...... 57 BEDFORD have now conceded 117 points in their last two matches and this latest reversal served only to illustrate the plight of a club who a few months ago were celebrating their arrival in the Courage First Division . |
| 23 | That cross by Geates What a ned ! |
| 24 | I just had to write to you , to tell the Tennis World readers what a certain , beautiful lady has done for tennis and for her supporters . |
| 25 | So I thought I 'd drop you a line through the magazine to convey my get-well-soon message and show the rest of the readership what a handsome chap you are . |
| 26 | ‘ But bearing in mind what a tough time they must have had they 're settling in remarkably well . |
| 27 | Group development might also encourage peer assessment which a contractual appraisal scheme is not likely to include . |
| 28 | Lord Denning concluded that the proposition did not apply in this case and that there were reasons which a reasonable minister could entertain and so there was no ground on which the court could interfere with the minister 's decision to ask for a ballot order . |
| 29 | It 's a success story which a new group called the Thames Valley Partnership hopes will soon be commonplace . |
| 30 | This tale is fiction , but it shows the kind of success story which a twelfth-century Englishman could expect his audience to swallow ; and it is probably significant that he set the story in Italy , the land of merchants and wealth . |