Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big difference of course between Designaknit Professional and a charting device , is that Designaknit Professional is a computer program rather than a knitting machine attachment . |
| 2 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 3 | The daughter opens and closes the play on a swing , her hair free but a soundtrack of synthesised chords and foundry clatter emphasising this is no Fragonard . |
| 4 | Windows 3.1 requires at least a 80286 processor , 1MB of memory , a hard disc with 10 MB free and a DOS of 3.1 or later . |
| 5 | When a candidate is preparing to be interviewed ‘ on air ’ , there is usually a period of five to 10 minutes before the interview proper when a live satellite link will be sent back to network headquarters . |
| 6 | In December 1987 two stray Rough Collies , a bitch of about 15 months old and a dog of about 18 months , were picked up and taken to a police station near Oxford . |
| 7 | Ten runners-up will receive a three kilo bag of Omega Tasty and a lead . |
| 8 | The price has doubled since Iraq invaded Kuwait and now it 's going up fast though with traders convinced that a war in the Gulf is inevitable . |
| 9 | This is labour intensive and a suitable flat roof site has to be found . |
| 10 | Oh admittedly you would have been pig sick when a king would have , but even if the king had turned up you 'd have still got the , got a run and fifteen . |
| 11 | A quarter of the tenements were freehold ; the rest were held by the normal Shropshire tenure of leases for three lives , with a large entry fine and a nominal annual rent . |
| 12 | Discussions are currently under way between M Prior and a firm of opticians on the provision of eye and eyesight testing to workstation operators . |
| 13 | I wo n't go into all the grim details , but suffice it to say that when he laughed too much at one of his own jokes with his mouth full and a Chinese mushroom shot out of his nose … |
| 14 | This is an association of interested parties , individuals and organisations , who have joined forces to provide fund-raising facilities , logistic support and whatever other assistance is found to be necessary to give effect to the hopes of all the parties concerned that a self-sufficient village for the care of physically and mentally handicapped people should come into being in Atea . |
| 15 | For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out . |
| 16 | You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night ! |
| 17 | regulations ) A good opportunity for a spring clean and a chance to get rid of old furniture etc accumulating in your attic . |
| 18 | No one must own any horse other than a work horse ; arms were forbidden ; informers were planted in every community to report on breaches of regulations or even suspicions about a man 's trade or lack of it ; and in all cases of doubt , summary hanging was in order . |
| 19 | The back door of the Mercedes opened and a tall , craggy-faced man climbed out . |
| 20 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 21 | The most watched programme other than a soap was a repeat of Denis Norden 's The Worst Of It 'll Be Alright On The Night . |
| 22 | At least in the first stage of transition , there is no alternative other than a combination of the market and state regulation . |
| 23 | It can perform any action other than a communication with the terminated process ( which clearly can not agree to any communication ) . |
| 24 | Further , it has been argued that there is no ‘ Asiatic mode of production ’ , so that the distinctive history of the Orient has to be explained in terms of influences other than a specific mode of production ; for instance , by the character and development of political or religious institutions . |
| 25 | So that fellow Smallholders can each exchange their Smallholding and responsibilities with like minded anywhere in the country for little expense other than a registration fee , cost of food and petrol to get there . |
| 26 | In her mind , she saw her mother , not dead but full of life with her eyes bright and a smile on her lips . |
| 27 | Instead , though , he lifted his head and looked down at her , his dark eyes bright and a faint flush of colour running along his cheekbones . |
| 28 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 29 | By comparison , a sheepdog has been recorded barking for seven hours non-stop and a cocker spaniel is capable of cramming over 900 yelps into a ten-minute period . |
| 30 | The annual totals are published with the permission of Islay Estates Ltd. where a remarkably long run of weather statistics has been kept with very few gaps . |