Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back , I seem to recall that summer of 1943 as a continuation of cloudless days and warm sunshine , with long pink and purple evenings filled with the roar and drone of aircraft taking off all round us . |
| 2 | The British used the four ‘ freedoms ’ agreed at the Commonwealth meeting in October 1943 as the basis for discussion , but refused to consider a US proposal for a fifth freedom : the right to pick up passengers , mail , and freight at intermediate stops not in the country of origin of the airline or its ultimate destination . |
| 3 | Charles Whiteside , of Tivoli Cottages , Moresby , joined Sekers in 1943 as an apprentice overlooker before becoming shift manager and later production manager . |
| 4 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 5 | A final dividend of 7.1 pence per share , up 0.45 pence , is being proposed to shareholders as Resolution No. 2 at the Annual General Meeting , making a total for the year of 10.3 pence , an increase of 6.7% over last year . |
| 6 | The company is recommending a final dividend of 4.1p per share , making a total for the year of 5.8p , up 14pc on last year 's payout of 5.1p . |
| 7 | The board has recommended a final dividend of 3.95p per share , making a total for the year of 5.4p , a 10pc improvement on 1991 . |
| 8 | Shareholders will receive a final dividend of 14.9p a share , making a total for the year of 21p per share , up by 15pc . |
| 9 | ‘ You grow quite professional as a landlady . |
| 10 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 11 | He proved himself to be thoroughly professional as a railwayman and ruthless as a manager . |
| 12 | Even longer-serving was Mr. Edwin Bromley , who had arrived in 1934 as a member of both the teaching staff and the maintenance department . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 14 | The report proposes a new structure for the centre , which it says has been underused as a TNO institute . |
| 15 | Perhaps underused as a source of prospects , the press is nevertheless important . |
| 16 | Palatinate of Durham Within the Department of Palaeography of the University of Durham , established in 1948 for the promotion of the study of manuscript material mainly from the northern counties , there are major collections dating from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries . |
| 17 | Despite US-European commercial rivalry , the American hopes of 1948 for the creation of a stable , thriving , anti-communist Europe had arguably been fulfilled . |
| 18 | Denys Darlow said : ‘ Having been a church musician since the age of eight as a chorister and later as an organist and choirmaster , the words of the Te Deum became a constant recurrence in my life and grew in significance as I grew older . ’ |
| 19 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 20 | Not only tragedy would feel the ban , but comedy , too , since all drama begins with human frailty , and none so universal and absurd as the propensity of mankind to behave badly . |
| 21 | In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users . |
| 22 | THERE is still something slightly absurd about the notion that 4,812,000 people cast their votes for Mr Dan Duffy . |
| 23 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 24 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 25 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 26 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 27 | This applies between the ages of 65 and 70 for a man and from 60 to 65 for a woman . |
| 28 | In the Masters of 1960 he finished with 70 for a total of 283 and celebrated ‘ victory ’ . |
| 29 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 30 | means they are outstanding for an average of 67 days . |