Example sentences of "[adj] of a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Long after the demonstration ended , groups of demonstrators , each of several hundred and some of a few thousand , were dotted about the square , cheering and chanting . |
2 | Long after the afternoon demonstration ended , groups of demonstrators , each of several hundred and some of a few thousand , were dotted about the square , cheering and chanting . |
3 | Lee 's inauguration ceremony was marred by protests over his unexpected nomination on May 2 of a former senior general , Hau Pei-tsun , as Premier . |
4 | I know , we 're not er we ai n't af we ai n't afraid of a few bum workers cos we have got er good engineers like , you know ? |
5 | Wondering whether the prim Miss Goody-Goody of a few months ago had really metamorphosed into this forlorn and wanton creature , Miranda said , ‘ I 'll send a car for you . |
6 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
7 | A court in Pune ( Maharashtra ) on Oct. 24 convicted and sentenced to death two militant Sikh separatists , Harjinda Singh and Sukhdev Singh , for the assassination in Pune in August 1986 of a former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Arun Vaidya [ see p. 35249 ] . |
8 | Among the names on the list was that of a former Finance Ministry official and that of Soka Gakkai , a lay Buddhist group which had close links to Komeito . |
9 | It does not move them that the cost of looking after the hundreds of thousands of Thais who are likely to be infected by 1995 will far exceed that of a few cancelled holidays . |
10 | No one wants to shoot birds , but we must balance the survival of an entire species against that of a few individuals |
11 | ‘ Nevertheless , the atmosphere today compared to that of a few weeks ago is more conducive to a satisfactory settlement , ’ concluded Donald . |
12 | It is anticipated that the system will eventually further develop , in addition to that of a paper-less system , to include , for example , automatic payment of any interim interest due on CDs or provide an automatic ‘ parcelling facility ’ . |
13 | The success in the 1970s of a few Asian ‘ Newly Industrialising Countries ’ ( NICs ) at making rapid growth in manufactured exports the key to rapid output growth , drew attention to the potential contribution of a ‘ good ’ external strategy . |
14 | He had caught up with and passed his rival in a latter of a few strides in a quite extraordinary spurt of acceleration for a steeple-chaser carrying twelve and a half stone at the end of a three-mile chase , and for the big horse it was simply too much : Mill House weakened rapidly and by the time Arkle had strode home to a rapturous reception Mill House had been passed by Rondetto . |
15 | Former Premier LADY THATCHER will never be short of a few bob — she 's worth an estimated £9.5 million . |
16 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
17 | If he decides to ring us we 'll be short of a few answers . ’ |
18 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
19 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
20 | In 1793 the first Republican French ambassador received a rapturous welcome when he arrived off Seraglio Point , his ship flying the Ottoman , Republican French and American colours , ‘ and those of a few other powers that had not sullied their arms in the impious league of tyrants ’ . |
21 | From Penhill Crags , where the only bones I saw were those of a less than gigantic sheep , we walked by the disused quarry to Stony Gate and the old drove road of Morpeth Gate , now a peaceful broad green lane and very pleasant walking . |
22 | You have up here you 've got neither win lose but it 's like it 's a respectable thing you know you respect each other you do n't trust them completely and you do n't co-operate completely but they just respect just not you 're just not willing to go that further little bit and it becomes more of a more of a rather than a win lose or a win win it 's more of a people half and half okay I 'll give this much if you give that much . |
23 | On May 28 , 1990 , his trial , the first of a former Pasok minister , began . |
24 | Some details of this tenure are reminiscent of a former age , not least the obligation to provide hospitality ( gite ) and domestic service to the king-duke when he visited Aquitaine . |
25 | One of a former battery of Hortons to plug electrical unit ( 5 ) |
26 | The diameter of this , one of a few surviving treadwheels , is 15½ feet . |
27 | He later became the senior trainer , served the Palace under ten managers and was one of a few staff left at Selhurst during World War Two . |
28 | It was in a sad little side street — one of a few survivors from the era of terraced housing before the sprawling council estate was built in the fifties . |
29 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
30 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |