Example sentences of "[noun sg] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A house is burning down ; it contains an intellectual and a chambermaid ; which one should we save first ? |
| 2 | A tall , brown iron cylinder with a wheel and a dial at the top stood beside him . |
| 3 | Despite the absence of the wheel and a system of writing , It achieved a high level of civilization … |
| 4 | The water wheel and a fountain operate from a hoselock 1500 pump purchased fro £48 — from an electrical wholesalers ' — with a home-made prefilter made from two planting baskets and a piece of 1–¼″ plastic pipe ( due to the original foam pre-filter blocking every 8 hours or so ) . |
| 5 | With a sinking knowledge of the inevitable , Manville accepted the fact that one spare wheel and a set of spanners would not cope with three slashed tires and a shattered windshield . |
| 6 | The overdrive is a bit anachronistic , too , and calls for deft clutchwork if you are to avoid a jerk and a thump . |
| 7 | After a while there was a faint jerk and a sensation of movement . |
| 8 | At that instant control called to announce that there was an Air Raid warning and put out all the lights , followed immediately by bombs exploding on the airfield , I knew the airfield well and I stuck to my heading and switched on my landing light just to " feel " the ground , landed and rolled along until I felt a sharp jerk and a bash or two then a complete halt . |
| 9 | In other words , while Tillich maintains that when finite particulars are given the status of ultimacy it is detrimental to true religion and a form of demonization , Gandhi insists that symbols which become fetishes are idolatrous and fit only to be discarded . |
| 10 | Or that one is to continue to believe in the biblical God despite all experiences to the contrary , that is to say believe that God is bound up with a religion and a community in which women are counted inferior ( in which case one is attempting to believe in an evil God ) ? |
| 11 | Because the primary disease leads to a disorder of mood with a poor self-image and a sense of shame and unworthiness . |
| 12 | These provisions which must be construed in the light of the principle they express , confer upon every person , who considers him/herself discriminated against , a right to an effective national judicial remedy and a right to a real and effective sanction . |
| 13 | He had always been a socialist and a pacifist , a brave position for a man in public life to adopt at the time , and he and his colleagues paid a heavy price for his principles when in 1940 the BBC banned the Glasgow Orpheus Choir from the air waves . |
| 14 | He has many characteristics irritating to Britons , especially in the world of finance — he is an intellectual , a socialist and a polymath who walks the world stage , but is suspected of putting French interests first . |
| 15 | A subsidized rate for gas , electricity and water , Offices for the Association and a centre for women market vendors . |
| 16 | As chairman of the metal trades section of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and a member of its national defence committee , he played an important part in the revival of shipbuilding on the Pacific coast . |
| 17 | A liberal unionist , he was at one time president of the Ulster Liberal Unionist Association and a member of the committee of the Ulster Reform Club . |
| 18 | There is a built-in assumption that memory is about association and a removal of any possibility of demonstrating that memory might be dependent on meaning . |
| 19 | There are demonstrable cases of innovation , clear thinking and a willingness to be brave . |
| 20 | Karen Mayo-Chandler 's allegations made lascivious reading : ‘ When girls are asked what they look for in a man , they always talk about sensitive things , like intellect , kindness and a sense of humour . |
| 21 | Organised by the RYA and a collection of enthusiasts , it 's Britain 's oldest boat show and the world 's largest all-dinghy exhibition . |
| 22 | Patient E16 experienced grief and a period of self-neglect after the death of E22 and became profoundly unwell . |
| 23 | Explain in your own words the difference between a stock and a flow . |
| 24 | Guthlac himself was of distinguished Mercian stock and a descendant of the Iclingas , the Mercian royal dynasty ( Vita Guthlaci , chs 1 , 2 ) , and formerly an exile in the time of Ceolred 's father , Aethelred , among the Britons ( Vita Guthlaci , ch. 34 ) . |
| 25 | Each man was armed with a pump-action shotgun with a shortened stock and a sling attachment to allow them free use of their hands , a handgun in a hip holster , and a sheathed knife . |
| 26 | What Simpson bought was essentially a name , some stock and a client list . |
| 27 | I would have been only too pleased to be thrown out , and to no one 's surprise with a poke and a shove I was . |
| 28 | The dry cleaner 's lurked in a short terrace of shops , penned between an off-licence and a cafe . |
| 29 | Mac had a girlfriend and a baby with whom he lived in a Bayswater hotel room provided by Westminster Council . |
| 30 | Half an hour with a drum of selective weed killer and a spray and you 'd put paid to that lot for good and all . ’ |