Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun pl] an " in BNC.

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1 HIGHER taxes on multinational companies is one of the few revenue-raisers an electioneering politician can propose without instantly becoming an also-ran .
2 If diagram is the right word , we hope that it is like a set of arrows , or avenues , pointing outwards in some of the many directions an artist interested in photography might explore .
3 He knew that the more strings an actor had to his bow , the wider the possibilities there were open to him .
4 Where after a full dissolution the winding up of the practice is in the hands of some only of the former partners an allowance may be made to them in recognition of their efforts before the net profits are determined for the purposes of this section or otherwise .
5 A little lower , a white dart seared across the top of the sky , outrunning the night , overtaking the sun , crossing in a few hours an ocean that was once the edge of the world … .
6 ‘ After a few minutes an embarrassed train driver told us the man who should have unlocked the gate had not turned up . ’
7 For a few days an Arkansas travel firm which organised the travel arrangements for the Clinton campaign last year was put in charge , working under a 25-year-old cousin of the president .
8 In the space of a few days an apartment building is burned down by drug dealers who suspect a rival crack gang of operating in its basement .
9 However , if there is no improvement within a few weeks an appropriate referral should be made .
10 In his desperation Tam gave the name of a Black Watch friend , got the job and donned the Black Watch kilt for a few coppers an hour the shame of it .
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