Example sentences of "[adj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who opens before him Carte Michelin No. 75 , can see the places named , related just as Pound says : Chalais , on the main line from paris to Bordeaux ; Aubeterre in the valley of the Dronne , twelve kilometres to the east ; then thirty kilometres north-eastward a little place called La Tour Blanche ; and perhaps fifteen kilometres further , just on the edge of the map , Vieux-Mareuil . |
| 2 | Once again we can see how peculiar a hidden variable theory would have to be to reproduce all the consequences of quantum mechanics ( recall the discussion of p. 57 ) . |
| 3 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 4 | It was clear a formidable agenda still had to be tackled in Salford . |
| 5 | The shot he fired missed her by inches and killed a Marine a short distance behind . |
| 6 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 7 | A TRAINING scheme aimed at encouraging sport in the community has started at Wrexham 's Racecourse football ground with the goal of giving the unemployed a better chance of finding work . |
| 8 | I do find the habit of ministers of being bloody when things go wrong a trying feature of this job . |
| 9 | Consider the statement that " if the slightest thing goes wrong … if the focusing goes wrong a recognizable image is not formed " . |
| 10 | There 's also an option to practise serving : a tricky task involving quickly guiding a small cross into the service box . |
| 11 | The neat , slight figure of the rider — Mrs Totteridge according to the stable girl — could be seen , square of shoulder , round of head , guiding a black mare through a triple . |
| 12 | Techniques for going up and down stairs , through doors and in narrow spaces should be properly demonstrated by a mobility expert so that pupils guiding a blind friend can do it in a safe , efficient way . |
| 13 | The use of a software package such as ‘ Office Power ’ with the ability to generate on-line a standard response to correspondence would dramatically improve the response time in dealing with most enquiries from individual and ensure that a response is made within a matter of days . |
| 14 | We will send you FREE a full colour , comprehensive guide to how Dateline works , and ALSO a free copy of ‘ All you need is Love ’ , a book full of genuine stories of how real Dateline members found their ‘ perfect partner ’ . |
| 15 | As Magee tugged it free a large lump of bone came away on the end of the knife . |
| 16 | In the Carboniferous a great variety of forms with highly zig-zag suture lines are a distinctive group of ammonoids usually known as goniatites . |
| 17 | By the late Carboniferous a vertebrate amphibian with weak stumpy legs had arrived , probably descended from the ichthyostegids . |
| 18 | Well , if you 'll just , if I 'm allowed to turn round and consult the chap sitting behind me I can actually give you a direct a direct answer . |
| 19 | The Constitutional Court on June 8 ruled unconstitutional a 1974 Council of Ministers decree permitting government supervision of radio and television , but gave the government until Nov. 30 , 1992 , to enact media legislation , suspending the decree 's annulment until then . |
| 20 | But it is hoped that the heat generated by the US tax will not sour the special relationship by giving the British a bad name . |
| 21 | it had a wooden a wooden bearing would you believe |
| 22 | Datcha is a lively a friendly village , highlight of a trip to the gulf , with plenty of stores and fresh water . |
| 23 | ‘ Give the meek a good deal — join the Greens , ’ announced a poster on a publicity stand in the foyer of the conference hall . |
| 24 | only have a light a light breakfast , you know we do . |
| 25 | This deficiency proved fatal when the dollar faced a prolonged confidence crisis in the early 1970s . |
| 26 | The premium chosen , and the way in which it is offered , may pre-select a specific type of customer , but the offer can at least be targeted at the right market segment . |
| 27 | A minibus full of people from the villages near Hinkley Point was taken over to Suffolk to hear and see how unpleasant a nuclear power construction site would be . |
| 28 | But will all of it empty a single bin ? |
| 29 | It is a case of ‘ born a black cat , always a black cat ’ , or ‘ born a sealpoint , always a sealpoint ’ . |
| 30 | cos she found out , in her first year , she had a , a mature student and I wondered how old a mature student and he turned out to be thirty five , and he was married , |