Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building on the example of many Labour councils which have developed imaginative arts initiatives , we will make the arts a statutory responsibility for local authorities . |
| 2 | I put on the headset and sat in his chair and presently into my ears a disembodied voice said , ‘ Are you there ? ’ |
| 3 | The cup triumph will go a long way to easing the memory of their loss to Waringstown in the final of the Touche Ross Senior Cup last month and caps a solid season for the Comber side . |
| 4 | The ultimate accolade caps a dramatic rise for Platt who was rejected by Manchester United before establishing himself in the game with Crewe , then joining Taylor at Aston Villa and then going onto Juventus via Bari . |
| 5 | Offering drinkers a wide range of regional beers : one of many Campaign beer festivals |
| 6 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 7 | In later centuries the rate of clearance may have slowed , and in the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of replanting was carried out in the formation of the large parklands . |
| 8 | For nearly two centuries a political framework had existed which had made it increasingly easy to tap Europe 's resources and savings . |
| 9 | For centuries a Royal Mile eating and drinking house has stood on this site . |
| 10 | In the late tenth and eleventh centuries a marked revival of agriculture and country life in Lombardy had ushered in the urban renaissance in its heartland ; for it was to be the Lombard cities above all which lured the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy in the 1150s and 1160s , and whose almost innumerable walls baffled his armies in the long war of the Lombard League . |
| 11 | Why not an American-Palestinian version of the 1917 Balfour declaration , in which Britain promised the world 's Jews a national home in Palestine ? |
| 12 | So why not give your legs a golden glow with a little fake tan ? |
| 13 | He said : ‘ Eric will give the fans a big lift and I 'm sure he 'll be welcomed with open arms . ’ |
| 14 | Kendall 's new Blues give fans a raw deal |
| 15 | Stockboker Ellis & Partners used Saturday 's programme to offer fans a low-cost chance to buy Cabra shares until April 16 — just in time for the Cabra meeting . |
| 16 | The two tier stand has been specially designed to give fans a clear view of the pitch . |
| 17 | But the chances are , too , that if at the beginning you saw yourself as writing a crime novel and no more , then you will have spoilt the novel you eventually turned out to have produced , as well as causing in a good many of your readers a subtle feeling of disappointment . |
| 18 | Without indulging in passages of inactive description , he extended to his readers a panoramic view of the world , making good use of the duties performed by the navy in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars to keep up the colour and excitement of adventure . |
| 19 | The book gives readers a rare insider 's view of the Waffen-SS — why young men volunteered , and what kept even section-strength units together in desperate situations . |
| 20 | Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ . |
| 21 | From now until May 14th 1992 , Expressions is offering Hairflair readers a fabulous discount offer — so treat yourself today ! |
| 22 | The aim is to give the readers a better Perspective than could be obtained by examining a large number of separate reports of individual companies . |
| 23 | His main theme was the increasing power of Rome in the Mediterranean and this , as Momigliano points out , Provided him with a new historical perspective : ‘ Just because Fortune made almost all the affairs of the world incline in one direction , it is the historian 's task to put before his readers a compendious view of the ways in which Fortune accomplished her purposes . ’ |
| 24 | I believe that continuing to hear the language of books as well as to see it gives developing readers a valuable resource in this domain . |
| 25 | Yet Rider Haggard seems to have been dissatisfied with his presentation of the character ( and naturally he must have been influenced , as a professional novelist , by the enormous popularity and sales of She ) and he did not resist the temptation to give his readers a further insight into her . |
| 26 | I had failed miserably to give my readers a true picture of the visual delights awaiting those who followed in my footsteps . |
| 27 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
| 28 | It may seem early for Air Mail to wish readers a happy Christmas ! |
| 29 | Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand . |
| 30 | Chauvinism , local and national , lies at the heart of hooliganism and England fans seem to find in foreigners a convenient target fur a vague resentment at Britain 's diminished place in the world . |