Example sentences of "[noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to the presence of foreign exchange risk , or simply exchange or currency risk as it is often described , many exporters and importers use the forward market to hedge such risks and a link exists between Eurocurrency interest rates and the forward exchange rate . |
| 2 | These collections , along with decorative arts and a number of period rooms , occupy the first floor , parts of which will not reopen until later this year . |
| 3 | Intended for use as an offshore racing boat , the J/44 has strong performance characteristics and a hull design not hindered by IOR distortions . |
| 4 | It requires a quantity , which may be only a gram or so , of cocaine hydrochloride , bicarbonate of soda , containers such as jam jars , glass tubing , stirrers and a source of heat . |
| 5 | It features 13 of her own songs and a cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic Wind Cries Mary . |
| 6 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 7 | The land between the River Severn and the River Wye has inspired a new collection of songs and a book of poems . |
| 8 | It is a psephologist 's handbook , a guide to swings and roundabouts and a heckler 's compendium . |
| 9 | A junior with a big interest in meeting people [ according to his Appraisal ] was given the task of setting out packs of account opening cards , Special Savings forms and passbooks and a couple of credit card application forms for good measure . |
| 10 | A couple of whiskies , a couple of vodkas and a couple of swigs of embrocation . |
| 11 | Prince Wi jumbo size ears and a heid full o mince |
| 12 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 13 | Greek specimens of this time have always eagle 's beak , hare 's ears and a knob or spike on the brow . |
| 14 | Robin was Peter , and Julia was ickle-bitty Tinkerbell , with pointy ears and a pixie tunic , and Dustin was Hook , with a curly moustache and a cod English accent . |
| 15 | He had protruding ears and a thatch of curly hair that sat on his head like a woolly beret , slightly off-centre . |
| 16 | Using a paint brush paint blue eyes and whiskers on to the rabbit 's face and pink ears and a nose . |
| 17 | We were aroused late that night by the most terrible screams and a pounding on the door . |
| 18 | The international settings and a word-list in six different languages give it a truly world-wide appeal . |
| 19 | Verhoeven , coasting off Total Recall , has to inflate the claustrophobic story into a cinematic chainsaw massacre complete with car chases , gore , extreme close-ups , hugely art-directed settings and a climax that Brian De Palms would find overdone . |
| 20 | In addition , consultant firms are no longer appropriate in many settings and a team based approach will often result in better care for patients and improved experience for juniors , who will be sufficiently awake to benefit from the ‘ apprenticeship method of transmitting skills and knowledge ’ that Field advocates . |
| 21 | He clutched her shoulders on the way : a big shambles of a man , with shapely legs and a tendency to put on his overcoat with the collar turned inward . |
| 22 | Sunderland , playing their fourth match in seven days , made four changes as caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby tried to find fresh legs and a reserve of stamina from his injury-hit first team squad . |
| 23 | She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows . |
| 24 | In fact as rugby is concerned I am colour-blind : give me a rugby player , be it white , blue or yellow , with two hands , two legs and a bit of a brain and I love it ’ , Cunningham said . |
| 25 | Lyn unwrapped a small round table , high-polished , with curved legs and a top carved in a design of a chestnut leaf and cluster of spiny fruits . |
| 26 | Gary Smith 's five week old daughter Danielle suffered fourteen broken ribs , two broken legs and a brain haemorrhage , leaving her permanently mentally handicapped . |
| 27 | Later , legs and a handle were added to convert the vessel into a sauce-boat , perhaps long after it had been made obsolete as a feeding vessel by the introduction of the first feeding bottles . |
| 28 | Made from solid steel with a porcelain-enamelled finish , it has detachable legs and a vent that you close to extinguish the briquettes or charcoal . |
| 29 | Their grandparents had made the lounge into a bedroom so that Grandad did n't have to do the stairs with his bad legs and a bedroom had been turned into a sitting room and furnished with a table , chairs and sideboard that her parents had acquired when they got married though they had no house to put it in . |
| 30 | It is often possible to judge pornographic books by their covers and a bookseller would probably fail if he admitted to catching sight of a provocative cover-picture or suggestive title . |