Example sentences of "[noun prp] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I recognise in Neil an exceptional gift and a tremendous ability to move people . |
| 2 | In Pakistan an old system dating from the British occupation has ensured that large parts of the North-West Frontier Province remain out of bounds to government officials . |
| 3 | Large flakes , too : in mid-May an experienced miner turned up in Sam 's Jewellers in Sacramento with half a dozen three- and four-ounce nuggets fished from the American River . |
| 4 | He paused to hug her and ruffle her hair , then at last the passenger door was swinging open and there was what seemed to Shiona an endless moment before Janice at last stepped into view . |
| 5 | The competition judges found Richard an easy winner . |
| 6 | Road , rail , canal and river all flow into the city , making Leeds Waterfront an ideal place to dock . |
| 7 | In one of the novels of Albert Camus an unfortunate man is walking at night on the banks of the Seine when a suicide , having cast himself upon the waters , cries for help . |
| 8 | Abdul Fatah , a former leader of the NII movement to make Indonesia an Islamic country , was sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment on June 1 convicted of " activities undermining the state ideology , Pancasila , and the 1945 Constitution " . |
| 9 | The goals continued as Holden stroked home a in the seventy third minute , but a dreadful back pass by gave Bartley an open goal to make it four two . |
| 10 | The opposition parties , led by the Japan Socialist Party ( JSP ) and its charismatic female leader Takako Doi , had benefited from the problems of the ruling party and had captured enough seats in the Upper House elections in July 1989 to deny the LDP an overall majority [ see p. 36800-01 ] . |
| 11 | In addition to the success of the LDP in broadly maintaining its position , its PKO allies — the DSP and Komeito — also performed well enough to ensure that they could continue to offer the LDP an overall majority in the upper house . |
| 12 | The final , symbolic point on which Branson relented was in giving Oldfield an increased royalty on all future sales of Tubular Bells . |
| 13 | Set to kick off the programme at MAC on Saturday 29 September is the British premiere of MASALA an irreverent tragi-comedy set amongst Toronto 's middle-class Asian community starring Saeed Jaffrey . |
| 14 | Prince 's plea : Prince Michael of Kent has launched an attack on plans to build a car park at Brooklands in Surrey an historic aviation site and the birthplace of British motor sport . |
| 15 | ANDRE Van Troost made an quick breakthrough after Somerset set Surrey an imposing victory target at The Oval . |
| 16 | ANDRE Van Troost made an quick breakthrough after Somerset set Surrey an imposing victory target at The Oval . |
| 17 | In a small town in Surrey an old woman 's plea for help leads to an unsettling encounter |
| 18 | City Wise An intensive consultation in training for urban mission . |
| 19 | Well-worth growing is N. William Falconer an ideal lily for the average size pond producing intense red flowers amidst olive green foliage . |
| 20 | McMahon was still not finished , even if Leeds were , and the former England midfielder could not conceal his joy when a beautifully judged looping pass two minutes from the end gave Brennan an irresistible opportunity to complete the scoring . |
| 21 | He opened the kitchen door , and a cheerful middle-aged woman gave Therese an inquisitive stare . |
| 22 | Unfortunately some people in the West , notably the intelligence community , deliberately bestow upon the KGB an incredible reputation for efficiency and prowess . |
| 23 | There is in Freud an explicit commitment to science as a method of gaining knowledge , this being understood to include speculative thought which is then checked against systematic observations of human action and behaviour . |
| 24 | Building up experience and discovering magic items gives Samson an enhanced chance of surviving the later stages of the adventure . |
| 25 | Whilst Texas Instruments Inc gears up to launch its long overdue and much-detailed superscalar Viking , or SuperSparc RISC part this Thursday May 7th , Cypress , San Jose , California , in conjunction with Rosss Technology Inc , its Austin , Texas-based subsidiary , is determined not to give Texas an easy ride . |
| 26 | On the way down , there are many paths to explore , making Beeston an ideal spot for picnics . |
| 27 | In both the United Kingdom and Ireland an international agreement has no effect in municipal law unless it has been incorporated by legislation ; therefore in neither State could individuals use this provision to bring a legal action to prevent their government from entering into a new or modified agreement . |
| 28 | A few days after they had learnt that Haroun was the illegitimate son of Jazali an extraordinary thing had happened . |
| 29 | At the end of the second world war he was one of a small band which went to Moscow to negotiate with Stalin an agreed programme for ‘ liberated ’ Czechoslovakia . |
| 30 | She thought Clemence an incompetent fool . |