Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And they 're each worth a hundred pounds .
2 A smaller , more senior group of 150–200 top executives paid £1,750 each for a two-day seminar in Germany last year .
3 The shares were sold at $6.75 each for a total investment of $3.4m ; investors advised by Crabbe Huson own 2m shares , about 6.6% .
4 In 1989 passengers undertaking the full journey from London to Venice paid a one-way fare of £745 each for a double cabin with all meals included but drinks extra .
5 The quest of holists and of individualists , each for a particular type of explanation , marks the social sciences in two ways , one aggressive , one repressive .
6 The G17 ( Gastrin I Human ; Sigma , Poole , Dorset , UK ) made up in 0.15M saline containing 1% albumin was infused continuously by an infusion pump ( Vickers Medical , Basingstoke , Hants , UK ) at doses of 0 , 11 , 33 , 100 , and 300 pmol/kg/h , each for a 30 minute period .
7 So I just took that as a good example .
8 The storm was over and he regarded that as a good omen .
9 If you are doing work that is important for the Galaxy , the Council will usually accept that as a good reason .
10 And I 've no power of attorney — so any banker can take that as a good and valid reason for waiting until you return . ’
11 ‘ But if it was the wish of the majority I would have to accept that as a democratic decision . ’
12 Yeah , yeah , we have n't got it , we could of had that as a nice car park .
13 Forcefully he dismissed the genuineness of that as a relevant reason .
14 Only the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook could describe that as a pointless publicity exercise .
15 And if , for example , rescuing someone from a hole meant destroying priceless Michaelangelo 's to get to him I would n't even see that as a real choice .
16 I was just taking that as a working example of the concept which you 're putting forward , .
17 I accept that as a reasonable thing to do .
18 As I have already said , day-to-day planning control is for local planning authorities and it is not the role of the Secretary of State to become involved in that as a general rule .
19 Well I would n't offer that as a general er proposition .
20 But what did , but the government in a sense even even ended that as a viable choice by doing what ?
21 Er Chairman thank you erm the wording which we 've been erm given by Mr erm refers to erm in particular those matters where uncertainty of responsibility between various agencies needs to be addressed erm as far as this committee is concerned of course , erm our erm er role is that as a strategic planning authority and er I 'm quite sure that there will be erm an analysis after the event erm most likely by the Fire and Public Protection Committee who , to whom emergency planning erm are answerable and it 's the Emergency Planning Team who shoulder our responsibilities as a County Council erm and er any implications then for the Strategic Planning Committee will no doubt be taken into .
22 Do you see that as a long-term model ?
23 Erm basically we 've spent more than we 've erm taken in but that was a deliberate policy agreed on by the committee we 've already mentioned Norman 's flats erm that has been a most worthwhile expenditure and we 've got to look at that as a long-term investment because we 've got flats which are going to last for years and our expenditure which was getting on for fifteen hundred pounds will not have to be repeated .
24 ‘ John may be mad , but he 'd never buy a horse as hot as that as a first horse for his daughter ! ’
25 Of course , that is n't in the agreement that is already signed , so whether I shall be successful or not , of course we do n't know , but I will do that as a first resort .
26 I did n't tell him about the handbill I had found ; indeed , I quickly dismissed that as a mere coincidence .
27 Ah , is n't behaviour in , in social skill and then we could drop that as a separate one ?
28 Perhaps , though , it was because of his promise that he would think about it , that she saw that as a favourable hope .
29 ‘ No , you ca n't have that as a main course .
30 Most historians at the moment would regard that as a wild overestimate .
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