Example sentences of "[det] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I thought we wanted to keep this a low profile bungalow and that 's pushing it up the same as the other one in Grey Lane went up . |
| 2 | There would be confusion , Bruce thought , and out of this a strong ruler would need to emerge . |
| 3 | With their glossy green aromatic leaves , two Choisya ternata shrubs either side of the seat make this a pleasant place to sit . |
| 4 | From this a molar mass M SD , is calculated if both S and D are known . |
| 5 | He said he found this a useful trick when addressing restive or sleepy audiences . |
| 6 | Gorry and Scott Morton ( 1975 ) , despite the problems of unclear boundaries between the three categories , find this a useful approach to the analysis of information requirements for management . |
| 7 | Anyone who is interested in woven textiles will find this a useful source book . |
| 8 | We hope you find this a useful resource . |
| 9 | Constance , who felt that he had said this a thousand times before , usually shrugged impatiently . |
| 10 | She had been over all this a thousand times in the real world , the world she privately thought of as the world of things . |
| 11 | Or … ’ she broke off uncertainly ‘ … or was this a professional visit ? ’ |
| 12 | There are many other examples of Dickens ' excellent style of writing in the novel , which add together to make this a perfect piece of writing of a rare quality . |
| 13 | First of all ask ourselves is this a genuine problem ? |
| 14 | It continues the development of oral/aural skills begun in Departures and adds to this a greater emphasis on reading skills , now that students have progressed beyond the beginner level . |
| 15 | The Headmaster in an interview said rather surprisingly that he considered this a greater handicap than any actual malnutrition among secondary pupils . |
| 16 | Was this a simple gaff or a plot to lessen fears that radioactivity may have been swept by the cyclone to the Gambiers ? |
| 17 | By 1914 , the Germans had found that they could conduct most of their correspondence with village headmen in Swahili , and the British also found this a great advantage . |
| 18 | Sally-Anne thought all this a great to-do about nothing . |
| 19 | This Meeting consider this a great hardship , Lint being a staple article of the Island they therefore wish Shawfield may have the Goodness to order matters upon such a footing as to enable his Tenantry to put their manufacture to the best avail . " |
| 20 | Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot . |
| 21 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 22 | She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired . |
| 23 | And in this a second theme arises to join the social class explanation of modernism . |
| 24 | Due to this a small adjustment , downwards , in the price occurs , to compensate for the dealer being short of funds . |
| 25 | The quickly erected boarded external finish of the former storage shed and the predominantly ‘ dry ’ construction of the internal wall linings made this a practical policy once reconstruction , during the spring and summer months , of the decayed lower-storey brickwork was complete and had produced a habitable shell . |
| 26 | For this a vast army of personnel is needed , working at different levels of generality — some dealing , at the ‘ sharp end ’ , with the actual , detailed discharge of functions ‘ on the ground ’ , others , at progressively higher levels , discharging coordinating or supervisory functions , which may involve an element of policy-making or , higher still , primarily concerned with overall general policy . |
| 27 | Acknowledged masters from James Joyce to William Trevor and other notables such as Edna O'Brien and John McGahern make this a first-rate introduction to Irish literature . |
| 28 | Nothing of Remittance Man 's star quality contests the three mile one furlong event , but the presence of Sparkling Flame , Captain Dibble and Laundryman make this a cracking race . |
| 29 | In this a weak input which can not sustain LTF in its own right may be encouraged to do so if combined with a strong stimulus arriving from a second pathway . |
| 30 | Is this a strategic matter ? |