Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recalled Athelstan 's words , how the slayer of Adam Horne used a method practised in Moorish countries to desecrate the body of a criminal and traitor . |
| 2 | The second is that Waqar and Wasim have not , as one might first assume , hollowed out the ball , coconut-style , with the aid of a Black and Decker drill . |
| 3 | It was the fact that this was essentially a planters ' system which ensured that the stations were built of a standard and elegance which a plantocracy could use with comfort . |
| 4 | For while the immediate economic relations were often similar , as the specific form of patronal exchange , the full social relations can be seen as variable , once the fact of willing and independent service of a social and religious-kind is admitted . |
| 5 | I would say , ‘ Exploited and humiliated brothers of the West , did we really gain anything by placing the struggle against our just grievances in the hands of a merciless and megalomaniac Georgian with a moustache ? ’ |
| 6 | Furthermore , it has created a community of space technocrats , with sufficient of a scientific and engineering background , to be at ease in both the military and civilian space administrations . |
| 7 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
| 8 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 9 | I am ashamed to admit to the same bafflement on hearing Dr Sylvia Earle — algalogist , marine biologist and self-promoter extraordinaire — extolling the virtues of a moving and storage firm in a radio advertisement . |
| 10 | Sometimes , a judge will be particularly impressed by a mellifluous and seductive plea put up on behalf of an accused and will sentence leniently to the point of mistake . |
| 11 | ‘ Young Timothy is sleeping like a top and Mum seems quite happy . |
| 12 | He still sounded friendly , like a wise and understanding father , forgiving his son 's immature behaviour . |
| 13 | The left-hand miniature shows the Visitation against an architectural and landscape background . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Himont , also a part of the Ferruzzi-Montedison group , signed a letter of intent with Showa Denko of Japan for a technological and production joint venture in Japan in the speciality polymer sector . |
| 15 | Instead she was cautioned ; the official term for a telling-off and warning by police . |
| 16 | In 1960 a major proposal was put forward for a British and Commonwealth programme by a consortium of Britain 's main aerospace and electronics companies — called the British Space Development Company ( BSDC ) . |
| 17 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 18 | This strategy , for the third year of work of the Enterprise Centre , will facilitate the integration of the work of the Enterprise Centre as a crucial and core activity of the University . |
| 19 | Also on 19–5 was the six-year-old Strawberry Road , champion colt in Australia as a three-year-old and winner of several good races in France , where he was now based . |
| 20 | The latter had been described as a pewterer and metaller in 1666 ( see The Boke off Recorde of Kirkbie-Kendall , ed. by R. S. Fergusson ) later to become the well beloved " first and modern mayor of the Burgh " ( 1684 ) , and re-elected in 1708 . |
| 21 | Julie has worked with the company for two years and her mother also works in the factory as a cleaner and canteen assistant . |
| 22 | If we knew all the pleasures and pains liable to be produced by an action , and could assign a degree of intensity , a duration , and a probability ( represented as a fraction of one ) to each , then the multiplication of these by each other , treating pleasure as a positive and pain as a negative quantity , would give the total positive or negative value of the action 's consequences , and it would be a good or right act if the result was positive , bad or wrong if it was negative . |
| 23 | If two mountain sheep of markedly different size meet each other , the smaller one will behave as a subordinate and retreat . |
| 24 | In all cases , the interaction occurs between a solid and fluid ( gas or liquid ) . |
| 25 | It burned with a pure and nursery flame in a blue and white saucer filled with matchsticks . |
| 26 | In the latter case , two ancient Christian principalities , Georgia and Armenia , had claims to distinct national identities , along with a Muslim and Shi-ite people in Azerbaijan ( which contained the economically vital oil city of Baku ) . |
| 27 | • Kumfy Flex — the firmer mattress with a water-proof and cotton face , giving full flexibility . |
| 28 | He had found his lighter in the briefcase , as well as a letter that was embossed with a blue and gold eagle above the rubric ‘ From the Washington Office of Senator George Crowninshield ’ . |
| 29 | This species is quite attractive with a pink and gold shell and feeds upon algae and diatom detritus . |
| 30 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |