Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] a [noun prp] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The after dark choice was a sleekly sophisticated black velvet dress complete with cutaway shoulders and a de rigueur slit skirt . |
| 2 | It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty . |
| 3 | A Lotus Elan provides more grip and a Peugeot 309GTi offers more communicative steering , but for a combination of fine throttle adjustability , knife-edged balance , the ability to stay accurately on line , and high levels of security — cut the throttle sharply and it wo n't suddenly swap ends — there 's little to touch the Corrado . |
| 4 | Processing is : two Fender Concerts — the 1x12 all-in-ones — ; two Roland JC120s ; Marshall 4x12s — all with Celestions ; MXR Distortion Plus ; TC Boost Pedal and a Roland SDE3000 Digital Delay . ’ |
| 5 | But we can get a pizza or a McDonald 's . ’ |
| 6 | this joke is acne , muesli and a Citroen 2cv |
| 7 | But I also have a Roland D550 module and a Yamaha TG77 . ’ |
| 8 | Zero to sixty takes 6.5secs and a BMW 750i to the cleaners . |
| 9 | Rover 416 GSi models of similar age can be bought under the hammer for around £7250 and a Sierra 2.0i Ghia for £7500 . |
| 10 | Conran ran a café selling 4p bowls of soup and a King 's Road coffee bar to help raise the capital to start up his own furniture-manufacturing business , which turned out products similar to those found in Habitat shops today . |
| 11 | If you have a sunny corner or a south-facing bank you could , with a little planning and the right conditions , create a micro-Mexico or a mini-Costa del Sol . |
| 12 | In Bolivia she had only two cameras ; her trusty Nikon and a Hasselblad CM500 and a wide-angled lens . |
| 13 | Keep an eye open and you may spot a barnacle goose or a Bewick 's swan . |
| 14 | It is , he stresses , neither a panacea nor a Pandora 's box . |
| 15 | A modern version would have to include scenes of French farmers burning British lamb , Breton fishermen destroying Scottish-caught fish , French truckers blocking the autoroutes , last week 's French press announcing the official arrival of the recession in France , French anger over Hoover 's decision to switch production from Dijon to Glasgow and a Barclay 's survey revealing France as the most import-hostile country in the EC . |
| 16 | There are concordances to Shakespeare and a Who 's Who In Dickens . |
| 17 | I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah 's Witness called at the door earlier . |
| 18 | I am simply glad that in the modest glades of Barnes Common I can enjoy my peacocks , purple hairstreaks and red admirals , and never have to worry about whether or not I have set eyes on a yellow-legged tortoiseshell or a Higgins 's anomalous blue . |
| 19 | The endoscopical differential diagnosis comprised lymphoreticular malignancy , such as α chain disease or a non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma , while clinically sarcoidosis was considered because of the previous medical history . |
| 20 | Barium studies including small bowel enema are rarely helpful in this group of patients , although occasionally they may be useful in younger patients who are found to have Crohn 's disease or a Meckel 's diverticulum . |
| 21 | You can make it from a standing start to 60 miles per hour in 8.6 seconds — almost exactly the same time as a Mazda MX3 . |