Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Privet and yew combine in an effective two-tone design |
| 2 | Buddie was sitting on a hard chair with one foot resting on an upturned petrol-tin . |
| 3 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 4 | Of course , what Oxford " meant " and the source of its " powers " , a classical curriculum taught within an intimate collegiate system , could hardly be extended . |
| 5 | Hull levelled with an excellent try by Rob Nolan from a pass by Aussie Scott Gale . |
| 6 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , that 's a squirrel recovering from an air-rifle shot . |
| 8 | William agreed with an uncharacteristic lack of enthusiasm . |
| 9 | The 1962 Planning Act upheld the right of any applicant to have their case heard at an oral hearing , but the 1976 Planning Act made this a discretionary matter for An Bord Pleanala to decide . |
| 10 | This change led to an enormous effort to begin active treatment in the neonatal period for virtually all infants with this condition . |
| 11 | Just over a year ago , over a thousand biologists gathered at an international meeting in Vancouver . |
| 12 | However , where a decision has been made to make redundancies and employees have been informed , the contingency crystallises into an actual liability . |
| 13 | The analytical skills developed in an economic and social history degree , and particularly the ability to interpret bodies of often conflicting information , are prized by potential employers . |
| 14 | Symbolically the owl sits on an Evil Eye that has been pierced by a spear , suggesting that the owl 's own ‘ Evil Eye ’ has been incapacitated by the mobbing display . |
| 15 | These were ( 1 ) vehicle ( saline ) given by intragastric instillation or subcutaneous infusion followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; ( 2 ) bFGF infused subcutaneously in a dose of 100 µg/kg/hour followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; ( 3 ) bFGF given by an intragastric route at a dose of 100 µg/kg followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen , ( 4 ) sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg by intragastric instillation ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen , ( 5 ) bFGF infused subcutaneously in a dose of 100 µg/kg/hour and sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg by intragastric instillation ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; and ( 6 ) intragastric bFGF ( 100 µg/ kg ) given in combination with sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen . |
| 16 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 17 | When large crowds gathered for an illegal rave last year at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire , some critics suggested the easy availability of benefits was one factor in allowing the event to drag on for almost a week . |
| 18 | Their presence in totally inadequate police accommodation is authorised by the Prisons ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1980 , a statute passed as an emergency measure to cope with an industrial dispute with prison officers and used almost continuously ever since . |
| 19 | In doing so , we were particularly interested in the degree to which the proposals conformed to an evolving set of guidelines , and seemed likely to accord with the stated objectives of the project . |
| 20 | He even asked the taxi driver to go via an off licence . |
| 21 | Below the well , a waterfall tumbled across an artificial rockery . |
| 22 | The combination of ranitidine with cisapride further diminished the acid reflux found with ranitidine — that is , cisapride led to an additional reduction of total reflux ( from 6.4 ( 1.2- 22.8 ) % to 3.7 ( 1.0–12.7 ) % , p<0.01 ) , supine reflux ( p<0.05 ) , and postprandial reflux ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 23 | AT&T Co has signed an agreement with the People 's Republic of China allowing it to supply personal telecommunications products with manufacturing partner S Megga International Holdings Ltd 's S Megga Telecommunications Ltd unit : the two have a memorandum of understanding with the China National Posts & Telecommunications Industry Corp to market and distribute AT&T-brand telephones , facsimile machines and other consumer items through hundreds of mainland outlets ; consumer products account for an estimated 20% of a total Chinese telecommunications market of $7,000m a year . |
| 24 | I remember him telling me how in those days , things being more primitive , they often used a few cycle lamps arranged in an inverted L-shape with the crossbar at the upwind end . ’ |
| 25 | The conference decision arose from an implicit assumption by the Carnegie Trustees that following a three-year funding of successful pilot schemes , subsequent responsibility would be assumed by LEAs . |
| 26 | Progress depended upon an ascetic , unflinching commitment to ‘ realism ’ . |
| 27 | According to chairman Aleksandr Rozhin , the commission has come to the conclusion that the Gallery 's foreign trade activities suffer from an amateur approach . |
| 28 | His grandparents used to be Gypsies and Jon realised from an early age that he would like to follow in their footsteps . |
| 29 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a 17-member House of Assembly which is popularly elected for a five-year term . |
| 30 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a 17-member House of Assembly which is popularly elected for a five-year term . |