Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This limits the number of possible combinations such that only a few examples exist in this category . |
| 2 | So for example , in the specialist air defence er side we 're looking at alternatives would be the F twenty two erm the current tornado F three and also an upgraded variant of the F three . |
| 3 | In the current political climate , an official strike would count under Condition 17 but not an unofficial one . |
| 4 | In this state the polymer exhibits several unique properties which are dealt with in chapter 14 and only a brief description of the chain behaviour in this region is given here . |
| 5 | First race for seven months latest when never a factor , 25l 7th to Cardinal Point ( Chepstow 1m , Gd-Sft ) . |
| 6 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 7 | They also welcomed the end of the cold war " as it makes clear that our struggle is a North-South one and not an East-West one " . |
| 8 | Bhattarai met with the King on May 15 and afterwards a statement was issued from the Royal Palace explaining that the drafting committee had been abolished . |
| 9 | As late as 1965 , in Howard , Lord Parker L.C.J. appeared to consider that in cases of rape other than where a child was involved , it was up to the prosecution to prove that the woman had physically resisted . |
| 10 | The metopes are about five feet wide and only a little higher , so the relief-figures are under life-size . |
| 11 | Though rejected by the army in 1914 on grounds of defective eyesight , Gurney enlisted on 9 February 1915 while still a student and from 25 May 1916 served in France as a private with the 2nd/5th Gloucesters . |
| 12 | For instance the regional treasurer , who was given the Friem and Claybury brief while still a deputy , had ‘ a personal commitment , having visited the hospitals and realised the urgency of getting people out of these awful places ’ . |
| 13 | Gavin Jones is 12 years old and also a pupil at Llantarnam School . |
| 14 | Imported by Clara Hurley and Michael Grossman , when he was five years old and already a Dutch and Belgian champion , he gained his title taking a Best in Show along the way . |
| 15 | He was a Polynesian Hawaiian , thirty-two years old and already a legend on the North Shore . |
| 16 | Kevin O'Neil was just thirty years old and already a part of it in Dublin . |
| 17 | She was twenty-five years old and still a virgin , and as she looked at her image in the mirror great tears welled up and spilled over as she relived Ace 's words . |
| 18 | Next time I saw Joe he looked maybe not 10 years younger but certainly a totally different man and ready to rock . |
| 19 | It is unlikely that any of the missing diamonds had been picked up by persons involved in the rescue or who visited the site later as only an expert would have been able to identify them as precious stones . |
| 20 | Therefore the dojo is treated with great reverence and respect , whether it is a room within a sports complex or simply a disused garage . |
| 21 | The Treasury and Civil Service Committee ( Second Report , 1987–8 ) recommendation that departmental reports should give information about the costs of major publicity and advertising is to apply for departments who spend £½ million or more a year on paid UK publicity . |
| 22 | An executive earning , say £15 000 a year in salary may cost the employer as much as £80 000 or more a year to maintain in the overseas location . |
| 23 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |
| 24 | A Labour administration developed a planning system which made government priorities clearer and thereby a more important consideration in the minds of local decision-makers . |
| 25 | Law had indeed already done enough as leader to make his departure unthinkable and so a memorial was drawn up by Carson and signed by almost all the party 's backbenchers , stating full confidence in Law and begging him to stay on with a revised tariff policy . |
| 26 | After days of near-solitude Paige found the barrage of questions bewildering and not a little alarming . |
| 27 | Shelves , if made of wood , will need to be at least three-quarters of an inch thick and preferably a little more ; and they should be supported every three feet or so . |
| 28 | As Maggie turns , I catch a flash of eye , fairy blue but just a bit milky . |
| 29 | An inadequate list may include reduction in infant and child mortality better employment prospects for educated children making investment in education worthwhile and therefore a cost related to the number of children ; women 's status in the household and extent of emancipation in making decisions ; education of parents and enrolment rates in education for children , and women 's participation in the formal labour force ( where pregnancy implies unavoidable loss of earnings ) . |
| 30 | She walked into the sumptuously furnished sitting-room feeling lost and not a little frightened . |