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 | 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 . |
| 3 | First race for seven months latest when never a factor , 25l 7th to Cardinal Point ( Chepstow 1m , Gd-Sft ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The metopes are about five feet wide and only a little higher , so the relief-figures are under life-size . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Gavin Jones is 12 years old and also a pupil at Llantarnam School . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was a Polynesian Hawaiian , thirty-two years old and already a legend on the North Shore . |
| 12 | Kevin O'Neil was just thirty years old and already a part of it in Dublin . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Next time I saw Joe he looked maybe not 10 years younger but certainly a totally different man and ready to rock . |
| 15 | Therefore the dojo is treated with great reverence and respect , whether it is a room within a sports complex or simply a disused garage . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | All the other players you hear about from time to time , Charlton , Giles , Hunter et all but never a word about Harvey . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | As Maggie turns , I catch a flash of eye , fairy blue but just a bit milky . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | REPEAT TIME is used to schedule LIFESPAN RDBI to run repeatedly at given time intervals , for example nightly or once a week . |
| 25 | Annabel Croft , once the British No 1 but now a star of stage and the small screen , cringed at the quality of her performance in the opening round of the Volkswagen National Championships at Telford yesterday . |
| 26 | The villagers , who were expecting them , had their gifts ready and soon a small van was following slowly behind to transport their ever growing number . |
| 27 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 28 | With the same 14 mm bait I will now be using a size 4 and possibly a size 2 . |
| 29 | Sometimes modern schools started O level and even A level classes . |
| 30 | Two cars are drawing up outside Number 17 and quite a lot of people are going in the front door . |