Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1948 a communist insurrection had broken out in Burma . |
| 2 | So loud are these calls that a single insect can be heard half a kilometre away and a chorus of them can set a whole forest ringing and echoing . |
| 3 | On 18 March 1925 a disastrous fire swept through the museum , destroying not only the carriage but also its setting : the Napoleon Room and much else disappeared in the flames . |
| 4 | On March 12 a civilian helicopter transporting 18 Georgian National Guards was shot down near Zugdidi and its occupants taken hostage . |
| 5 | On March 22 an anti-racist demonstration was attended by between 65,000 and 150,000 people , protesting in particular against the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the right-wing Flemish nationalist Vlaams Blok which had gained ground in the November election . |
| 6 | A sudden upsurge to 3,500 on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 was reportedly prompted by a rumour that the Greek authorities were going to seal the border , and on Jan. 2 a Greek government spokesman alleged that the rumour had been deliberately put about by the Albanian authorities in an attempt to rid the country of the Greek minority , which numbered nearly 59,000 according to the 1989 census . |
| 7 | In Spring 1985 a follow-up survey is planned to examine the employment and other destinations of students some six months after the end of the IT Advanced Course . |
| 8 | Of course , they 'd remember Donna 's mother because she was in labour such a long time , and they were all worried about her . |
| 9 | The cession of the south was not so much payment for help already given , but a concession designed to ensure future support and give Edward III a vested interest in the endurance of Balliol 's rule . |
| 10 | It is the ability to make such a change that makes a presentation program like HGW such a useful tool . |
| 11 | No other work of reference attempts to contain within its covers such a complete record of the English language , past and present . |
| 12 | The regime would scarcely have been considered noteworthy , nor Napoleon III a remarkable sovereign , if all that had been achieved was the creation of a brilliant Court which succeeded in outshining those of the traditional European monarchies . |
| 13 | And yet , if my experience is typical , I found the majority of PGCE students responsive to the demands such an intense course made upon them . |
| 14 | What makes this album such a monstrous listen , though , is the way disgusting guitar noises of all descriptions are packed into jabs , upper-cuts , sucker punches and knock-out blows to batter you dizzily around the room . |
| 15 | That 's what gives the car such a delicious duality of character . |
| 16 | A bad interviewer can give a potentially excellent employee such a negative impression that he or she loses interest in the job . |
| 17 | On Jan. 26 a single-paragraph statement by Mandela , dated Jan. 25 and reaffirming support for the ANC 's policy of nationalizing the " mines , banks and monopoly industries " , was released to refute rumours that he now favoured a mixed economy . |
| 18 | Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the ‘ Fitness for Fun ’ session at Crystal Palace such a great success . |
| 19 | And with the Arc such an established part of the racing scene , Paris will be bursting with Britons this weekend , with just a few hundred going on a punting pilgrimage to Dublin . |
| 20 | The market opportunities for a flexible hybrid car like the LA301 are likely to be much greater than a battery only vehicle , but in practice such a hybrid car will be driven in zero emission mode for the majority of the time . |
| 21 | Was the Countess such a gentle mistress that you would risk your life for her ? |
| 22 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 23 | It was a stroke of genius on my part to avoid such awkward questions as ‘ Why has the club such an appalling record ? ’ and ‘ Is the club 's current position due to managerial incompetence ? ’ by pretending it was a terrible phone line and I could not hear the questions . |
| 24 | This is Hill Speedy an excellent ball and a very good tackle on Speedy by Cooper . |
| 25 | under Rule 5 an unconditional appropriation will not pass property unless the other party assents . |
| 26 | In Chapter 4 a no-arbitrage equation was derived for the relationship between the spot and futures prices of a market index . |
| 27 | In Chapter 4 a brief account of the process of map digitization was given . |
| 28 | ( The shape of the monkey could be discerned by the eye of prejudice even in the Chinese and Japanese , as witness many a modern cartoon . ) |
| 29 | Note that in Figure 5.2 a logarithmic scale of abundance has been used , in which equal distances correspond to equal multiples . |
| 30 | In 1279 the ‘ people of the forest of Somerset , presented to Edward I a long list of abuses , including ‘ scotale ’ . |