Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Cunningham in ‘ The Guardian ’ , referring to coverage of the mortar bomb attack on Whitehall wrote : ‘ Whitehall 's scariest 60 minutes proved to be one of radio 's finest hours , effortlessly making the case for an all news channel ’ . |
| 2 | A T E , A T R at the university and just , the block , the side of the university , she had her apartment for a little time . |
| 3 | THIS amazing vehicle is an idea from FORD for a less oil dependent future . |
| 4 | We 're gon na , we 're gon na stay on this issue of ownership and surpluses for a little time , cos it 's actually so important , but it 's not unreasonable for your pensioners to think that here was this pot of money to which one could dip into , but the only thing is the pot of money disappeared did n't it ? |
| 5 | She had Dreamed Lord Roger as a former surgeon , still brooding because of his inability to save the life of his only child . |
| 6 | Chairman as a former supporter of fox hounds I have to say I am no longer a supporter of fox hounds , I would see the law of this land used to ban hunting with hounds and I support the motion . |
| 7 | That is why people are attracted to horror books , because it makes us feel part of the action for a little time but yet we can get out of it as soon as we desire . |
| 8 | It 's probably a harder sell because it 's four colour and it 's nine hundred pound for a little space like that but they 're doing quite well . |
| 9 | All caution ( H & S ) was thrown to the wind as a few sample experiments will show : how to make coal gas ; a safe gas explosion ; how to make a banger ; how to explode a little picric acid . |
| 10 | The shell has a mathematically simple form , and , roughly speaking , its shape can be understood as the result of a that organ , the mantle , which itself grows at a variable rate but secretes minerals at a rate proportional to the length of its periphery . |
| 11 | The old pubs evoke images of a former time when Horncastle was famous throughout the land for its Horse Fairs and when hostelries were packed with horse dealers . |
| 12 | 200 acres of a former ironstone workings , now afforested . |
| 13 | In the words of a former chairman of a British nationalized industry , when the economy fluctuates , ‘ ministers find it difficult to resist varying the targets or borrowing limits of the industries , frequently at very short notice , and these imposed fluctuations in general management direction produce severe strains on the efficient operation of the industry ’ ( Tombs 1980 : 5 ) . |
| 14 | The principle of including words of a former age in a modern rite is well established through the use of anthems . |
| 15 | The sequence of eighth-century Northumbrian annals is lost after 801 but the sparse fragments of a former continuation which are preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle terminate in 806 with a note of the expulsion of King Eardwulf ( ASC D , s.a. 806 ) . |
| 16 | And the speech was indeed a frank catalogue of the state of the personal computer business today : revenues down 14% , Apple Computer Inc , IBM and DEC contemplating low margins and sinking market share , the astronomical cost of developing a new package , the failure of PCs to penetrate much beyond word processing and spreadsheets , the monopoly lock of a few software houses on the marketplace and engineering 's inability to develop an intuitive box , all conspiring to dissuade any sensible PC guy from putting any more money into research and development . |
| 17 | They emerged from the entrance of a former iron mine in the Forest of Dean , exhausted . |
| 18 | ‘ Quarterly or half-yearly , it is a good plan for the housekeeper to make an inventory of everything she has under her care , and compare this with the lists of a former period . ’ |
| 19 | Place 450g ( 1 lb ) hulled strawberries in another saucepan with a little water and simmer until softened . |
| 20 | It 's amazing the ideas that can come to mind with a little thought and some extra effort on your part . |
| 21 | Create beautiful barrel curls and perfect evening styles with a little help from Schwarzkopf . |
| 22 | Hot tea with a little sugar . |
| 23 | Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore . |
| 24 | Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore . |
| 25 | They had melted the snow with a little water from the car radiators and now it was freezing into a mirror of ice . |
| 26 | She sipped her brandy for a moment , then touched her lips with a little salt water … |
| 27 | Beat egg , sugar , cornflour and essence with a little milk . |
| 28 | We 're using the arts to integrate Disabled people and , hopefully , at the end of it , we 'll be able to put Disability arts in a little glass case and say ‘ there it is , we do n't need it anymore ’ , because we 're completely integrated into the community ’ . |
| 29 | The lengthy interview from a former girlfriend attempted to portray an alternative version which inevitably placed the dead man in a more favourable light . |
| 30 | ‘ The pictures are standard practice in a few health surveys , ’ said Miss Snowdon . |