Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well I am partial to a bit of Severn salmon , ’ Bert continued , ‘ if you promise me that next half tidy salmon that comes your way , you can have the bike for a hundred and fifty . |
| 2 | Once the plunge had been taken to call upon outside expertise for a temporary and specific problem , employing outside expertise on a regular basis was not such a great mental jump . |
| 3 | Visual illusions are an excellent illustration , in fact , of the division between a specialized and autonomous mechanism for seeing and the cognitive system which determines whether we should believe what we see , as Helmholtz pointed out over a century ago . |
| 4 | Overall , the study of visionary leadership and strategic vision offers the opportunity for a rewarding and revitalizing interchange between the fields of leadership studies and strategic management . |
| 5 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 6 | Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single and up to £140 for a de luxe double . |
| 7 | A major issue in the decision between a generative and a probabilistic system is the robustness of the system . |
| 8 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 9 | More and more departments using RBL as a method of instruction may see personal or group projects as a valid and worthwhile means of extension study on a personal level . |
| 10 | The Project provides a focus and catalyst for a large and continuously growing network of working groups whose emphasis is always on the development of professionalism and improved practice . |
| 11 | Overseeing the whole process would be a Scottish Deer Commission , replacing the RDC as a credible and contemporary wildlife management agency , with wide responsibilities , adequate resources and meaningful powers . |
| 12 | With his great experience of Scotland and his wide reading , Hamish is able to bring together many disciplines for a detailed and interlinked account of the districts he passes through . |
| 13 | We on this side of the House will continue to propose and to support policies which give practical effect to the hope for a new and durable world order of peace , liberty , and prosperity which was expressed again at the United Nations last week . |
| 14 | We remember the Spiros as a warm and loving family . ’ |
| 15 | A former miner , Joe was presented with a cheque together with good wishes for a long and happy retirement . |
| 16 | Our wishes for a strong and interventionist Nato will be strengthened in this difficult period after the demise of the Warsaw pact . |
| 17 | Think of your hair as a delicate and expensive yarn that needs to be pampered , rather like a luxurious cashmere sweater , and you 'll be on the right track ! |
| 18 | Despite the political rhetoric of the modern welfare state , which has created popular images to the contrary , the reality is that the basic state retirement pension continues to provide an income between a third and a half of average earnings . |
| 19 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 20 | In 1980 the Academic , College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Board of Directors in the USA approved funding for a two and a half year project to provide information concerning academic librarianship to organizations and individuals involved with higher education through the development of channels of communication with professional and higher education associations . |
| 21 | Some women would want to link this with the consolidation of black consciousness and with the reclassification of lesbianism as a political and sexual choice rather than a congenital affliction . |
| 22 | Macbeth ran at the Shield for a hundred and fifty nights , the longest record in the play 's history . |
| 23 | The Archbishop of York , John Habgood , described the preface as a sour and vindictive outburst from a disappointed cleric . |
| 24 | Support the Ulster Movement in its struggle for a better and brighter Ulster for all … |
| 25 | For example , Nutley ( 1979 ) , when using transport coverage as a basic and simple indicator of accessibility , found that only 15 out of 365 sample settlements in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland were totally deprived of public transport in 1977 . |
| 26 | It may seem initially that differentiation between a central and a fissure eruption is the simplest thing in the world but , unfortunately , it 's not . |
| 27 | Although occasionally Nizan 's assessment of a writer fluctuated over a period of time ( Gide , Giono , Mauriac ) , although on occasions Nizan was simultaneously attracted and repelled by individual writers ( Mauriac , Drieu la Rochelle , Celine ) , the bottom line was always a clear differentiation between a progressive and a reactionary attitude to culture . |
| 28 | They also agitated against the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement of 1965 and argued for a strategy of building republican support through involvement in agitation on social and economic grievances , as well as by a principled stand for a united and independent Ireland . |
| 29 | Release 3 of the internal code is also new , and supports connections to SNA , APPN and TCP/IP environments , adding 3174 APPN Network Node compatibility in environments where the host is a Low Entry Networking node , APPN End Node , APPN Network Node , Migration Data Host or Interchange Node ; support for multiple links into a LEN subarea from an APPN network comprised of 3174s and other APPN nodes ; and support for the transfer of 3270 and APPN datastreams across a single SDLC or Token-Ring link between a 3174 and an AS/400 running OS/400 2.2 up . |
| 30 | It offers an ideal base for a relaxed and leisurely holiday in the heart of the Tuscan countryside . |