Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.

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1 But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about …
2 We have already quoted part of the letter to Rohde , written in December , which gives the best testimony to Nietzsche 's state of mind : " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years …
3 So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway .
4 TESL was run as an alternative methods course for a few years , until TEFL/TESL became a combined methods course in 1986 .
5 Jones searches for chinks of light in a dark age for women 's tennis David Foot on a former champion and her bright sparks aiming high in Cardiff .
6 Jones searches for chinks of light in a dark age for women 's tennis David Foot on a former champion and her bright sparks aiming high in Cardiff .
7 Opportunities for informal contacts and the exchange of information and experiences are , in consequence , extensive , and they probably serve the individualistic-minded members of this particular labour force as a more than satisfactory substitute for trade unions .
8 A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there .
9 Ken Pitt : ‘ I think the great problem was David was always very insecure and because he was n't achieving the renown he wanted , like most artists he began to worry , bearing in mind that David was now living at Haddon Hall with a few of his friends , all of whom were unaware of what was going on in the office and how we were planning David 's career , what progress we were really making .
10 Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons .
11 Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons .
12 I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’
13 Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ?
14 You are fishing water with a little colour but not getting any runs .
15 About 12 hr. day with an half hour for lunch , where only bread and butter was given , no drink .
16 The German had intended to ride his Olympic gold medal partner , Walzerkoenig , on Saturday night until a few hours earlier when it was discovered that the horse 's off-foreleg was inexplicably swollen .
17 Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes .
18 Lij Yasu was arrested four days later near the Sandfords ' farm ; he had been wandering in the Muger valley with a few retainers , hungry and terrified .
19 As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural .
20 After standing silently looking up at the Brooklyn sky for a few minutes , and reciting a poem , she then jumped back into the car .
21 The driver stopped the jeep outside the Saulnier farm for a few moments to say goodbye to the farmer , a very good friend to the Commandos , especially No. 6 Commando .
22 He had been running his own freelance investment fund with a few billion yen in assets .
23 Quite what earth , wind and fire had to do with building a car factory on a former aerodrome in the Wiltshire countryside was never satisfactorily explained .
24 and if you can see our practice nurse in a few weeks
25 Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk .
26 Others , who of course never used a bank , would pawn a five pound note for a few shillings , with instructions ‘ do n't break the note ’ so they could redeem it still in one piece .
27 Maybe Lepine was disappointed with the green garbage bag for a carry-all .
28 ‘ People get nervous because one character in the film calls women bitches , but that 's a reflection of the mind set of a few young black men in America right now .
29 ‘ PEOPLE GET NERVOUS BECAUSE ONE CHARACTER IN THE FILM CALLS WOMEN BITCHES , BUT THAT 'S A REFLECTION OF THE MIND SET OF A FEW YOUNG BLACK MEN IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW . ’
30 He expects to sign a facilities management contract within a few weeks that is ‘ bigger ’ than the $53m seven-year contract it signed with Mory-TNTE in December .
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