Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun sg] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Wants the phone and wants a bloody number an ’ all . ’ |
| 2 | Before expressing a qualified opinion an auditor should always try to resolve problems with the management of the organization concerned . |
| 3 | AN appearance by a woman on the BBC TV Antiques Roadshow has had an unexpected outcome an exhibition of a rarely-practised art form at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead . |
| 4 | So you get , if you like , a development here er of presidential authority and the perception of the presidency both from the point of view of incumbents and from the point of view of the American people and gradually in the twentieth century you get an increasing focus an increasing focus on the presidency as the engine of government , that it 's the president who makes things happen , it 's the president who fixes things , it 's the president who responds to crises and as the crises become more frequent and the crises become more intense so the focus on the president also expands and the Buchanan view is now no longer tenable , the Buchanan view it 's not possible for any president to play the dignified monarch . |
| 5 | McIlvanney therefore was ideally placed to reflect the changing relationship between sport and society , bringing an invigorating attitude an new , direct style of writing to bear , as ‘ play ’ suddenly got serious . |
| 6 | A DOCTOR convicted of attempted murder after giving a dying patient an overdose will know within days if he is to be struck off . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in view of the risks of inhaling a foreign body an inhaler 's safety cap should always be replaced when it is not in use . |
| 8 | Since costs of packing and transport would not change , consumers might pay an extra 1p–2p an egg . |
| 9 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 10 | But shares staged a spirited rally an hour before the close and the FT-SE roared to a new all-time peak of 2792.0 a whisker below the magical 2800 level . |
| 11 | What is illustrated by these attempts to introduce a written constitution an unlikely event in modem times — is that there is considerable concern over the ambiguities and lack of clear codification in an unwritten constitution . |
| 12 | To become a recognized bank an institution had to satisfy the Bank of England as to its reputation , the range of services it offers , and its financial status . |
| 13 | The High Court in Edinburgh does not lay down sentencing guidelines , and in a case in 1987 ruled that the practice of giving a discount for a plea of guilty was objectionable , because it involved offering an accused person an inducement to plead guilty early , and disabled the judge from exercising his discretion fully and freely in any particular case . |