Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space . |
| 2 | Land has both an economic function and a function in terms of personal and social esteem : |
| 3 | The power station is also a matter of miles from the Lilstock bombing range in the Bristol Channel , where aircraft can be watched from the coast as they wheel and circle in the sky before a fiery flash and a splash of water shows that they have hit their ‘ target ’ . |
| 4 | The granules of spinea have broad base and a trifid or slightly rugose crown , those of hamula have a narrower base and the crown is more rugose . |
| 5 | We also recognise that there is a tremendous problem for deferred pensioners in achieving reasonable transfer values er er er it 's a massive problem for them , even where they could find perhaps something to do with that money and a scheme that would do them better , not always , because there , there are people that give bad advice , but there are some that go into it very thoroughly and when it comes down to the bit the transfer value they receive makes it im practically impossible for them to do it . |
| 6 | Since it gives only a single output there will be no distinction between the zero in its output due to an edge being properly located in its receptive field and a zero due to the absence of an edge altogether . |
| 7 | That scorecard and a poster were brought back to England by team member John Symes , who kept a diary of the match . |
| 8 | Until he inherited in 1617 , Lowther 's professional income and a jointure estate of £72 per annum supported him . |
| 9 | A spring of guarded hope and a source of amusement . |
| 10 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 11 | This operation is another example of how things do not always go according to plan , but with a little luck and a lot of hard work a successful conclusion can be reached . |
| 12 | As they were built for use on the Crystal Palace route , they were fitted with Spencer track brakes , with a single pair of hard oak shoes under the centre of each truck and a brass wheel concentric with the hand brake staff on the platforms . |
| 13 | These included convening its general meetings since April 1990 , organising lectures on popular art theory and on the North Korean Juche ideology , organising meetings where slides of North Korean art were shown , and painting both a banner advocating Korean reunification and a mural about Im Su-Kyong , a student detained for illegally visiting North Korea in 1989 . |
| 14 | IF we are to believe the current crop of Diana rumours , our once shy Di has a temper worthy of a fuming fishwife and a line in colourful verbal abuse to match . |
| 15 | This was made up of a £621,800 increase in the specific provision and a reduction of £98,000 in the general provision against residential property , and a £4,740 increase in the specific provision against unsecured loans . |
| 16 | There were a few more garbled words , part of an argument , then a loud noise and a scream . |
| 17 | A CSCE mission was nevertheless permitted to visit Nagorny Karabakh on Feb. 12 , and on Feb. 17 Hassan Hasanov , the Azerbaijani Prime Minister , arrived in Brussels to attend a session of the European Parliament and a meeting of NATO 's Political Council , where he spoke about the background to the conflict . |
| 18 | Mark 's effects are relatively straightforward , comprising : TC Electronics delay , an Alesis Quadraverb , a Boss CE-200 Chorus and a Zoom 9010 . |
| 19 | His mother remarried , and he had an elder sister and a half-brother . |
| 20 | Voice croaking and heron-like , a loud quacking clatter and a staccato k'yow , k'yow' S Iraq only . |
| 21 | In his first independent act as king he established his authority on a sure foundation and revealed both a sound political judgement and a determination not to allow himself to be dependent upon a small group of powerful nobles . |
| 22 | He was tall , sun-reddened , with a big lower jaw and a nose like a wedge . |
| 23 | Alongside the Vauxhall car won by Drake for a year , and the £400 team manager 's prize collected by Graham Howell , Royal Berkshire were presented with a magnificent Vauxhall Indoor Trophy and a cheque for £2,500 . |
| 24 | The traditional system of a class examination each term and a degree examination at end of session is still employed , but in most departments account is taken of work done in class . |
| 25 | So far as we can tell , the men-folk ruled in every sphere ; but it may be that the further one got from the world of high feudalism the less of a slave the woman became ; it is certainly true , in a rather different way , that the Norman Conquest brought both a more complete feudalism and a fall in the status of women . |
| 26 | The reader should note his progress within the whole twelve books and in doing so will see how he moves from a heroic , masterful force and a leader of millions to a spy alone in the Garden of Eden , watching two lovers like a common peeping Tom . |
| 27 | There was one I craved in particular , a pink nightdress with a lace hem and a frilly neck and a family of rabbits embroidered on the chest . |
| 28 | The delays appear to have been due to administrative confusion and a lack of political will . |
| 29 | STRONG circulation and a jump in advertising at the Daily and Sunday Express helped boost profits last year for United Newspapers . |
| 30 | This necessitated having a low roof and a side gangway in the upper saloon , reminiscent of the old low-bridge buses . |