Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A full enquiry has been launched into how a rapist was able to attack an eleven-year old girl in a children 's ward at a London hospital . |
| 2 | Er , by all means , go , go through all this stuff in a weeks ' time and throw out th , those things you do n't need . |
| 3 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said , ‘ someone told me today about this survey in a women 's magazine . |
| 4 | One of the earliest to be shown was the 1950 film Caged , screened on ITV in 1968 : this featured Hope Emerson as a mannish , sadistic matron in a women 's prison . |
| 5 | RIVIERA RAINBOW * , who opened his account with a facile victory in an apprentices ' event on the all-weather track at Lingfield Park last month , does not appear harshly treated in today 's Barbican Handicap ( 2.45 ) at Pontefract . |
| 6 | A more conservative size true radial tyre in a 16″ diameter and able to run at higher pressure would cure the problem but as you have already purchased them you may be stuck with them . |
| 7 | Staff and parents need to be strongly motivated to seek an integrated placement in a children 's day centre or nursery school . |
| 8 | Stuart Carter had been a caring and loving father while exercising considerable skill in a steelworks . |
| 9 | In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few . |
| 10 | I 've seen more energy in a darts champion . |
| 11 | In Scotland , for example , the Master of Arts ( M A ) degree is normally the first degree in an Arts faculty , with Bachelor of Science ( B Sc ) being awarded in Science faculties ) . |
| 12 | The comments of one respondent in a mid-1980s ' study of mothers with pre-school children which I conducted reflected a theme identified in other studies of family life ( see Brannen and Wilson , 1987 ) . |
| 13 | Surrounded by local hardknocks , Bob Golden was the only gringo in a Taos , New Mexico , fleapit . |
| 14 | How can we as Black women have any faith in a police force which refuses to acknowledge our calls for help , refuses to provide protection , and refuses to take action against those who attack us ? |
| 15 | The other catfish would also have to be left out , and there would be little scope for adding more fish later , but if you bear this in mind , you could create a comparable scene in a 36″ tank for quite a bit less outlay . |
| 16 | Spatial statistical modelling in a GIS framework |
| 17 | The areal interpolation problem : estimating population using remote sensing in a GIS framework |
| 18 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 19 | ( It should be noted that the latter may only be taken as the final module in a masters programme ) . |
| 20 | You wo n't grow many fry to a suitable size in a 20″ tank . |
| 21 | ( Now thanks to Nancy Barclay 's resourcefulness and the generosity of her employers we are storing books for Christian Aid in a lawyers ' office until Mrs. Paton 's cellar is ready again ) . |
| 22 | She also did voluntary work in a girls ' club , which brought her into contact with the local women 's trade union council , the Women 's Co-operative Guild , and ultimately the Labour party . |
| 23 | QPR v Chelsea This is likely to be Peter Reid 's last appearance in a Rangers shirt , with Loftus Road seemingly resigned to the midfielder 's becoming Howard Kendall 's player-coach at Manchester City . |
| 24 | She has an excellent place in a girls ’ boarding-school in Worcestershire . ’ |
| 25 | Until now , Livingston has consistently protested total innocence of how he could have provided a positive sample in a Sports Council test just before the Games . |
| 26 | The maximum fine in a Magistrates ' Court for breaches of ss 2 to 6 of the Act and of other sections relating to breaches of improvement notices , and prohibition notices or court remedy orders , has risen to £20,000 and all other breaches of the Act or subordinate Regulations and other relevant legislation now incur a maximum fine of £5,000 ( previously £2,000 ) . |
| 27 | Several thousand gun-carrying Afrikaner farmers gathered to listen to Mr Viljoen last week in a sports stadium in Potchefstroom ; they called for war if militant blacks did not stop killing white farmers . |
| 28 | The committal — this is a preliminary hearing in a magistrates ' court and little information usually emerges at this stage . |
| 29 | I am writing as the senior partner in a solicitors ' practice , employing over 20 people , in reply to some of the comments spreading gloom and despondency about the Labour Party 's proposals in the areas of taxation , economic growth and training . |