Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have always spoken and used European languages a lot and my wife Annie is the same . |
| 2 | a hundred and fifty odd meals a day |
| 3 | Regional French dishes a speciality . |
| 4 | It was a wonderful combination of talents : Langan created the legendary ambience , Caine supplied the celebrity customers and Shepherd won critical acclaim for his unpretentious menu featuring black pudding with apples and bangers and mash — as well as his ability to sell up to 700 outstanding meals a day . |
| 5 | Cauterets claims to have a more plentiful supply of sulphurous waters than any other spa on earth , to the tune of a million and a half health-giving litres a day , and this is a claim you will not wish to dispute once you have pushed open the swing doors to the neo-Roman ‘ Baths of Caesar ’ and breathed in the warm and all too recognizably sulphur-laden air . |
| 6 | The shots on show at the Isabelle Bongard in celebration of the ‘ Mois de la Photo ’ are remarkable for their elusive light effects a testimony to Mercardier 's patience . |
| 7 | The glossy commercial features a killer whale … several seal lions and a voice-over by Angus Deayton , but some people are sceptical whether it 's the way to create the right impression |
| 8 | ‘ That fellow do have forty different diseases a day lately , ’ Phil said . |
| 9 | Repayment mortgages payable over 25 years can be extended to 30 or 35 years , earning you a few extra pounds a month because you will be paying less for longer . |
| 10 | Together their income is £44,000 , more than the Lippitt family and far more than the Belkin family , yet they will only pay a few extra pounds a week in combined tax under Labour . |
| 11 | Since the days of Henry III at least , kings had claimed from each newly elected bishop and from some monastic superiors a living or pension for a royal clerk . |
| 12 | There is a page set aside for each day which consists of the following : your daily diet sheet some key facts a weight and symptom chart . |
| 13 | They now both work about 35–40 chargeable hours a week , with Roland notching this up in five days and Alison four — ‘ Fridays are sacrosanct , ’ she says . |
| 14 | The best way is to start with a few vegetarian meals a week and gradually increase the number . |
| 15 | Can you spot the old Irish jigs a mile off ? |
| 16 | Following the imposition of rigorous communist policies a coup in December 1979 supported by the entry of about 80,000 Soviet troops installed a more moderate communist regime . |
| 17 | Incidentally , boat rental arrangements in this tour package are inclusive of a storm-damage waiver and a very thoughtful 100 free nautical miles a day . |
| 18 | ‘ The client 's offering 115 American dollars a day for the skipper , which makes the whole thing worth over ten thousand bucks to you . |
| 19 | In May of 1948 , the Zamzams crossed the Palestine border into Lebanon at Naqqoura — where the Palestinian writer Kalafani was to describe the misery of the refugees — and rented a house in Tyre for 12 Palestinian pounds a month . |
| 20 | Two and a half years ago the Home Office introduced the Caution scheme , encouraging police to use their discretion to give some young offenders a warning , rather than sending them to court . |
| 21 | Some tyre levers and allan keys were missing but by driving slowly back I ( or rather we , as I 'd offered some fellow tourists a lift back to town ; what with delays getting started , and then this to-do , I bet they wished they 'd never bothered , it would have been quicker to walk ! — and when we finally did set off again , I accidentally left one of them behind , running along the road behind us waving and shouting ! ) — we , as I say , found most of the missing items . |
| 22 | Where there are concurrent criminal proceedings a parent may seek an adjournment of the care proceedings until the criminal process is completed . |
| 23 | The issue of January 29 , 1972 offered readers a taster of the future in the shape of a small box proclaiming ‘ We 're Freaking Out At NME ’ and hinting arcanely at big changes afoot . |
| 24 | The reason : The provincial government paid Mount Providence , operated by Roman Catholic nuns , 75 Canadian cents a day each for the care of orphans — for mentally retarded children it paid 2.75 dollars . |
| 25 | These stories also serve to give to the part-time reserve police a self-respect which they feel is otherwise lacking from an organization which undervalues and marginalizes them . |
| 26 | The well tested at 69 million standard cubic feet a day — double the previous best from a fracced vertical well in the field and 10 times that achieved by a non-fracced vertical well . |
| 27 | It was hoped that the average 12,000 British visitors a month would swell to over 22,000 in the next few months . |
| 28 | Oh hours , it was er it was er six er six full days a week , seven in the morning to six at night that is . |
| 29 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is worth pointing out to young children that in 1950 it took a man on average industrial wages a week to earn enough to buy his Christmas turkey and that it now takes a person in a similar position just 90 minutes to do so ? |
| 30 | Tony Ruffell , chief executive of Nottinghamshire FHSA , told me that preliminary research in the county suggested that each general practitioner would encounter only a few such difficult decisions a year — perhaps five or six . |