Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose from solid woods and a range of finishes . |
| 2 | Don 's neglect your nails , take the Elegant Touch Travel Manicure Kit ( £9.95 ) , it contains eight products and a guide to achieving three different manicure effects |
| 3 | We have only their failed policies and an enterprise zone in Inverclyde . |
| 4 | By the same token , any discourse which seems to offer a synthesis between professional values and a sense of national character and moral worthiness , while also overlooking inhumane specialist tendencies and threats of moral ambiguity , is treated favourably in the Review . |
| 5 | It has reconstituted for six months to come up with specific proposals and a plan . |
| 6 | The uniformed cops and a couple of detectives were watching their superiors slug it out . |
| 7 | distinctions should be drawn between sole practitioners working on their own at home and those with assistant solicitors and a number of branch offices ; |
| 8 | Then on the second piece arrange the pattern so that you get four complete repeats and a half-pattern at the left , that is the N1 cam goes between needles 6 and 7 on the right of the machine ( Fig 5 ) . |
| 9 | If you put the N1 cam in the centre of the machine , you will get four complete repeats and a quarter repeat at each edge ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 10 | However , on the first piece of knitting you could position the N1 cam to give you four complete repeats and a half-repeat at the right of the knitting , that is put the Na cam between needles 6 and 7 on the left of centre ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 11 | Despite the claims of its opponents that SWAPO was motivated by ideological extremism , the pragmatism it showed on coming to power , exemplified by the inclusion of non-SWAPO members in the government ( notably the white Finance Minister , Otto Herrigel ) was reflected in cautious economic policies and a policy of national reconciliation . |
| 12 | This really is the holiday of a lifetime — the excitement of California 's most famous , fabulous cities and a week — or two — of relaxation on some of the most wonderful beaches in the world . |
| 13 | After winning orders on April 19 to launch three further INTELSAT communications satellites between 1992 and 1994 ( with an option to launch four new generation Intelsat VII satellites ) , Arianespace ( the ESA launch company ) commanded more than half of the international commercial launch market , with 71 outstanding contracts and a backlog of 35 satellites ( worth an estimated total of $2,350 million ) still to launch . |
| 14 | It requires the right adaptors and a CD-ROM . |
| 15 | These included a multiparty system , the resignation of the provincial LC leadership , equal rights for Kosovar Albanians , the release of political prisoners and an end to political trials , and the lifting of the state of emergency in the province ( imposed during the last serious disturbances in Kosovo in February-March 1989 — see pp. 36470 ; 36514-15 ) . |
| 16 | Shareholder dues remain at £350,000 , which includes membership of one of the councils — £10,000 to others — participation in all working groups and a royalty waiver for using the X/Open brand . |
| 17 | Further afield are the Malvern and Clee Hills , Wenlock Edge with numerous paths and trails and the Wrekin , a famous local landmark with panoramic views and an Iron Age Fort . |
| 18 | He returns with two wives , eleven sons and a daughter , male and female slaves , and large flocks and herds of sheep and goats , camels , cattle and asses ( and Laban 's household gods ! ) . |
| 19 | Renton also discussed the situation with Lord Whitelaw , the deputy leader of the party , who was one of its most widely respected elder statesmen and a person renowned for the loyalty he had shown to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 20 | Members of Sedgefield District Council unanimously rejected plans for 25 executive houses and a nature park at the Agnew Plantation , Newton Aycliffe , after planning officers said the development would seriously damage a green belt and wildlife area . |
| 21 | The 18-year-old from North Shields beat off eight opponents and a tendon injury to take the lead after the opening compulsory figures . |
| 22 | The Wordsworthian attitude of reverence for mountains had not yet appeared , and Wordsworth 's two early poems , Descriptive Sketches and An Evening Walk , mainly purvey established eighteenth-century taste . |
| 23 | A pale oval face with wide hazel eyes and a halo of shoulder-length auburn hair , as bright as burnished copper , stared back serious and unblinking . |
| 24 | A natural pre-school reader , he attended dame and junior schools and a chapel , but was otherwise cloistered until , in 1866 , aged nine , he was thrown on the streets following his aunt 's death . |
| 25 | A local political organisation needs specific goals and a strategy . |
| 26 | A busy , scruffy little village with good facilities , pleasant restaurants and a cargo pier . |
| 27 | Floating exchange rates have the added advantage that responsibility for the burden of adjustment does not have to be assigned to particular countries : with floating , the exchange rate mechanism itself should lead to an appreciation of strong currencies and a depreciation of weak currencies . |
| 28 | These essentially consisted of using multiple regression techniques to test the ‘ relationship ’ between local political outputs and a number of external input variables : a likely looking set of independent variables would be tested against expenditure levels to see if any of the relationships were statistically significant . |
| 29 | Provincial 's board now receives a monthly 20-page package incorporating the key financials , economic indicators and a branch activity report but also market intelligence from each of the 20 branch managers , ‘ saying what the local market is doing and suggesting any good business to be done . |
| 30 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |