Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [conj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their presence , either in medieval England or aboard a space rocket , situated them ideally as narrators ; to offer explanations of everything from the Battle of Hastings to nuclear propulsion . |
| 2 | The signing ceremony , fixed for 28 August , had to be postponed until 2 September because of a typhoon . |
| 3 | The context is different , especially for an exporter of manufactures like Britain , but there 's a basic common question which arises at the root of the problems of erm technology choice in Africa , in Asia , Latin America and in a European country like Britain . |
| 4 | My office was subsequently informed by telephone on 10 May and by a letter dated 13 May from the deputy manager of the unemployment benefit office that Mr. Docherty 's case had been allowed by the adjudication officer , and that he was therefore entitled to arrears of benefit . |
| 5 | She was admitted to hospital on 21 January because of a productive cough and mild dyspnoea which had appeared four days earlier . |
| 6 | Casein was used as a glue in ancient Egypt and as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters . |
| 7 | Sturdy Lancastrian independence produced some unexpected lines of questioning , frequently as hostile to a tired-looking Kinnock as to a hopeful-looking Major . |
| 8 | Hence in cells such as HeLa cells which contain the cervical protein , the octamer motif acts as a positive element both in the context of the HPV-16 URR and in a heterologous promoter , resulting in a higher level of gene expression when it is functional . |
| 9 | There 's a war , the Germans are trying to kill every Jew in the world and you are going to hang one Masai because of a misunderstanding . ’ |
| 10 | Roland 's stag night was planned the same Saturday but after a week the best man realized that he was going to be skiing then ! oops . |
| 11 | The strike began on the morning of Wednesday 15 May and within a week was bringing Ulster close to a standstill . |
| 12 | After a few days of premonitory seismic activity , the eruption started on 15 January and for a few days well-developed Vulcanian activity continued , with frequent explosions and a great eruption cloud reaching up to 10,000 metres . |
| 13 | The 33-year-old 's personal life floundered after his US Masters triumph last April but as a professional golfer , he was second only to Nick Faldo . |