Example sentences of "[adj] and a [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 170mm unit is used in the 415 and a 200mm in the 425 . |
| 2 | In Britain , the first census of modern times was begun in 1801 and a series of government reports resulted in various inquiries into the state of the nation . |
| 3 | I simply went and fetched a squeezer of magi-blue and a pair of my socks , in a pleasing electric blue . |
| 4 | The wind-chill factor was obvious , but the wind-skill factor was non-existent and a series of nasty vendettas sprung up all over the pitch . |
| 5 | Baker had talks in Jeddah on Nov. 5 with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour on Nov. 3-7 , followed by a visit to Moscow on Nov. 8 and a series of meetings in European capitals . |
| 6 | But the problem continued to get worse and a series of surveys in the 1950s , 1960s and 1970s established the main characteristics of these single , homeless people . |
| 7 | Or , a pair of eights , a nine and a pair of aces . |
| 8 | ‘ Leave me alone ! ’ she screamed when her efforts to evade him proved useless and a pair of iron hands fastened on her arms . |
| 9 | Indeed , according to Louis Lomax , there had occurred ‘ The Negro Revolt ’ , meaning that there had been a gradual but discernible rejection of the notion of blacks as inferior and a series of social movements orchestrated to sound this ( 1963 ) . |
| 10 | Discussions in the Conferences , particularly that on Political Union , were difficult and a series of uneasy compromises in particular fields was struck at Maastricht , some of which have won few supporters . |
| 11 | Nines and a pair of fours |
| 12 | Fifteen two fifteen four and a pair of six . |
| 13 | Today we operate as AEA Technology , a fully commercial business with a turnover of £400 million and a staff of 8000 . |
| 14 | After missing an earlier deadline of December 1990 and a series of other target dates for completing the round , negotiators were trying to meet GATT Secretary-General Arthur Dunkel 's new target of April [ see p. 38746 ] . |