Example sentences of "[adj] a [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of this a full-time Keeper was appointed and in 1969 the University Grants Committee financed the Collection 's move to new premises as part of the refurbishment of the VanDyck Printers Building for the Drama Department . |
| 2 | To this a further £1425 was added from charities . |
| 3 | For this a common policy is required . |
| 4 | In 1885 a Scottish Secretary was appointed , and in the 1920s he was elevated to Secretary of State . |
| 5 | Consider the statement that " if the slightest thing goes wrong … if the focusing goes wrong a recognizable image is not formed " . |
| 6 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 7 | Last year over half a million sheep were exported from the UK for death in foreign abbatoirs and the numbers are set to increase . |
| 8 | The British Embassy made arrangements to evacuate the British colony and by April almost half a million Parisians were travelling to safety in the south of France . |
| 9 | Almost half a million meals were served last year , an increase of forty-seven per cent . |
| 10 | In the course of four decades almost half a million pounds were produced for the king by clerical taxation , and in fact its burden was all the more concentrated because of the absence of demands in the 1360s . |
| 11 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 12 | Half a million pounds was spent on Kington Connect … which links the town to the rest of Britain and abroad with the very latest computer technology . |
| 13 | Every year , half a million problems were tackled by Money Advice agreements . |
| 14 | The use of timber frame in house building quadrupled in the 1970s and nearly half a million houses were built by this method . |
| 15 | More than half a million people are treated for sexually transmitted diseases each year — and many more go untreated because they either do not recognise symptoms or are too embarrassed to go to their doctor . |
| 16 | During this period , it is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered in the communal violence that flooded the country . |
| 17 | The Prince of Wales yesterday called for £1m aid for the victims of Saddam Hussein 's regime in south eastern Iraq and warned that half a million people were at risk of genocide . |
| 18 | Yet less than half a million votes were cast to keep Cripps inside the Labour Party , far fewer than were cast three years earlier to accept the affiliation of the Communist Party . |
| 19 | In the worst year , 1961 , more than half a million dolphins were killed . |
| 20 | ‘ Half a million dollars is being spent to bring this fight to Sheffield , ’ declared the ambitious Hearn , whose last world title promotion — Michael Watson v Mike McCallum — fell through last month when Watson broke his nose while sparring . |
| 21 | And it 's half a blooming hour were n't it ? |
| 22 | Its nest , in which a clutch of half a dozen eggs is laid , is usually built up of twigs and grass on islets in large ponds or lakes . |
| 23 | They stopped for lunch at a wayside trattoria and were shown into a shady courtyard at the back , where half a dozen tables were set out under the trees . |
| 24 | Half a dozen others were sitting in desolate stillness , three with cancer — indicated by the colour of the labels they wore — three anxiously doing the accompanying . |
| 25 | Only half a dozen Britons are bona fide professionals and the Coopers are certain to cash in if the sport continues to boom . |
| 26 | The Collector and half a dozen Sikhs were still managing to hold the door into the drawing-room , but only just . |
| 27 | Half a dozen officers are investigating the case but police forces across the East Midlands are on standby . |
| 28 | Half a dozen officers are investigating the case but police forces across the East Midlands are on standby . |
| 29 | For instance , half a dozen A's are included much later because as Miller explained varieties of Aloe and Agave had only recently flowered in the Chelsea Garden for the first time and could not have appeared before . |
| 30 | Half a dozen lapwings are feeding on a potato field along with some sparrows and a party of twite , and I spot the white wing-flashes of a cock chaffinch among the black earth . |