Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the ethos of the system and the reality of democratic centralism lend to its political machinations a different flavour and bias from that found in any system plausibly termed pluralistic . |
| 2 | At different periods for political reasons a local deity might be raised to become a state god , a position which could be temporary or permanent . |
| 3 | Somebody calculated that if the surface of the earth was covered with a layer of protein molecules a metre thick , right over the whole surface of the earth erm each one , each protein different from every other one , and let us suppose furthermore that each of these proteins had been changing once as second , uniquely , into some different kind ever since the formation of the earth , we would still have tried out only quite a small fraction of the available possible proteins a hundred amino acids long . |
| 4 | And it gives those of us with a history of less stable relationships a certain amount of hope for the future ! |
| 5 | Japan has not found the fluctuations of the yen against the dollar and European currencies a serious barrier to its ability to increase exports . |
| 6 | THE ‘ Grim Reaper ’ of ice hockey explained the role he has at Wembley Arena today : ‘ I go out and do a job on anyone who is giving our top scorers a hard time . ’ |
| 7 | In the 1940s there was an agent in Madeira for recruiting emigrants , and he gave would-be emigrants a medical examination and enquired into their marital status , number of children , qualifications and so on . |
| 8 | The Council , for historical reasons an influential force in German politics , would like to see the Soviet Jews welcomed in Germany . |
| 9 | The broking scandals came at a time when the Japanese government was already under pressure , both at home and abroad , to improve the supervision of its financial markets , to make insider trading illegal , and simultaneously to allow foreign institutions a greater degree of involvement in the domestic securities markets . |
| 10 | The convention , so familiar in the Victorian novel , that ancient things themselves have histories to relate , allows to long-inhabited places and well-used objects an individual being of their own . |
| 11 | Most items produced in Europe paid practically no English duty if they were to be re-exported to the colonies , but a few , including iron and steel , were taxed at a rate which made continental products very expensive and thus gave English manufacturers a clear field in the colonial market . |
| 12 | There are twenty possible kinds of amino acid , so the number of different proteins a hundred amino acids long is twenty raised to the power of a hundred . |
| 13 | The very circumstance , however , which made the public schools a perfect vehicle for propaganda — their isolation , through the boarding system , from the outside world and the idiosyncratic influence of families — ensured that Dr Arnold , in his crusade for the personal salvation of his charges , could enjoy no more than a limited success . |
| 14 | And , with luck , not long after that we will have in our very own editorial offices an electronic excuse for the mistakes that occasionally slide into these pages . |
| 15 | At threshold concentrations a second phase caused by ADP release from the platelets is seen and at high concentrations a single phase with irreversible aggregation is observed ( Hardisty et al , 1970 ) . |
| 16 | They are often hung between trees or old posts a long way apart , and they are extremely difficult to see . |
| 17 | It provided that in civil or commercial matters a judicial authority of a Contracting State might , in conformity with the provisions of its legislation , communicate by letter rogatory with the competent authority of another Contracting State in order to request that the latter should , within its jurisdiction , effect either an examination ( un acte d'instruction ) or other judicial acts ( actes judiciaires ) . |
| 18 | Close to a rocky outcrop were discovered the remains of two bronze statues covered in marine concretions a draped figure 170cm high with no base and only half its head preserved and a bust with a badly corroded head . |
| 19 | That abolishes Wages Councils but denies the lowest paid British workers a minimum rate of pay which the other eleven member states provide . |
| 20 | Without bruising the town 's unique flavour , Stein has found its old buildings a creative role in a modern world . |
| 21 | Francis Mulhern has argued that Scrutiny developed and propagated for the profession of English studies an ideological framework suited to the maintenance of a talent-governed career structure which eventually came to dominate the profession as a whole . |
| 22 | In the British Isles a fine example of a tombolo is provided by Chesil Beach , a 30 km long ( 18 miles ) ridge connecting the Isle of Portland to the mainland ( Fig. 8.28 ) . |
| 23 | A logistic regression model showed that in 3–11 month old infants a respiratory rate >=70/min,; grunting , and retractions were the best independent clinical signs for the prediction of hypoxaemia . |
| 24 | CGI Corp , US subsidiary of the Faris company , will present a resolution at Computer Horizons ' May 5 annual shareholders ' meeting to ‘ modify or terminate ’ Computer Horizons ' shareholder rights plan and the golden parachutes in place to give the top officers a handsome pay-off should the company be acquired . |
| 25 | We will not consider this in detail , but should note that for foreign learners a typical situation — regrettably , an almost inevitable one — is that they learn a style of pronunciation which could be described as careful and formal . |
| 26 | However , for exemplars of the less risky junctions a negative correlation was observed . |
| 27 | ( b ) Express terms negative implied terms An express term in a lease generally excludes the possibility of the implication of a term dealing with the same subject matter as the implied term . |
| 28 | It is a very clever performance — what they call in theatrical circles a beautiful performance . |
| 29 | As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate . |
| 30 | VIRGIN Atlantic 's chief , Richard Branson , yesterday gave British Airways a 24-hour deadline to settle their ‘ dirty tricks ’ row . |