Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our easy to follow , month-by-month guide to rose care will help you ensure healthy and spectacular blooms each and every year . |
| 2 | And if you think about it , that 's more than 11 hours each and every weekday . |
| 3 | In December 1987 two stray Rough Collies , a bitch of about 15 months old and a dog of about 18 months , were picked up and taken to a police station near Oxford . |
| 4 | BT was five-times oversubscribed and the premium on the part-paid issue price at the end of the first day 's trading was 43p . |
| 5 | Simultaneously his ears unblocked and the world again became audible . |
| 6 | This opens up the possibility of negotiations between the Commission and the parties concerned and the Commission has shown itself willing to resolve cases on the basis of undertakings in [ two ] of the [ five ] proceedings it has brought to date . |
| 7 | There is a variety of task analysis methods available and the selection of an appropriate set varies with the kind of work ( as represented by these cells ) and also with the purposes of the analysis . |
| 8 | You know they sleep with both eyes open and a rifle under the pillow-not to mention the fact that it 's still lambing season and most of them will be up all night ! |
| 9 | She went rigid , her eyes wide and the blood sucked out of her face . |
| 10 | With Convex already under its belt , Dolphin is now understood to be courting Data General Corp , and already selling SCI simulation systems and high level design language implementations to the likes of Apple Computers Inc and the Centre for Research into Nucleonics , Geneva , Switzerland . |
| 11 | In her mind , she saw her mother , not dead but full of life with her eyes bright and a smile on her lips . |
| 12 | By comparison , a sheepdog has been recorded barking for seven hours non-stop and a cocker spaniel is capable of cramming over 900 yelps into a ten-minute period . |
| 13 | Erm , what happens of course , is th that the lecture is brilliantly delivered , er , but , but , what happens is he , the chauffeur finishes two minutes early and the chairman , being excellent as a Chairperson , actually says , we have time for just one question , and er , someone stands up and asks the most dreadful question from the audience , and er , the chauffeur listens to the question , thinks , and th then says , that 's questions very easy , very easy indeed , that question is so easy , I 'm going to ask my chauffeur who is sitting at the back of the room |
| 14 | A hyaena 's nasal membranes have a surface area fifty times bigger and the richness of the information they can gather is so great and varied that it is difficult for us to appreciate it . |
| 15 | But today , fortified by her experiences , feeling six feet high and a tower of strength , Miss Fogerty led the entire school into morning assembly and faced a host of questioning eyes with unaccustomed composure and authority . |
| 16 | It is 157 feet high and the amphitheatre from wall to wall is 620 by 513 feet , the largest in existence . |
| 17 | Three of the grey slabs stand more than fifteen feet high and the setting is superb . |
| 18 | He is the biggest of all seals , growing up to 14 feet long and a weight of two and a half tonnes . |
| 19 | The viaduct is over 1,000 feet long and the crossing stands more than 100 feet above the river , with 12 arches of 60-foot span . |
| 20 | The line 's about seventy feet long and the lead plumb has to be this size — over a pound . |
| 21 | In any particular case , what steps a prudent creditor should take will depend upon the circumstances existing and the state of knowledge in the creditor . |
| 22 | The news was predominantly heartening , as it became plain that investigation of endothelin action is entering a new phase with characterization of the receptors concerned and the advent of selective , potent and orally active receptor antagonists . |
| 23 | Dexter shook his long limbs loose and a frown of puzzlement bunched his forehead . |
| 24 | As then Chairman of Bell Line Steamers Ltd and a Director of the Bank of Scotland , he brought to the Board his wide experience of the business and commercial world . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the reforms which had been implemented up to 1990 did not emerge from discussions between the communities concerned and the government but have been imposed from above . |
| 26 | I tried to look sympathetic but that only made matters worse and the fellow waved his fingers in the air as a sign for us to go and , turning his back , resumed his prayers . |
| 27 | In silence , Adam lifted her into his arms and carried her ( five feet nine and no lightweight ) on to the bed . |
| 28 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 29 | Because Kate also knows that if this had happened she would have returned from the Common an hour or so later to find the carrots unchopped , the potatoes unpeeled and the lamb burned . |
| 30 | The central space or nave was 280 feet long and 80 feet wide and the roof was supported on 96 granite columns . |