Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a close-up of the animals a split screen enables buyers to see still see the animals and relevant details including the current bid in the upper half and auction room with brokers delivering telephoned bids in the lower . |
| 2 | Can you see the kinds of books a particular publisher tends to market ? |
| 3 | Jump to location A The skip technique may be extended in several ways : ( a ) On several computers a subsidiary field specifies the direction and length of the skip with respect to the current instruction . |
| 4 | In other words a serious crime amounts to anything from murder to obstruction of the highway , the latter being committed where large numbers of people gather to march and demonstrate . |
| 5 | Between the valves a springy ligament keeps the valves in a gaping attitudes — the position used for feeding . |
| 6 | In spite of the fact that landscape evaluation techniques only date from the mid-1960s a voluminous literature has evolved . |
| 7 | With educational broadcasts a fixed format has the advantage that teachers and students come to know what to expect . |
| 8 | Most of these techniques have been described in psychological terms and are particularly useful in explaining the errors a new student makes in using the language . |
| 9 | From a stile in the top corner of the enclosure containing the boulders a short climb brings the summit ridge of Norber underfoot and a glorious view over Clapham Bottoms to Ingleborough , from the highest of many cairns at 1320 feet . |
| 10 | So for long periods a deep soil gathers at the foot of most slopes . |
| 11 | Because ordinary people are more familiar with these kinds of common-sense perspectives in their everyday lives a sociological approach does not come easily to them . |
| 12 | It seems reasonable to conclude that the situation described by economists as a " backward-sloping supply curve for labour " , meaning that contrary to expectations a higher price produces a decrease in labour offered , was less generally true in the mid eighteenth century than it had been earlier . |
| 13 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 14 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 15 | For several years a strong link has been reported between food sensitivity and overpopulation with a yeast , Candida albicans . |
| 16 | In the last few years a powerful controversy has arisen over whether the dinosaurs as a whole were cold-blooded , like all living reptiles ( and there is no doubt that dinosaurs were reptiles ) , or warm-blooded , resembling mammals in this respect . |
| 17 | In recent years a critical consensus has gradually been forming as to the nature of postmodernism . |
| 18 | The cattle were either ‘ walked ’ down to the marshes direct from market or were brought to the nearest point by train : today they are transported by motor-lorries , and in recent years a rough road has been built right across the marshes to enable lorries to have direct access . |
| 19 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 20 | However , the cost of repairs , lack of heirs and financial or family problems inevitably mean that every two or three years a great house faces sale and break-up . |
| 21 | Over the years a niggling rivalry has been much in evidence between the two clubs , although Whaddon have progressed to a much higher standard of football . |
| 22 | To further the development of new weapons a special school has been established in Altdorf known as the Imperial School of Engineers . |
| 23 | As with other partnership programmes a small team has been assembled to oversee the Teacher Placement Service in Mid Glamorgan . |
| 24 | Big family too and we all know what inroads a big family makes . |
| 25 | In some cases a Stipendiary Magistrate sits . |
| 26 | Public and press interest in restoration is certainly at a high point at present but in many cases a little knowledge seems to be a dangerous thing . |
| 27 | In many cases a natural spray does not seem nearly as attractive when it is presented in two dimensions as it does when seen growing naturally in the wild , when of course it is viewed in three dimensions . |
| 28 | In some cases a single aerial serves a block of flats or a valley area where off-air reception is poor . |
| 29 | With Clearblue One Step , in just three minutes a blue line appears in the small window to show you the test 's complete . |
| 30 | The political moment — that period when moral attitudes are transformed into formally political action — can be of key importance in nuancing the regulation of sexuality , and at crucial times a moral schema has been of prime significance in political propaganda . |