Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] an [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , China has become a close ally and the main arms supplier to Burma , which is already under an arms embargo by the European Community and the United States . |
| 2 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 3 | One underlying issue , however , troubles me , Throughout there is the implication that to partake wittingly in an arms race is a perversion of science — as the conclusions say , ‘ the role of scientists in the arms race is of crucial importance . |
| 4 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 5 | The third person was an 81-year old widow , again with an OBS score of eight , living alone in her own house . |