Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see the novelist at the stem rail of a cross-Channel ferry , throwing bits of gristle from his sandwich to the hovering gulls . |
| 2 | Oddly shaped tanks may not hold as much water as you may think , which is important when you consider that the stocking level for a mixed fish/invest system is 1″ of fish per six gallons of water . |
| 3 | Mix the oil , soy sauce , ginger and five spice powder in a shallow dish . |
| 4 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 5 | McKinlay won the British Girls ' Championship as a 16 year-old in 1989 , and Moodie , 17 , claimed the British Under-18 , Scottish Under-21 and the Wilson PGA Junior Stroke Play titles in a glorious August last year . |
| 6 | The Company shall not pay the purchase money to a Defaulting Member until he shall in respect of the shares being the subject of the Compulsory Sale Notice have delivered his share certificates or a suitable indemnity and the necessary transfers to the Company . |
| 7 | Rather ignominiously , it was used as part payment of a bad debt to a coachbuilder , Robert Jeffrey of Grays Inn Road , with whom it remained neglected and almost forgotten until purchased by Madame Tussaud in 1842 for the princely sum of £52 . |
| 8 | This is a practical knitting course with a minimal amount of theory . |
| 9 | Also , in May this year , British Rail submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval route proposals for a high-speed link from the channel tunnel to central London and a comparative analysis of other routes . |
| 10 | Then I saw a gaggle of youths arriving with guitar cases for a recording session , and I changed my mind . |
| 11 | For a social worker negotiating admission to a residential home for a dementia sufferer , it is particularly important to work out a contract , using a relative or friend if necessary to sign the contract and become the advocate on behalf of the client . |
| 12 | If you want to transform your quick and easy daytime look into a bold , creative effect for evening , then you need new Finesse Spritz . |
| 13 | And it 's got ten funtime activities like a spinning teddy , clicking dog and musical wheel to help an older baby 's eye to hand co-ordination . |
| 14 | It consists mostly of plain four-storey brick warehouses with a few more ornate buildings among them . |
| 15 | ‘ We have contingency plans for a major incident like this but when it happens it is very difficult to cope . |
| 16 | Even so , Tory MPs have been put on standby for a three-line whip on Thursday seen by some as contingency plans for a possible defeat tomorrow . |
| 17 | Earlier this year , she had pushed through a bumper privatisation bill and won the IMF 's support for Poland 's reforms by keeping this year 's budget deficit to a reasonable 5% of GDP . |
| 18 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 19 | Area Child Protection Committees ( ACPCs ) , based upon the boundaries of local authorities , are intended to provide a forum for developing , monitoring and reviewing child protection policies in a particular locality . |
| 20 | Clearly USL will argue that CSRG staff gave themselves permission to commercialise the system and will doubtless note a violation of the university 's established code of ethics which requires university personnel with a financial interest in a university decision to disqualify themselves . |
| 21 | Pinch the edge of the shorts with two cocktail sticks for a gathered elastic effect . |
| 22 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 23 | We have already quoted part of the letter to Rohde , written in December , which gives the best testimony to Nietzsche 's state of mind : " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years … |
| 24 | THOSE of you who saw the last of the recent Antiques roadshows from Rochdale will recall seeing a tinplate toy of a vintage open car with the driver holding a horn to his lips . |
| 25 | In addition to , I shall arrange for a review to be undertaken of all discretionary life sentence cases with a first formal review date of January 1988 or later . |
| 26 | B Ltd would then pay up a dividend outside a group income election as a franked payment to A Ltd . |
| 27 | Biarritz fullback Serge Blanco scythes a path through the Toulon defence during a faultless display in his first and last Championship final . |
| 28 | An insider at Zenith noted that the company ‘ is really a sitting duck target , with highly visible personal computer products in a relentless price war , which is also an acquired division with a different brand name that is not French . ’ |
| 29 | Thus the Bengali perceptions of the west in the 19th century — studied from the view-point of contact between dissimilar cultures and the attitudes characteristic of elite groups in a colonial society — has a relevance to the analysis of much wider issues . |
| 30 | NEWTOWNARDS dairy company Pritchitt Foods has offered a helping hand to refugees in the former Yugoslavia by donating milk powder to a Bosnian relief mission . |