Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A horse in a field needs shelter — may be trees all around the edge of the field and/or a wooden shelter . |
| 2 | ‘ Pay ’ within article 119 of the EEC Treaty did not include a statutory redundancy payment or a statutory payment under section 106 of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 3 | A new theoretical formulation or a new analogy can be immensely important in furthering knowledge ; certainly just as much as can finding out a new fact . |
| 4 | Erm they could have , to my way of thinking , have engaged in piecework or a reasonable incentive scheme , set with times and everything else , but er they did n't do that . |
| 5 | In your own minds , now , I want you to think of a famous building or a famous site or perhaps a famous street or avenue yes a a statue would be fine , erm or something that 's famous , like an animal perhaps , or a park erm or a zoo , although that might be a bit difficult . |
| 6 | The operators can , of they have a mind to question the systems ' automatic decisions , run through the status of the entire building or a single valve . |
| 7 | In addition to the audit of a single building or a whole portfolio of buildings there has also been an increase in demand for the ‘ space audit ’ , usually from office tenants . |
| 8 | A trip down memory lane or a sentimental reunion will give you great pleasure and allow you to say what 's in your heart without feeling self-conscious . |
| 9 | This overburden may be only a shallow layer of topsoil or a deep layer of modern building rubble , as is the case on some urban sites , and it may be removed by digging with hand tools or by using a mechanical excavator , depending on the site . |
| 10 | 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States . |
| 11 | A statement from the heart or a mere publicity stunt ? |
| 12 | Under the 1953 Act , it is an offence to carry a weapon in a public place unless you have permission or a good reason , and the onus is on the carrier to show that they have one or the other . |
| 13 | The sinking of the pound brought new fears of an interest rate rise or a humiliating devaluation . |
| 14 | Between these times it shows either a slight rise or a general plateau ( tests of Groups 1 , 2 and 6 ) or a slight decline after a peak at about noon ( Groups 3 , 5 and 7 ) . |
| 15 | The factors relevant to the giving of reasons by the Parole Board or a local review committee are not the same as those relevant to the Secretary of State 's giving reasons for not accepting the judicial view of the tariff . |
| 16 | A basin pillar tap is sealed to the basin surface with non-setting mastic or a supplied gasket and a plastic washer underneath |
| 17 | We believe that the diagnosis of hiatal hernia has been over exagerated and only manometric studies combined with precise endoscopic evaluation can say whether we are dealing with a true hiatal hernia or a small initial Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a question of some of the wiring not being routed in the correct way and in some cases this has caused a chafing or a short circuit , ’ said a Vauxhall spokesman yesterday . |
| 19 | Yes , erm , I had in mind that , is there a seconder to that ? my own view is that erm , and that goes for most of the way for dealing with the problem , but I think it would be appropriate for this committee to make it clear that erm , any extension of the maximum aggregate for the current financial year will be met by an appropriate reduction or a corresponding reduction in the expenditure for ninety four ninety five , erm and I 'm not certain that that 's absolutely clear to the public or indeed to all members of |
| 20 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 21 | Some sort of coven or a secret society , and I believe they are all party to it . |
| 22 | Peach , who often sat on the chestnut leaf table , marking it no more than if he had been a fluffy cushion or a nightdress-case cat , watched gravely from the basket in which he was wise enough to sit when at home on Sundays . |
| 23 | How do you inform parents that the overnight heavy snow storm or a broken boiler is going to unexpectedly close the school for the day ? |
| 24 | As Sun Tzu himself had said , the reason why an enlightened prince or a wise general triumphed over their enemies whenever they moved why their achievements surpassed those of ordinary men — was foreknowledge . |
| 25 | A rising or a falling tone is quite easy to identify , whether it falls on a single syllable or extends over more syllables in the case of a tonic syllable followed by a tail . |
| 26 | His perversity is plain and if the whole world demands he now signs a striker or a central defender to save his team from relegation , he will not . |
| 27 | The first analytic conception understands the state as a machine controlled by an external elite ( whether an elected political elite or a non-accountable business — social elite ) . |
| 28 | There may be a gain in the number of children at the school but this could well have happened through factors such as population change or a new housing development that are totally unconnected to the work on raising the school 's visibility and image . |
| 29 | Perhaps this show is reinforced by miming a stumble or a mindless struggle with the door on leaving yet again . |
| 30 | But it is more than science fiction or a mathematical trick . |