Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She loves gym workouts , swimming and playing netball — she is a leading light in a local women 's team . |
| 2 | It has also taken full control of its Spanish pharmaceuticals business , ICI-Farma , announced a £150million investment in a Taiwanese chemicals plant making the raw material for polyester fibre and trimmed its UK fertiliser business . |
| 3 | The defendant in a personal injuries action is likely to be represented by an insurance company , which takes complete control of and financial responsibility for the claim . |
| 4 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
| 5 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 6 | Butcher , who has been scouting for Sheffield Wednesday , turned out for their reserve side in a 2–1 Pontins League victory over Rotherham . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll bring you some tea in a few minutes , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Such individuals may wait many weeks on remand in a prison hospital wing , sometimes even in a cell in a local police station , before they are assessed by the local service . |
| 9 | Soak break in a few tablespoons of water with the vinegar and garlic for 10 minutes . |
| 10 | This chapter contains an overview of the present state of play , and considers the basic requirements for practice in a conventional solicitors ' partnership . |
| 11 | Both of the Deanses have been charged with fraud in a continuing police investigation into the affairs of the club . |
| 12 | I will give her a ring in a few minutes , but suspect I suspect that you and daddy have to have a bath together . |
| 13 | She answered an advert in a lonely hearts column and started an affair with this man who had stated in the ad that he was a good looking 43-year-old bachelor , comfortably off , with car . |
| 14 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 15 | I 'll find it a billet in a few days . ’ |
| 16 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 17 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |
| 18 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 19 | ‘ I had already established my own gallery in an old ironmongers in Porthmadog , after realising that there was a market for prints of original paintings . |
| 20 | Joyce 's family is numbered with the grains of sand in a thousand egg-timers . |
| 21 | Hardly anyone over 40 does , though they will have absorbed its influence in a hundred ways , from the design of their daily paper to the styling of the latest television lager ad and the clothes and music their children consume . |
| 22 | No one can be quite I happy in an ill-planned house any more than in ill-fitting clothes , and although the ‘ cut' ’ and ‘ ‘ style , ’ are much , they count for nothing in a garment which pinches and annoys the wearer in a hundred ways … |
| 23 | Nield , from Cheshire , joined up as a boy in a junior leaders battalion before passing out into the Royal Engineers . |
| 24 | The sergeant 's parting shot was , ‘ I suppose you 'll be in the desert in a few weeks ’ time disguised as a Bedouin . ’ |
| 25 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 26 | I vote that this a good point other activities for the County Council in a few years that you that you will find er people anxious to support , thank you gentlemen |
| 27 | Social work in a social services setting |
| 28 | HANS Wagenknecht , 24 , is a physics student from Germany who will be looking for work in a few years . |
| 29 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 30 | ‘ If you had to sum up our philosophy in a few words , it would be : ‘ Do as you would be done by ’ , ’ says Margaret . |