Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shares in Bennett & Fountain will hit a fresh low for this year on Monday after an out-of-hours announcement last night that ‘ the group has made a significant pre-tax loss for the year to 30 June ’ , due to difficulties in the retail division . |
| 2 | Can the Prime Minister say also whether he has encouraged discussion of the establishment in the new democracies of a payments union similar to that which played such an important part in western Europe 's recovery after the second world war ? |
| 3 | That is unfortunately a major part of a keepers job these days . |
| 4 | While there were enough differences between police tactics in separate areas to demonstrate that individual police officers retained some control over police operations , the strong overall impression was of a police force subject to central direction by senior chief constables and Home Office officials along lines determined by the Cabinet . |
| 5 | On Jan. 8 the Azapo-linked Azanian National Liberation Army ( AZANLA ) bombed the offices of a promotions company involved in the South African tour of the United States musician Paul Simon . |
| 6 | Bernard 's original idea was for a 24″ tank next to the fire , but our series made him think again . |
| 7 | Lothian and Borders Police should begin by calling for a weapons amnesty similar to that underway in Strathclyde . |
| 8 | Mr. Sheppard was hired as a contracts officer three months ago , but was told to go on leave after complaints about the selection process . |
| 9 | The group raised a thumping £560m through a rights issue last year and has shed more than 84,000 jobs worldwide in an effort to reduce its overheads . |
| 10 | The boy — dubbed Houdini — had escaped from a police cell last week . |
| 11 | Ernst & Young has offered to pay compensation to Sound Diffusion investors who took up shares in a rights issue seven months before the electrical equipment company collapsed . |
| 12 | Vinod Kambli ( aged 18 ) and Sachin Tendulkar ( 17 ) appear destined for full Test careers , although yesterday 's partnership of nought was 644 runs fewer than the one they shared in a schools game two years ago . |
| 13 | He was in top form , witty and debonair , and the party continued until the next day when Modigliani , still in a happy mood , became so rowdy that he had to be thrown out and locked in a police cell all night . |
| 14 | and th you know they came from an arts background fine you know |
| 15 | My father went to a police station that evening after work to report the threatening telephone call and the fact that his son was being threatened with extreme violence . |
| 16 | The costs are charged on an accruals basis similar to that used for pensions . |
| 17 | the argument of m the lesson of my project is , that without an accounts technician full time here |
| 18 | At an officers council two of the lads got up to sing a duet at a free and easy sing-song after the intensity of the day . |
| 19 | Pringle , 24 , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington , was shot by a police marksman three weeks ago after a 47-hour siege in which his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend Leanne Rees was taken hostage . |