Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shire difficulty became sheer impossibility after a months long battle to deselect David Abrahams , the previous candidate . |
| 2 | A search has been launched after a couples mysterious disappearance . |
| 3 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 4 | Alas , for Fergie and Johnny , enjoying a break together again after those fun days in Thailand , Bali , Indonesia and Argentina , the world was watching courtesy of a photographers all-powerful lens . |
| 5 | These " festivals " are actually more redolent of a between-the-wars country-house party , frequented by a well-disposed audience of theatrical folk , the likes of David Frost and Derek Jameson , BBC producers , investors and divas . |
| 6 | The depth of two bricks laid flat , with a flagstone on top , will give a riser height different to that of a 4″ thick walling block topped with the same flagstone . |
| 7 | ‘ We had a bit of a knees-up last night . |
| 8 | Scores of existing officers will be released for active duty by the creation of a police civil service . |
| 9 | You hitchhiking in my rucksack all the way up here without me knowing and then doing a perfect impression of a police loud hailer . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I am not thinking of a police scene-of-crime picture . |
| 11 | Morocco and the World Bank reached an agreement on Dec. 1 , 1988 , for the disbursement of a dollars 200,000,000 loan ( repayable over 20 years ) to help finance the country 's medium-term adjustment programme and enable Morocco to reduce import procedures and encourage exports . |
| 12 | Bull also said that it was committed to maintain binary-level compatibility with IBM systems , including the future multi-processors — which means the establishment of an Applications Binary Interface that both will follow . |
| 13 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |
| 14 | Complete dry dog foods are complete in that they contain all the nutrients essential for a dogs good health and are balanced in that these nutrients are in correct proportions to each other . |
| 15 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 16 | He was an East Ender , near as possible a Cockney , and , with his mother , shopped the markets of Walthamstow and Leytonstone insisting that chips with this and chips with that was a triumphant diet for a sports crazy kid . |
| 17 | As a NAMAS accredited laboratory we require two qualified analysts for site work with practical experience of air monitoring techniques and current regulations . |
| 18 | From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force , first as a general-duties medical officer in Bomber Command , then as a neuropsychiatry specialist , when he was much influenced by ( Sir ) Charles Symonds [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | Through a 24-hours every-day operation , about 150 tons of flint are processed each week . |
| 20 | A diskless model with a 17″ monochrome screen lists at £4,900 ( $4,995 ) £5,300 with 426Mb disk — or £6,500 with a 16″ colour screen and 426Mb disk . |
| 21 | A diskless model with a 17″ monochrome screen lists at £4,900 — $5,000 — £5,300 with 426Mb disk — or £6,500 with a 16″ colour screen and 426Mb disk . |
| 22 | However , a person with a Pounds 100 stake has a 110 to one chance of winning any prize . |
| 23 | It works with multiple databases and data structures under X-Motif and DECWindows , with a Windows 3 version promised for the future , and integrates with 3GL and 4GL applications as well as CQCS . |
| 24 | They will soon share a 6′ × 2′ × 2′ tank with a 10″ Black Shark , 12″ plec , 7″ Pangasius , and two Reed Fish . |
| 25 | However , this could halve the workforce and on one farm in Wales a young couple with a 10-months old child had a workload of 923 s.m.d. which demanded very full participation by the wife . |
| 26 | It 's available in a wide range of thicknesses , including a 3″ thick pond matting which can be chopped into cubes to make a filter media in its own right ; and a carbon impregnated version which will remove impurities . |
| 27 | The World Bank granted Algeria a total of dollars 341,000,000 in loans during its fiscal year ending June 30 , 1989 , including a dollars 63,000,000 loan for improvements to the ports of Algiers , Oran and Annaba was approved on June 29 ( see also pp. 36749 ; 36905 ) . |
| 28 | There was a ripe collection of April Fool items flying around the industry this year , with BICC Plc 's BICC Information Systems & Services promoting its underware , the first two items being BISS-SLIP for Synchronised Linked Internet Protocol and BISS-NICS Network Integrity Circuit Service , and Chase Research Inc of Nashville , Tennessee threatening to knock MS-DOS , Unix and NT off their perches with a resurrected CPM/93 version of the late lamented CP/M operating system — and comes on 300 8″ floppies , bundled with an 8″ floppy drive for $100 ; but the prize has to go for Hewlett-Packard Ltd , which yesterday announced new security features for its Vectra personal computers — User Fingerprint Recognition on all models , and both Photographic Recognition — a tiny camera in the middle of the screen that recognises you even when you come back with a tan , and Odour Recognition — designated users must not change their perfume or after shave — on 80486 models ; not recognised ? |
| 29 | Now all her hard work has been recognised by West Lothian Arts who have presented her with an Arts Individual Award . |
| 30 | As the pink mists began to clear , my world turned into an out-of-focus elongated distortion , seen through yellow cellophane . |