Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transfer arrangements for Holly and Demyonov had been basically a Foreign and Commonwealth matter , and rightly so . |
| 2 | Business-to-Business Marketing — an intensive five-day course designed specifically for marketers in organisations which sell not to consumers but to other firms , government bodies and not-for-profit organisations , where the buyer is generally a professional and purchasing is frequently a group decision . |
| 3 | Margi 's stage persona is still a larger than life version of the Kirkby girl and strikes obvious chords with some of her audience . |
| 4 | He accepts he 's now more a mess-clearer than Messiah , saying : ‘ Clubs only call me in when they 're in a desperate situation . ’ |
| 5 | There was also a reasonable and sound expectation that , on the basis of the initial computer support installation , many of the other problems identified by the FAOR team would eventually be addressed and solved . |
| 6 | She was also a safe and kind person to be with . |
| 7 | At temperatures above 374° C and pressures above 218 atmospheres , water becomes what is known as a supercritical fluid , with some of the characteristics of both a liquid and gas , and is able to dissolve almost anything . |
| 8 | It is more useful ( Johnson 1983 ) to adopt a non-partitional scheme ( fig. 10.1 ) that recognizes , for instance , food poisoning as both a personal and consumer hazard , or lead pollution ( e.g. from car exhausts ) as both a meteorological event and technological hazard ( both public and private ) . |
| 9 | The group hope to release both a live and studio album shortly . |
| 10 | Only women who are indigenous to the area wear masks , so she was a foreign Arab — probably a Sudanese or Somali . |
| 11 | At the same time , my sense of impunity is high — there are few police around and it would be easy to spot them if they were ; the risk in terms of the formal sanction ( probably a fine and endorsement ) are consequently low . |
| 12 | This was clearly a luxury and embarrassment to the Club , a situation resolved by the ever-accommodating Brewery . |
| 13 | A determined search finally yielded an old lady in the former Grand Hotel , now a residential and nursing home on the front . |
| 14 | Sometimes a fine and fluid mist filled the forest . |
| 15 | It is then a parabolic or U-dune . |
| 16 | This requires the completion of a substantial piece of work which can be of either a practical or research nature , prepared within a strict timetable and documented and presented to an appropriate professional standard . |
| 17 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 18 | ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ... |
| 19 | As already suggested , the social worker should ensure that the principal carer , be this a relative or neighbour , visits the residential Home prior to the admission , accompanying the elderly person if this is wanted . |