Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 2 | WINDY Loch Assynt lies a few miles from the coast , near the picturesque fishing village of Lochinver ; surrounded by a ridge of mountains eleven miles in length , none of which drop below 2,000 feet , crowned by Sutherland 's highest peak , mighty Ben More Assynt . |
| 3 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 4 | Yamaha has a new sports 600 — no word of a 900 — and Honda is bringing out an economy priced 500 twin . |
| 5 | The skins taunted the police with what had happened at the Brixton riots a few days previously . |
| 6 | Even the Ford , with only 145bhp at its disposal , manages to cover the same increment in 9.1 secs , while the Alfa posts a laudable 8.2secs . |
| 7 | ‘ Trevelyan has a thousand eyes , they say , ’ Ormond added . |
| 8 | The Alpina has a resident sports organiser . |
| 9 | JOHN CRIPPS has a few suggestions which you might not have thought of . |
| 10 | Oregon has a dozen bills pending that have to do with cutting down the number of pets . |
| 11 | The Island of Taiwan is situated several hundred miles off the Chinese mainland , west of Hong Kong ; Japan lies a few hours ’ plane ride north-west while the Philippines rest a similar distance southwards . |
| 12 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 13 | An unreported incident in which 20 army officer cadets were taken to hospital during the summer after canoeing in a lake at Leek , Staffordshire , has convinced the National Rivers Authority that Britain faces a serious algae problem . |
| 14 | Such excitements are rare ; The Hague has a few clubs and theatres and it will soon have its own ballet company , but for the most part the Hagenaars , as the residents are known , spend their evenings at home and retire at a respectable hour . |
| 15 | It is now the moose-hunting season — not a safe time to be creeping through the woods on a wild wolf chase , and so unless someone shoots her , Ylva has a few weeks grace . |
| 16 | there were n't many that sort , that felt the way I did , I mean I hated him , I really did and when he turned round and he said ooh Keith wants a few words I said to Elaine , look shit 's gon na be it , |
| 17 | To the northeast of the dip , the eastern ridge of the Butte de Saran provides a few slopes of almost full southern exposure . |
| 18 | In Barkham Street , once could be in London and Lincolnshire seems a hundred miles away . |
| 19 | The Mexico–Australia , Paraguay–USA , and Paraguay–France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples . |
| 20 | Paul runs a corporate communications company in Chipping Norton with top clients like British Rail on his books . |
| 21 | ‘ Louise has a future thanks to efforts such as Ian Botham 's to fund research . ’ |
| 22 | NOVELL FORMS A DEDICATED SYSTEMS BUSINESS UNIT |
| 23 | Fox appears a few years later at Churches Mill . |