Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These procedures will need to tailored to each specific sale but a common theme will be a guideline for the submission date for indicative offers rather than a deadline . |
| 2 | Until the second half of the century even the greatest powers still occasionally made use of multi-member embassies and there was still some surviving feeling that a ruler was particularly honoured by receiving a group of ambassadors rather than an individual . |
| 3 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 4 | It 's also rather annoying if you 're on your own , a bit like watching someone eating a three-course meal when you have some dry toast and a pickled onion . |
| 5 | He was answered by another loud sob and a gesture towards the untidy parcel which she had brought in . |
| 6 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 7 | Coming up later some tall ships and a tall story . |
| 8 | The most enduring band of their time now seem like a memory bound up in a few classic singles and a reputation for ‘ nuttiness ’ . |
| 9 | There were several chests and one great press , and on the tables were laid out some unfinished drawings and a litter of instruments . |
| 10 | The next day , some well-planted flowers and a nippy little spider that jumped quite considerable chasms to get to where it wanted to go showed me that juice was still to be had for Life and , quite soon after , I found bits of myself on a train looking out at the curious modern mixture of silver birch trees growing on slag heaps . |
| 11 | There was a preponderance of ‘ what you can get away with marketing ’ as evidence by a mediocre quality standard , relatively few strong brands and a relaxed rate of innovation . ’ |
| 12 | In America , Socata has created an image for its birds with some slick marketing and a sustained sales effort . |
| 13 | Consultant Adrian Bianchi , of the Royal Manchester Children 's Hospital , and another British doctor and a nurse have flown to Pittsburgh to discuss Laura 's after-care . |
| 14 | Indeed , after July there are very few weed-free areas and a good knowledge of the loch is required to find suitable areas to fish . |
| 15 | Take along some favourite toys or a book so that your child has something to play with in the waiting room . |
| 16 | See some different characteristics and a supersonic and so that then , so the elevator and control services because at supersonic speeds , if you moved at the same distance , at six hundred mile an hour the elevator went like that , so that sort of |
| 17 | Indeed , one may imagine that in their private lives these same authors may well feel that the visit of the in-laws or attendance at some social function or a distant relative , two of the few reminders of the once overwhelming burden of personal social relations , are curbs upon their own ‘ freedom ’ . |
| 18 | Otley wore his army-surplus gear and Elinor some natty breeks and a frilly blouse like Diana used to wear when she was Shy Di . |
| 19 | Occasionally I heard ‘ el gringo ’ , followed by some mumbled comment and a laugh . |
| 20 | I think that it is within the knowledge of some hon. Members that a tragic explosion has taken place in the dock at Grangemouth . |
| 21 | It may alternatively take the form of withholding or threatening to withhold the performance of some public duty or the rendering of some public service unless a payment is made which is not lawfully due or is greater than that which is lawfully due , as was the position in the colore officii cases . |
| 22 | The most vociferous hecklers were a pneumatic drill at some nearby roadworks and a passing car . |
| 23 | There was a tank , some racing cars and a wee motor boat at the front and a big orange plastic tractor with a trailer at the back . |
| 24 | I PULLED in to a diner about five miles short of Waldron and took aboard some fried ham and a couple of eggs sunny side up . |
| 25 | Helen , for a moment , came into her own ; she pointed out salient features , found some medieval paving and a battered Norman font . |
| 26 | There was another mighty crash and a priest began walking through the congregation swinging a censer and laying his hand on the head of anyone who offered . |
| 27 | Kislev was already defended by the few remaining Kislevites and a large Dwarf army which had marched northwards once the fall of Praag became known in Karaz a Karak . |
| 28 | and it immediately dies down and then it 's okay , but there was this tremendous roar and a loud click and it went out . |
| 29 | A distinguished backing band , including Dave Edmunds and Presley 's one-time guitarist , James Burton , knocked out a few appropriate standards while a video crew wandered about on the stage shining lights at an audience that had not paid to be treated as studio extras . |
| 30 | It is within this overall objective that a targeted procurement policy should be seen , as part of a comprehensive regional policy to stimulate local industrial investment . |