Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But behind the make-up there still lies a razor sharp intellectual who has been quoted for the past several years as one of the top 100 lawyers in the US . |
| 2 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has received its first order from South Africa : the South African Weather Bureau in Pretoria wants a Cray Y-MP2E supercomputer . |
| 3 | Mr Singh , who heads a minority centrist government supported from the outside by both right and left factions , has spent three tortuous days compiling the core of his administration . |
| 4 | Veronique Marot , who won London in 1989 , heads a touch British team , which includes Andrea Wallace , who came seventh in Carpi in 2:31:36 , and Angie Hulley , the 1990 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and winner of this year 's UK Cross-Country trials . |
| 5 | yes he starts a brand new trial , he starts a new trial |
| 6 | As the B-1R is , after all , designed to be racked , it looks a bit daft sitting on top of the 4x10 , even if it does allow you to whack all the necessary connections together in about thirty seconds flat . |
| 7 | Looks a bit fucking crap like the rest of them but |
| 8 | Mm it all looks a bit weird upside down cos I ca n't see out of my no that 's fine . |
| 9 | THE Courtaulds Coatings site at Felling , UK , now has a Heartbeat healthy eating award to go with its sparkling new restaurant . |
| 10 | For instance , a black jacket has a midnight blue lining rather than black , while all tailored jackets have four inner pockets . |
| 11 | It also has a heavyweight dry back zip , and soft DAIWA neoprene wrist and neck seals . |
| 12 | Because it only has a 50% fat content , it 's ideal for light lunches , and its firm texture makes it easy to spread on crackers or chunks of crusty bread . |
| 13 | the notation which is the code for use in the index or catalogue and has a self evident order which helps in signalling the arrangement ; and |
| 14 | For if the house has a north facing yard , is three miles from the nearest shops and its ceilings are crumbling , then to describe it any other way will soon be a criminal offence . |
| 15 | The Pertex shell has a fluorocarbon hydrophilic coating which is very effective in showers — water just rolls off . |
| 16 | The large value of also indicates that the pulsar has a surface magnetic flux density of 1.3x10 12 G , about two orders of magnitude greater than any other cluster pulsar and more typical of pulsars in the galactic plane . |
| 17 | BRITISH Airways has a £129 introductory fare for its new Heathrow-Leipzig service . |
| 18 | It has a 200Mb hard disk , optional SCSI , and 1.44Mb floppy drive . |
| 19 | AT&T Co has a $30m 10-year contract to install a voice messaging network for the US Internal Revenue Service and other Department of the Treasury agencies : the installation will include nearly 200 Audix Voice Messaging Systems and a number of ATT Definity Communications Systems to improve operating efficiency by providing voice processing capability for up to 150,000 Treasurers . |
| 20 | British Telecommunications Plc has a £5m five-year contract to take over ownership and management of Thorn EMI Plc 's internal UK telephone network : the contract marked the official launch of its Communications Management Service which designs , implements , operates and manages large business communications facilities for companies wanting to put their UK private networks out to facilities management . |
| 21 | Natas Kaupas has a brand new company — called 101 . |
| 22 | Bordighera , close to the French border has a mile long promenade of beautiful shops , bars and restaurants . |
| 23 | Five companies have been shortlisted in the bidding for 35% of the Greek Telecommunications Organisation , OTE , this summer , Reuter reports : their indicative bids are expected in June and the sale will be completed in August and the five are Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp , France Telecom , GTE Corp , Telefonica de Espana SA and STET SpA ; STET already has a $160m 20-year licence to develop a cellular mobile phone system in Greece ; AT&T Co , which had been seen as the favourite , withdrew from the bidding . |
| 24 | Annie , who with husband Uri Fruchtman already has a 20-month old daughter , spent two days filming the £40,000 video with co-stars Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich . |
| 25 | The company say it has a 40% worldwide market share with 300 companies using its stuff . |
| 26 | The Fidelity Share Service has a £25 minimum commission with a £50 maximum up to £20,000 . |
| 27 | Reid , who has a hairline double fracture of his leg , has had a further X ray and although this shows slight improvement he wo n't play again this season , although it wo n't be long before he is fit again . |
| 28 | It has a world wide distribution , and the collections analysed here come from South Africa , Kenya , Israel and England . |
| 29 | It has a 38kW gas-fuelled unit from Combined Power Systems which is achieving net savings of £2,700 on energy bills with an annual gross electricity cost reduction of 61% . |
| 30 | It runs at 20MHz , has a 20Mb internal drive and 4Mb RAM . |