Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas a cold may take a day or two to develop and produce a cough , sore throat and streaming nose , flu arrives much more suddenly , and also causes a high temperature and sore and aching joints and muscles . |
| 2 | We are thus able to calculate the total entropy change which accompanies a chemical change and see whether the result obeys the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 3 | In contrast , idealist thought supposes a converse determination and disregards the importance of reference to practical activity for the generation of abstractions , thereby remaining ideological . |
| 4 | Current work in the Centre covers a wide area and emphasises inter-disciplinary study and theoretically informed research . |
| 5 | White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said : ‘ President Bush will reiterate he wants a smooth transition and will co-operate in any way possible . ’ |
| 6 | It wants a unitary authority and it wants it to be based upon its present framework . |
| 7 | Another small extension contains a small forge and workshop , where the millwright carried out repairs . |
| 8 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
| 9 | The test machine contains a 10-kW turbine and a 4-metre rotor , which is turned by both incoming and outgoing tides ; it will be anchored to the sea bed and therefore needs none of the costly and environmentally damaging civil engineering works associated with other tidal power schemes such as barrages . |
| 10 | Each rod or cone contains a photo-sensitive pigment and the changes this undergoes when exposed to light cause a signal to be passed to nerve cells at the front of the retina . |
| 11 | If the final syllable contains a short vowel and one ( or no ) final consonant , the first syllable is stressed . |
| 12 | In verbs , if the last syllable contains a short vowel and ends with not more than one consonant , that syllable will be unstressed , and stress will be placed on the preceding ( penultimate ) syllable . |
| 13 | If the final syllable contains a short vowel and the middle syllable contains a short vowel and ends with not more than one consonant , both final and middle syllables are unstressed and the first syllable is stressed : |
| 14 | If the final syllable contains a short vowel and the middle syllable contains a short vowel and ends with not more than one consonant , both final and middle syllables are unstressed and the first syllable is stressed : |
| 15 | Health : Happiness is born-again hugging : Simon Denison joins a rebirthing weekend and weeps with two hundred apprentices in loving relationships |
| 16 | During a working visit to the Soviet Union on April 28-29 , de Maizière announced after talks with Soviet President Gorbachev that the latter continued to insist that " East Germany should not become a member of NATO , whereas our position is that this is possible if NATO develops a new strategy and structures " . |
| 17 | Glass that has been buried usually develops a distinctive iridescence and onion-skin texture . |
| 18 | Somebody s somebody does a er develops a nervous twitch and stuff . |
| 19 | She writes a little poetry and prose , and indulges her great love of cooking , at which she excels . |
| 20 | 50 ) , for example , exhibits a technical expertise and possesses many fine decorative features — both figural and motival — absent in the former . |
| 21 | Each exhibits a different character and , if used together , they interact to provide most of the popular metal-mania types of effect . |
| 22 | each capital letter starts a new element and that would mean one C A one O and two Hs but what I is one C A and two O Hs which is two |
| 23 | Souness will conduct tonight 's team talk at the pre-match hotel and then take a seat in the directors ' box as he starts a five-match touchline and dressing room ban . |
| 24 | With Hitchock in this mood it already looks a good signing and Porterfield said : ‘ We are not bringing the Russian to take Kevin 's place . |
| 25 | 2 Soft , creamy bed linen with embroidery and slotted ribbon detail adds a luxurious touch and complements any colour scheme . |
| 26 | The New Moon in your opposite sign of Sagittarius highlights a special relationship and a piece of news . |
| 27 | Billy Crystal has a perfect wife and beautiful daughter but feels rattrapped trying to support them , Daniel Stern is having an affair with a teenage supermarket assistant and has been reduced to pretending to sleep at social gatherings in order to avoid his nagging wife , and womanising Bruno Kirby has finally tied the knot with a glamorous bimbo half his age ( ‘ soon he 'll be dating sperm ’ , observes Crystal ) and agonises over whether he can stay faithful to her . |
| 28 | Denise has a young baby and she was a very popular landlady , always greeting us with a smile . ’ |
| 29 | Geoff is married , has a young family and has moved from his former home in West Yorkshire to Barmill . |
| 30 | This has a similar effect and you will begin to grow drowsy and relaxed as the hypnotherapist speaks to you . |