Example sentences of "and [noun sg] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a parallel between East and West a slippery slope that we dare not set foot on . |
| 2 | To the south and west a secure boundary was provided by the sheer cliffs and jagged rocks of St Saviour 's Point , while running right down to the edge of the cliffs and enclosing the whole of the rest of the property was a high stone wall built two centuries before by Edmund Roscarrock , the founder of the family line . |
| 3 | John Kenny played with drama and panache a whole range of effects from his first entry , in which his breath metamorphosed into sound , to talking and singing while playing and producing chords . |
| 4 | A large area , part wooded and part a rocky summit , situated just north of Broombriggs on B.591 , providing a fine viewpoint over a large part of the Midlands . |
| 5 | These latter tend to accord creativity and inventiveness a higher status than incremental progress . |
| 6 | Despite considerable research and investment a large discrepancy exists between human and computer recognition of speech . |
| 7 | BRENDA gave her daddy and mummy a big surprise when she told them what she wanted most of all for her birthday . |
| 8 | Nearly all the Embiricos vases — which range from black- to red- figure , include white-ground Lekythoi , and presente a representative sample of Greek vase types — are by known painters , making this an exceptionally interesting group . |
| 9 | Another possible exercise is to lie on your back and bench-press a light weight very quickly over , say , ten repetitions . |
| 10 | ‘ After we had prayed together in tears and heartbreak a few moments … 1 then dipped my finger in water and , as the priest to my own babe at such a moment , touching the little forehead in the sign of our redemption , said : ' ‘ I baptise thee Mary Salome , in the name of the Lord Jesus , of the Father and of the Holy Ghost . ' ’ |
| 11 | On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit . |
| 12 | The yellow silk square that Steve had given him was in his back pocket ; eight boxes of buckshot in each saddlebag ; binoculars in his combat jacket ; two rolls of inch-wide parcel tape ; fifty feet of light line ; steel hammer and hall a dozen steel spikes ; spare combat jacket and two pairs of jungle trousers ; for night work , black cotton roll-neck , black tracksuit bottoms and black cotton gloves ; slacks and a light jumper for Mariana . |
| 13 | For so imaginative and radical a technological construction , there is in the available record an astonishing lack of enthusiasm , continuing interest and even basic technical information . |
| 14 | Wigg 's two passions in life were first a constant and continuing admiration for the British army and second a lifelong interest in racing , about which he had a massive and detailed knowledge . |
| 15 | It is first an attractive , informative overview of the seventh continent and second a full account of Greenpeace 's strategy for its conservation . |
| 16 | Keep a note of the whereabouts of each item and institute a regular system for calling back and collecting items which have been loaned out . |
| 17 | If you are selling as well as buying , then the whole business is doubled up — you have to answer pre-contract enquiries from your purchaser , as well as obtaining them from your vendor , your purchaser will have a survey done and institute a local search on your property . |
| 18 | Move the cursor to cell F4 , hit F3 ( to make the reference absolute , so it wo n't change when the formula is copied ) , and type a closing bracket |
| 19 | When Sweetheart fixed her hair and make-up a certain way and dressed up in the clothes she made on her treadle sewing machine , she looked for all the world like Jane Russell come to life from the big screen . |
| 20 | Not only were his carts and equipment a great encumbrance , but Gould was limited in the amount of ground he could cover by a scarcity of supplies . |
| 21 | To assist the management in organising staff , shifts , holidays and rotas utilising time and equipment a useful statistic is calculating the average length of stay of the guest . |
| 22 | Moreover , both of these groups , while they will need a great deal of outside support in the initial stages , have perhaps more reason to welcome the independence and privacy a single lifestyle gives them than anyone else . |
| 23 | grease and flour a 7 ″ sandwich tin , pour in mixture and cook at 350 degrees , for 20 mins . |
| 24 | Was the gesture a tribute to an old woman facing with dignity and courage a last tragedy ? |
| 25 | These visits are generally about one week long which gives the employee and spouse a reasonable length of time to find accommodation and get a feel for the country . |
| 26 | The mother was unaware of how much time and attention a young child required as she herself had a very deprived childhood in the West Indies where her role was as a maid to help her mother bring up her brothers and sisters . |
| 27 | This constant and natural consolidation of knowledge can only promote confidence , and give both student and teacher a solid sense of progress . |
| 28 | The hopes and fears engendered by the extension of the franchise to the male working class made the consideration of the relationship between representative democracy and capitalism a central concern of most varieties of political thought . |
| 29 | Good drainage and foundations are needed in the rick-yard to keep the crops above the wet , and a skill — rare these days — is needed to build and straw-thatch a stable rick . |
| 30 | A successful takeover will mean the closure of the Abingdon brewery and upto a hundred job losses … |