Example sentences of "and a [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who spoke was burly , with grizzled hair and a neatly clipped moustache . |
| 2 | These I put inside a paper bag , along with a pound note and a hastily drawn picture of a devil and a donkey . |
| 3 | Puzzlement gave way to bravado and a new found delight in catching the ketchup artistes at it . |
| 4 | Sunshine and a well drained soil are recommended . |
| 5 | There is also a large lumber pad which rests comfortably against the pit of your back and a well padded hip belt giving a snug fit . |
| 6 | For mum 's peace of mind there is a doctor on call , too , and a well run nursery with a nursery nurse . |
| 7 | Its unit of concern is not the population but the patient episode and a well run hospital will know exactly , for each category of patient , the cost of care and its outcome ’ . |
| 8 | The population of about 1,250 is served by two shops and a well appointed inn . |
| 9 | Letter-writing and diary-keeping filled an important amount of a lady 's time , and a well laid-out desk was a useful piece of bedroom furniture . |
| 10 | There is also a damp proof course under guarantee and a well built extension to the rear . |
| 11 | There , his quick and brilliant mind gained him a degree in electrical engineering and a well defined career path with the Texas Instruments and Teledyne Geotech companies , with whom he was to make his not inconsiderable input to NASA 's Apollo Space Programme . |
| 12 | However , at the time the security of a large firm and a well known brand appeared to be the most sensible decision I could make . |
| 13 | The best known supporters of these ideas were members of the Central Committee ( elected in 1990 ) and USSR people 's deputies , Roy Medvedev and Anatoly Denisov and also V I Sevastyanov , Russian people 's deputy and a well known cosmonaut . |
| 14 | until I came across a small display above bottles of castor oil , laxa suppositories and a well known laxative was a sign reduced for clearance ! |
| 15 | We crowed with pleasure as we rushed up the remaining feet to the top and , in the last dregs of daylight , hastened back across the lonely moor to the car , Mullion , and a well earned pint . |
| 16 | Part of the supportive service for export participation is export knowledge and a well established export department properly educated in export and marketing procedures . |
| 17 | To meet these aspirations we must make the best use of our human , technological , material and financial resources and this must be done within the framework of a well planned and a well managed system . |
| 18 | For one thing there are usually very many other things at an event which need to be organised and directed by the PRO and a well briefed photographer can take at least one burden off the PRO 's shoulders . |
| 19 | Public health medicine has in many respects been in the vanguard of specialty training , with a unified training grade combining registrar and senior registrar grades since 1982 and a well structured training programme , which many regard as a model of its kind . |
| 20 | The exhibitionist streak that had been confined to fancy-dress parties at Virgin 's weekends away now found full public licence ; Richard Branson embarked on a sort of alternative career in fancy dress that would see him , over the years , photographed in airline captain 's uniform , as Peter Pan , Spider Man , City Gent and , on one occasion and for reasons that were never entirely clear , in the bath , wearing only bubbles and a cunningly placed newspaper . |
| 21 | Local governments also possess very different degrees of policy-making and financial autonomy ; and a historically given separation of powers may still significantly affect the cohesion of the state . |
| 22 | The paper published photographs , taken by Crowe , from a distance of half a mile , that purported to be of a topless Trevor and a scantily overcoated Yvonne sucking toes on the lawn of Proby 's Thornham Bridge hacienda . |
| 23 | Liberation Army Daily reported the introduction of a new-type mine-sweeper on Oct 11 , and a domestically built jet fighter on Oct 8 . |
| 24 | Obviously though , prices have increased , and a properly defined index should reflect this , by taking into account the qualitative change in the drawings sold over the two years . |
| 25 | ACOST , the Advisory Council on Science and Technology , is to be given a new name and a newly defined role . |
| 26 | Gerhard Schröder ( SPD ) was sworn in on June 21 at the head of a Cabinet in which the Greens held two portfolios : Women 's Affairs and a newly created portfolio of Relations with the Bundesrat . |
| 27 | The absence of distinction between a Lieutenant Colonel 's comparative wealth and a newly joined Ensign on a pittance , made him sorrowfully aware that he alone in this very superior mess , was unendowed with private means . |
| 28 | Guest artists in this year 's festival include soprano Barbara Schlick ; the New London Consort ; the medieval ensemble Sinfonye and a newly established chamber group directed by the acclaimed violinist John Holloway . |
| 29 | At the same time , an association must be made between the unit and a previously specified media type . |
| 30 | Dumb bells , hours of exercising and a carefully planned diet of vegetarian food and fruit juice had completed the programme . |