Example sentences of "and a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kruger cut the air with the scimitar , and a neatly bisected feather floated in halves to the ground . |
| 2 | Bradbury 's first novel , Eating People is Wrong ( 1959 ) , tells what it felt like to be a first-generation student in a civic university like Leicester in the 1950s , puzzled and intrigued as a humble newcomer by liberal values of knowledge-for-its-own-sake and a wholly unfamiliar style of life . |
| 3 | ‘ This year we had a not very encouraging spring , a busy-ish summer and a hideously bad autumn , ’ he says , as people rushed to buy before the government reimposed stamp duty at the end of August . |
| 4 | They know better than anyone that all the badmouthing of men they could manage would not begin to balance the inequality they experience when it comes to the job market — fewer opportunities , low wages , nonexistent child-care facilities and a hopelessly uneven battle to survive if , for example , the father of their children jumps ship and fails to pay any maintenance . |
| 5 | It was December and a bitterly cold east wind was blowing . |
| 6 | I joined a small group of three Germans , a Dutchman and an American who , with a young interpreter and a terrifyingly fit-looking guide from Kiev , set out for Europe 's icy crown at four o'clock one morning last July . |
| 7 | At Annesley , Nottinghamshire , is a more discreetly dressed gentleman of similar date , whose loosely wrapped winding-sheet is drawn down , rather than parted , to show the facial features , shoulder-length hair and a delicately embroidered cap . |
| 8 | Subject to those two safegaurds there was no reason why the decision of an inferior tribunal with a limited jurisdiction and a strictly limited function to perform should not be capable of creating an issue estoppel . |
| 9 | With strict control over the internal movement of people inside Japan , and a strictly enforced system of social hierarchy , it is not difficult to see how the identity of groups at a local level might be maintained . |
| 10 | Y'know , at 'Arringay they 'ave choirs and a blooming great organ and flowers — masses of white lilies , Else said . ’ |
| 11 | I padded round the room and quietly filched any precious object there : a small set of silver candlesticks , two finely chased pewter goblets and a cunningly wrought steel crucifix which hung on the wall . |
| 12 | As such , the artists producing animal portraits in the 19th century enjoyed both a wide and a positively receptive market for their works . |
| 13 | These six Sonatas give evidence of an outstanding creative personality , and a ferociously energetic temperament ( they sound ferociously difficult as well : her keyboard technique must have been staggering ) . |
| 14 | The nut is made from Wilkaloid , a substance that it is even more slippery than graphite and a closely guarded industry secret . |
| 15 | But she provided him with loyalty , sensible advice and a closely shared experience of life for over fifty years . |
| 16 | Rome is one of the world 's most magnificent cities with a quite awe-inspiring history and a simply unrivalled beauty . |
| 17 | Outside , the apse-end of the church is tall and decorative , while at the west end there is a good three-arched portal and a simply sculpted tympanum . |
| 18 | Before you could say ‘ blimey , look at that stagecoach turning into a pumpkin ’ , Setanta Records had booked The Frank & Walters into Wimbledon YMCA and Camden Underworld , where a support slot in front of a dozen punters showcased their spiky pop instincts and a subtly hysterical enthusiasm for life . |
| 19 | History gives pupils a framework of reference , opportunities for the informed use of leisure , and a critically sharpened intelligence with which to make sense of current affairs . |
| 20 | Two families of large DNA viruses share this cytoplasmic location : poxviruses , and a yet unnamed group of which African swine fever virus ( ASFV ) is the only known member . |
| 21 | IRIS contains some 150 pages of information covering weather , agriculture markets prices , television schedules and a continuously updated news service staffed by CBC editors . |
| 22 | Within a providential framework , her writings reveal staunch Royalist views and a distinctly Anglican Restoration piety expressed through the set forms of the Common Prayer Book and the regular orderly celebration of the sacraments . |
| 23 | She had a wide smile , a freckle-dusted nose and a distinctly Irish accent . |
| 24 | The effect was enhanced by a marine canvas skirt of green lights , and a distinctly nautical motion provided by the short four-wheel truck . |
| 25 | She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière . |
| 26 | I replied with caution and a slightly playful evasion that I understood that he would decide that , to which he replied that naturally he would like to take into account any hopes of mine . |
| 27 | Bear in mind that a sliding reverse punch covers a lot of ground and a slightly taller opponent may still be able to punch you while your own fists are out of range . |
| 28 | Secondly , and a slightly personal comment , one front- bencher was asked , er , about my comments in opposition to O M O V and in favour of trade union participation and he said John Edmunds is expressing his views , they are not the views of G M B members . |
| 29 | The same lithe figure , except that Tessa had a couple of inches advantage in height and a slightly fuller body . |
| 30 | The scale length is traditional Fender , and the width at the nut is ″ , though there 's a slightly narrower and a slightly wider option available . |