Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Ruby had a resilient nature and Rain had a plan . |
| 2 | They were given a large slice of counties Cavan and Fermanagh , including 30,000 acres from a grateful Cromwell after Robert Saunderson led troops to a famous victory at Drogheda . |
| 3 | Deafened by meningitis at the age of five , he , like John Young , is a Scot , married to a deaf wife and father of a hearing daughter . |
| 4 | This is more easily done when landing in an unfamiliar place , particularly if it is in a hilly area and means landing on an uphill slope . |
| 5 | It was a historic coup as Joyce had opened Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure there in 1954 . |
| 6 | They attribute this to an increased likelihood of exposure to a leukaemogenic virus or viruses . |
| 7 | Instruction in methods for finding information is most likely to be successful if provided at a point when students are working on a non-library project or course which requires a literature search . |
| 8 | For others it could be a pleasant existence if places were available and there was room for flexibility and experiment in provision . |
| 9 | But that was not a pleasant thought and Erika firmly pushed it away , thinking of movement from a lower to a higher stage of development , as Marx taught , and such as was taking place now , she and her mother sitting together , no longer like mother and daughter , teacher and child , but more like sisters . |
| 10 | Every hotel in the group has a pleasant lounge and bar open until late for hotel guests and ( with the exception of the Hotel Holland ) they all have a well recommended restaurant serving very reasonably priced food . |
| 11 | German genre subjects have been flat for the past few seasons , so it was a pleasant surprise that Franz von Defregger 's ‘ Tyrolean zither player ’ ( est. $70–90,00 ) sold for $105,000 ( £70,000 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Rise is a pleasant village and parish , six miles south-west of Hornsea , and twelve miles north-east of Hull , contains 164 souls , and 1,920 acres of fertile land , nearly all the property of the lord of the manor , Richard Bethell Esq . ’ |
| 13 | The crunch is money — and I 've never met a rich man or woman yet who did n't have wonderfully imaginative , sophisticated , ways to justify hoarding yet a little more and a little more . |
| 14 | We are the richest country in the world in flora and fauna ; we have a rich sea and land rich in minerals . |
| 15 | Krikova 's Krasny Reserve 1983 ( £6.95 from Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton ) combines Pinot Noir with Merlot and Malbec in a rich wine that tastes like chocolate dipped in tar ; a drink to satisfy those who still hanker after old-style beefed-up Burgundies . |
| 16 | That evening at dinner , seeing the dish of swordfish cutlets in a rich wine and herb sauce , she knew that she would be ill . |
| 17 | You could do worse than to sign up with Armed Response , which looks after thousands of homes in middle-class Johannesburg North , a rich hunting-ground that Gary Whittaker , a director of Armed Response , calls ‘ the captured area ’ . |
| 18 | ornamenting material by cutting small holes and shapes in it , usually to display a rich lining or under-garment of contrasting colour . |
| 19 | An unusual way of serving fresh fruit , which is very good at this time of year as it combines a rich flavour and texture . |
| 20 | But even if the dowry has all but vanished , to marry a rich husband or wife is still a means of improving one 's financial situation . |
| 21 | But an increase in the supply of dollars implied a persistent US balance of payments deficit ( e.g. exporters to the USA accept payments in dollars , or payments overseas by US residents are made in dollars ) , and this would undermine confidence in the dollar as a reserve currency because dollar claims were growing in relation to US gold reserves . |
| 22 | If the auctioneer , by mistake , forgets that there is a reserve price and knocks down the goods at less than the reserve price , there is no sale . |
| 23 | The corners of Lucinda 's mouth quirked up into a beaming smile as Vi watched , fascinated . |
| 24 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 25 | CUED UP Joe Johnson gives Fred some tips on the finer points of snooker and ( inset ) a beaming Joe and wife Terryll share the moment of triumph when he won the world title in 1986 |
| 26 | Both show potential , but Farthing 's effort winds up little more than a diagrammatic doodle and Thompson 's feels like a hip TV sketch . |
| 27 | The man lashed out with a rusted chain but Whitlock managed to roll clear before it struck the ground where he had been lying . |
| 28 | Has anyone a friendly grocer or newsagent etc. who would be willing to display it in their window ? |
| 29 | The men continued their conversation in a friendly way until Joe stood up to leave , and took my hand . |
| 30 | The Snotlings will not move until they are able to move within 12″ of a friendly Orc or Goblin unit , and if charged by enemy troops they are automatically broken as if they had failed a panic or fear test . |