Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | One performer was a deaf flute player who had the habit of playing long after the others had finished . |
2 | Somewhere up in the clouds there is a faceless organization man who menaces people with punitive restrictions , stifling rule-books , unyielding systems and incomprehensible decisions . |
3 | In a historic test case his parents Allan and Barbara , along with Airedale Regional Health Authority , are seeking a change in the law that would allow them to disconnect the feeding tube and let Tony die . |
4 | So there are , there are problems with this sort of policy in terms of , of the , like the economic logic of it is that yes you go for a rich peasant economy which creates inequalities which will provide you with industrialization , which will then enable you to get back to inequalities but , in term back to equality |
5 | Er because er but only because that will oh , no i i er does , does the development of a rich peasant economy itself promote equality ? |
6 | Because , but you do n't you , you well if you 've got a rich peasant economy you do n't need to because you 're saying the rich peasant |
7 | I was going to finish there without saying any more because i cant be arsed writing , but basically there is a rich business man who has remained in the background because he dislikes Howard.Once Howard leaves , the money should come rolling in , or so the story goes . |
8 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
9 | Now this was a retrospective analysis bit it was done on prospectively recorded information . |
10 | The context was an action in the Norwegian court to set aside a retrospective tax assessment which had been raised by the Norwegian tax authorities against the estate of a deceased taxpayer who , it was alleged , was the beneficial owner of the assets which he had not declared for tax purposes . |
11 | You only have yourself to fall back on , unless , of course , you count a friendly bank manager who might lend you some money , or a friend or relative who might do the same . |
12 | The first results from the physical exclusion of one polymer segment by another from a hypothetical lattice site which reduces the number of possible conformations available to the chain . |
13 | There were abortive attempts at a settlement by the American Secretary of State , General Alexander Haig , and discussions over a Peruvian peace plan which would bypass the British contention that it possessed sole sovereignty over the Falklands . |
14 | Stirling had a lucky encounter , however , with Brigadier John Marriott , a Scots Guards officer whom he had known in Cairo . |
15 | The chapter tells the story of a small-scale research project which set out to study how experienced teachers were developing ‘ collaborative ’ methods of working . |
16 | ‘ Most of the fun lies in the capable hands of Michael Crawford as a witless bank cashier who is deputed to de-porn the flat , ’ wrote the London Evening News . |
17 | When I say a right brain of course it does n't mean that the left brain 's just shut down completely but it 's predominantly a a right brain activity it 's the the creative part . |
18 | Well I , I 'm a right family man I am . |
19 | Another sound recording problem is wind-noise off the micro-phone , and some camcorders are fitted with a wind-noise filter switch which can help to reduce this annoying fault . |
20 | It was incorporated by the architect , Alexander Skirving , into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue . |
21 | I can confirm , however , that the company would not have won this order except as a private sector yard which will have to incur the costs if it makes losses . |
22 | The new governor of Rhode Island closed more than half the state 's banks following the collapse of a private insurance fund which guarantees deposits at 45 banks not insured by the federal government . |
23 | By contrast , in the same case it was held that once the council had decided that the applicant was entitled to be housed , the right to be housed was a private law right which did not have to be enforced by AJR procedure , but could be enforced in a tort action for breach of statutory duty in the County Court . |
24 | Thousands of people turned out at the Royal Showground today to protest against a private members bill which aims to abolish blood sports . |
25 | I mean we , we clearly do not have a socialist society even at the end of land reform as we , as we 've seen in a sense we 've created a , a private enterprise system which is based on equalities within capitalism . |
26 | Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor . |
27 | a private hire vehicle which is being used to carry a passenger for hire ; |
28 | ‘ Even if it is flu , with a little damage limitation we might just prevent the rest of the ship going down with it . ’ |
29 | He had just time to form them up and move a little way forward himself from their hiding-place , to where he could see the ford and its approaches on either side , when the first fleeing riders came pounding down , splashing over and racing on . |
30 | The poorest countries — especially in Africa — also have a devastating debt problem which , though small by international standards and offering no threat to the West 's financial systems , nevertheless represents a crushing burden for the peoples of these countries . |