Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When life gets too stressful , I play a Moody Blues album from end to end . |
| 2 | They used minute-to-minute data to fit a simultaneous equations model of the determination of spot and futures prices for the MMI . |
| 3 | PaT hope to do this partly by a Private Members Bill in the autumn which will : |
| 4 | The City of London anti-apartheid group claimed that 30 protesters infiltrated a private sports club in south-west London where the South Africans were staying on Sunday night . |
| 5 | President Sam Nujoma announced on Oct. 29 that Namibia would shortly be opening a Namibian interests office in South Africa . |
| 6 | Yes , we did have a strong profits recovery in the second half , greatly helped by oil services and U S educational publishing . |
| 7 | However , I pointed out that what I was asking for was no more than would comprise a normal police station in a provincial town and that there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in central London . |
| 8 | Studies of a European customs union in 1947–8 suggested that this would demand a revolution in British economic practices without necessarily bringing dramatic results . |
| 9 | Champion was a friend of two youngsters who died on a stolen police motorbike in July , sparking three nights of rioting in the Hartcliffe area . |
| 10 | They later opened fire with a sawn-off Kalashnikov rifle at a pursuing police car before abandoning their Sierra car in a field and disappearing into the countryside , Mr Nutting said . |
| 11 | Although they had no objection to the presence of professional artists in schools as a means of stimulating pupils and demonstrating the valuable work which artists offered the community through their own professional activities , they were concerned that the artists in schools programme appeared to be subverting the search for a coherent arts programme for all pupils . |
| 12 | Nield , from Cheshire , joined up as a boy in a junior leaders battalion before passing out into the Royal Engineers . |
| 13 | While Jinny served the tea Mrs Bennet brought a tall clothes maiden from the wash house and draped a sheet over it to give Anne and her mother some privacy . |
| 14 | The survey was based on an assessment of litter and dog fouling in a 500 metres circle round the parliament building . |
| 15 | They pipped Italian brothers Carmine and Giuseppe Abbagnale just yards from the line to add a coxed pairs victory to Saturday 's coxless triumph from Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent . |
| 16 | Shareholders are offered a one-for-three rights issue at 110p to raise £152million , but Corporate Partners will take up any shares not subscribed to . |
| 17 | Avesco Plc yesterday announced plans to demerge its VideoLogic Ltd multimedia subsidiary , which has joint venture agreements with IBM Corp : it says that Videologic 's turnover for the year that ends today will be not less than £10.4m , which is an increase of 44% over last year : Avesco also plans to raise £12.1m net of expenses in a one-for-three rights issue at 63 pence ; the news put 12 pence on the share price , which reached 97p . |
| 18 | In 1989 , the University decided to establish a combined honours course in the History of Art , which will admit its first intake this October . |
| 19 | They offer a range from a Combined Studies Certificate in Horse Husbandry and Secretarial Skills to British Horse Society Instructor courses . |
| 20 | TESL was run as an alternative methods course for a few years , until TEFL/TESL became a combined methods course in 1986 . |
| 21 | The UN Security Council , convened at the request of France on Sept. 25 , adopted Resolution 713 sponsored by Belgium , France and the UK calling for a complete arms embargo on Yugoslavia and the immediate cessation of hostilities and requesting the Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to assist with mediation . |
| 22 | Indeed , societies have traditionally operated with a liquid assets ratio in the range of 15–20 per cent . |
| 23 | These will be extended by the opening of a Regional Arts Centre on the site of the former Leith Academy . |
| 24 | THE Scottish Arts Council has shocked organisers of a regional arts festival by cancelling its annual grant . |
| 25 | Alcatel Network Systems UK Ltd says it is launching a mobile communications system for UK freight services to link vehicles via satellite to their home base using its Euteltracs mobile system which provides two-way text communications between a mobile unit and its base , and position tracking and group messaging ; the service is similar to electronic mail and airtime costs are similar to cellular phone costs ; a mobile kit comprising antenna , the communications unit and keyboard should sell for £4,000 ; the system uses Qualcomm Inc 's technology . |
| 26 | A crisp sports bag with the tour dates and band logo printed all over it catches my eye . |
| 27 | Independently significant effects were investigated using a repeated measures analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) . |
| 28 | She is now a ward of court and no decision about her future can be made until the next court hearing on Tuesday , said a social services chief with Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , a social services manager in Essex has said that a Government grant to fund the new Community Care Act from April 1 is not enough . |
| 30 | PAIN 'S main concern was that , as with both Cleveland and Rochdale , a social services department of a local authority had failed to carry out good practice in the execution of their work . |