Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb -s] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if a building reaches the next stage commonly regarded as romantically old-world is its survival reasonably assured . |
| 2 | A similar example of a type of assimilation that has become fixed is the progressive assimilation of voice with the suffixes and ; when a verb carries a third person singular ‘ -s ’ suffix , or a noun carries an ‘ -s ’ plural suffix or an' — ‘ s ’ possessive suffix , that suffix will be pronounced as if the preceding consonant is fortis ( ‘ voiceless ’ ) and as if the preceding consonant is lenis ( ‘ voiced ’ ) , thus : |
| 3 | A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . |
| 4 | The last assigned PSN attribute is used to support queries in which a lexicographer requests the next entry requiring attention . |
| 5 | When there 's a dispute between parents , a judge has the last say . |
| 6 | It is fruitful to recognise the responsibility people have for their own lives , and the material circumstances in which those lives have been lived , in considering the resources with which a person enters the last stages of life . |
| 7 | Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause . |
| 8 | A quartet means the first refusal of all carvery scraps and use of a dog-sitting service . |
| 9 | In one of those asides , Johnson with the eye of a painter gives the last glimpse of these high ways in 1773 : ‘ Once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen … ’ |
| 10 | A searcher reaches the second level of understanding when he is satisfied that Christianity answers the first of these questions . |
| 11 | Later , a change comes about , and a consensus supports the First Choice , which allows the forceful seizure of the goods , and the action , in accordance with the definition proffered earlier , is labelled ‘ evil ’ . |
| 12 | But as soon as a company takes the first tentative steps from data to information , its decision processes , management structure , and even the way its work gets done begin to be transformed . |
| 13 | A semi-colon causes the next and following items to be printed on the same line immediately after the previous item . |
| 14 | An owl tops the first of the two sculptures unveiled by Jilly Cooper today . |
| 15 | It may follow Aconite if an attack returns the next morning . |
| 16 | This model assumes that an individual accepts the first job whose wage dominates the benefit level adjusted for the disutility of work ( see ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) ) . |