Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ethics committee of the US Senate on Feb. 27 concluded its investigation into the conduct of five senators — the so-called " Keating Five " — accused of having had improper links with Charles Keating , the owner of a failed savings and loan institution . |
| 2 | Normally , excluding the relatively common temples or temple complexes , only one or two such complexes are found , usually taking the form of a more sophisticated house , a combined baths and courtyard building , or a detached bath-house . |
| 3 | For as little as 25p per day — a combined savings and security plan that can pay out TWICE ! |
| 4 | At this rate , I shall one day be able to put together a complete Pictures and Requiem … |
| 5 | They did , however , continue to offer exceptionally generous hire purchase terms on cookers : one Board , for example , offered repayments over ten years and a free parts and replacement service over that period . |
| 6 | She signs a contract , is given a generous clothes and household goods allowance . |
| 7 | Two off-duty prison officers who were also in the minibus were beaten up and then released , but three others who escaped claimed that they had been unable to get help from a nearby police and Army checkpoint . |
| 8 | DURING THE last 10 years of his life , John Arlott was chairman of Craigie Robertson , a public relations and sponsorship agency . |
| 9 | A public relations and advertising company was employed to assist with the production of TV and radio commercials and to organise the public relations events . |
| 10 | While there has been contraction more recently , New Zealand Railways , almost uniquely , use the magnificence of some of their stations as a public relations and marketing feature . |
| 11 | It attracted a large Customs and Excise office and the Access credit card headquarters , but tourists were not encouraged . |
| 12 | But to maintain its market position as a leading systems and software house , it would need to persuade about 70 per cent of its key employees in the north London locations to relocate with the company . |
| 13 | Almost all the stations and halts on the line had a thriving goods and passenger business , the railways then being THE PRIME MOVER , and the only efficient means of transport over great distances . |
| 14 | She then departs that day for a 15-night Mediterranean cruise , returning to the Mersey on September 29 and leaving that day for a 14-night Canaries and North Africa cruise which terminates at Southampton on October 13 . |
| 15 | Sear , K ( 1983 ) The correlation between A Level grades and degree results in England and Wales , Higher Education , 12 : pp 609–619 . |
| 16 | THE natural tendency to consider the West Germans as better Europeans than ourselves will be severely tested when the EC seeks to complete work on a common monopolies and competition policy in Brussels today . |
| 17 | Curate 's ( nest ) Egg Accounting software is the forte of North-Eastern firm Sage , and the Geordie boys have a new Windows and DOS product on the market . |
| 18 | Is there a new pictures and stuff |
| 19 | He 's now building his pièce de résistance : a huge sports and leisure resort called Autopolis , set in a national park in Kyushu , Japan 's southernmost province . |
| 20 | The demonstration went ahead on March 28 amid high tension , and in the face of a huge police and troop presence . |
| 21 | A senior Customs and Excise source said yesterday that all the relevant ministries had been approached for evidence during that time , yet not one warned them off . |
| 22 | His legal advisers are anxious to establish a functioning police and judiciary system so that Somalis can begin to administer themselves — and thus bring to an end the violent anarchy that has caused the death from famine of up to 400,000 people . |
| 23 | At 1.47am he received the bell signal from Rose Hill Junction enquiring if the line was clear for the 2am target train , an express parcels and newspaper train . |
| 24 | In our example of the Copernican Revolution , this included the development of an adequate mechanics and optics . |
| 25 | The actual price increase per pack could be as much as 70 cents because an extra goods and service tax of 6 cents will be added and the tobacco industry has increased the price per pack by 14 cents . |
| 26 | Charlotte 's Verbier turned out to be not an unputdownable Mills and Boon ski title but an announcement that the debate about the world 's best ski resort has finally been settled . |
| 27 | The in-house system is an integrated personnel and payroll system and contains current as well as historical absence and employment information . |
| 28 | Close to Minton in age , Wallis lived with his mother in Roehampton and had an old-fashioned politeness and charm . |