Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , after the Commissioner had been in office for a mere three months the Government introduced a Green Paper which proposed to extend her powers significantly , and under the Employment Act 1990 , section 10 , she was given power to assist members in enforcement of their common law contractual rights against the union . |
| 2 | Within a mere three weeks the Smolensk Party authorities also required all uezd executive committees to collate , check , and comment to them on the minutes of every single peasant meeting on mutual aid . |
| 3 | In a great many respects the minor marriages were less successful than the major marriages . |
| 4 | A marauding infidel sports the head of a bishop . |
| 5 | A main umbilical services the bell and the divers ' individual umbilicals . |
| 6 | Some of Boscawen 's ships lacked sails , none was immediately ready for sea , and many of the crews and officers were ashore , including Boscawen himself , but the moment the message arrived the admiral leapt from his chair , leaving his dinner unfinished , and within an unprecedented two hours the first ships were weighing anchor . |
| 7 | Failure to exchange an occluded stent leaves the patient at risk of infection and often requires the replacement of the stent by the combined radiological-endoscopic procedure with its additional hazards . |