Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [noun] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possibly this kind of teaching which is most likely to lead to situations such as those found in the Nottingham reading study ( Lunzer and Gardner , 1979 ) , where secondary-school children could explain how to use a contents page or an index perfectly well , but when observed in their work , did not actually use these things much at all . |
| 2 | Facilities include lounges , a television room , dining rooms , a cocktail bar where music is played two or three times a week , two beautiful old panelled stuben , a games room and an indoor swimming pool . |
| 3 | The agency say they broke new ground by bringing together a drinks company and an existing client , the DoE , to sponsor a major anti-drinking and driving campaign . |
| 4 | At the end of the Corniche , opposite where the newly arrived barge was moored , was a police post and an army barracks . |
| 5 | To it 's even worse I mean there , there does n't even seem to be a government in the there 's just a police force and an army and no one making political decisions , so it 's a peculiarity of recent political philosophy there seems to be no room left for the democratic process to do much apart from administer , so the democracy is given a very minor role . |
| 6 | ‘ Offences under the Act will attract a fine of up to the maximum £2,000 on conviction before a Magistrates Court and an unlimited fine on conviction before a Crown Court , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The first was a chemistry day , entitled Chemistry and the quality of life , involving seven lectures from industry , a careers clinic and an exhibition to coincide with Chemistry week in the UK . |
| 8 | A line manager is one who has direct authority over a subordinate : by this definition , any manager , whether he works in an operations department or an advisory department , will have line authority over his subordinates . |
| 9 | At one of the interviews where both an arts adviser and an administrator were present , differing views were expressed , but surprisingly , the ambiguity of this did not appear to be apparent to either interviewee . |
| 10 | The consequences of such a reduction in the level of armaments ( and more generally of ‘ military preparedness ’ ) are considerable , for as I noted in the first edition of this book , if there is any generalization about the causes of war which is supported by some empirical evidence , it seems to be that which establishes a connection between an arms race and an increased probability of war ( Richardson , 1960 ) . |