Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Philadelphia , Thom Bell was going in the opposite direction , enveloping a romantic vocal group called the Delfonics in a jacuzzi of French horns , flugelhorns , flutes , strings , harps , tinkerbell glockenspiels and even Indian sitars . |
| 2 | As a result of treating thousands of patients with sugar cravings , and discovering that nearly 80 per cent of a groups of 1,000 women with pre-menstrual syndrome also claimed to be suffering with sugar cravings , WNAS undertook a national study to determine the degree of the problem in general . |
| 3 | However , although the level of demand for books fluctuated to a quite considerable extent throughout the day , Figures 10 and 11 also show that the mean delivery time for straightforward deliveries to readers of ‘ ordinary ’ items from the Main Building remained reasonably constant ( never rising above 17 minutes on weekdays , or 19 minutes on Saturdays ) , and that those variations which did occur bore no direct relationship to the level of demand , for some of the better mean delivery times were achieved a periods of high demand , and vice versa . |
| 4 | In Northern Nigeria power did remain in the hands of the Residents , because they possessed historical claims to legitimacy as the standard-bearers of Indirect Rule — a point always emphasized by Palmer in his dealings with junior officers — and because they were linked with the top men in a congeries of feudal autocracies . |
| 5 | He noted that despite the fact that its glory lay mainly in the nature of the orchestral score ‘ one could start afresh with a version for piano and still do a Pelleas of great vitality ’ . |
| 6 | He noted that despite the fact that its glory lay mainly in the nature of the orchestral score ‘ one could start afresh with a version for piano and still do a Pelleas of great vitality ’ . |
| 7 | The sergeant 's eyes surveyed the room : the prints of countryside scenes in aluminium frames , the meretricious chandelier , the knick-knacks accumulated from various holidays , including a bouzouki on one wall . |
| 8 | Another , a chalcedony intaglio , shows a muscular fisherman proudly holding a skaros in one hand and an octopus in the other ( Figure 35 ) . |
| 9 | To calculate your fabric requirements , you will need a strip(s) of outer fabric and lining to equal the length and depth of your pattern , plus a 2.5cm ( 1in ) turning allowance all round , plus extra for matching a pattern . |
| 10 | If we think it necessary for you to seek further specialist guidance , we will be pleased to arrange a meeting(s) with other Midland Group experts . |
| 11 | I think it 's difficult to be a women in that way . ’ |
| 12 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 13 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 14 | A long , narrow corridor of stone with a portcullis at each end , it was designed to render an invading force helpless once they had entered its confines , when both grilles would be dropped . |
| 15 | , Your aircraft is cruising at a TAS of 120 knots and you find it takes 47 minutes to cover the eighty nautical mile leg from Bembridge to Lydd . |
| 16 | The standard cruise power setting of 18,500 feet equates to a TAS of 260 knots for a dry-tanks range of 300 nm . |
| 17 | Craftsmen laboured for nearly a millennia on intricate carvings . |
| 18 | In fact , an examinations of historical documentation ( real-time evidence ) suggests that the direction of change is towards raising . |
| 19 | The small intestine was then perfused with either PES or an ORS at 0.5 ml/min for one hour to ensure steady state conditions , after which three successive 10 minute collections of effluent were made from the distal cannula . |