Example sentences of "of a [noun pl] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 2 | Alas , for Fergie and Johnny , enjoying a break together again after those fun days in Thailand , Bali , Indonesia and Argentina , the world was watching courtesy of a photographers all-powerful lens . |
| 3 | These " festivals " are actually more redolent of a between-the-wars country-house party , frequented by a well-disposed audience of theatrical folk , the likes of David Frost and Derek Jameson , BBC producers , investors and divas . |
| 4 | The depth of two bricks laid flat , with a flagstone on top , will give a riser height different to that of a 4″ thick walling block topped with the same flagstone . |
| 5 | ‘ We had a bit of a knees-up last night . |
| 6 | Scores of existing officers will be released for active duty by the creation of a police civil service . |
| 7 | You hitchhiking in my rucksack all the way up here without me knowing and then doing a perfect impression of a police loud hailer . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I am not thinking of a police scene-of-crime picture . |
| 9 | Morocco and the World Bank reached an agreement on Dec. 1 , 1988 , for the disbursement of a dollars 200,000,000 loan ( repayable over 20 years ) to help finance the country 's medium-term adjustment programme and enable Morocco to reduce import procedures and encourage exports . |
| 10 | Bull also said that it was committed to maintain binary-level compatibility with IBM systems , including the future multi-processors — which means the establishment of an Applications Binary Interface that both will follow . |