Example sentences of "and a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down in Mono Valley , you can be sure there are abused kids , sad sweet dreamers , the misunderstood and the distracted — all huddled under its hazy horizons , but the Popinjays have their own style of empathy and a philosophical get-out line that says ‘ nothing ever goes away , it just becomes before and you 'll find it all once more . ’ |
| 2 | Gloria led them along a brick path , across a cobbled courtyard , past outhouses and a dripping water butt , then into the big house and along many passages . |
| 3 | First , it shows that common sense has prevailed and a useful customer service reintroduced . |
| 4 | By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , the Gloucester was deemed one of the country 's better dairy cows and a useful draught ox . |
| 5 | On the basis of recent information , I am able to distinguish between their insistence at this point and a useful negotiating ploy . |
| 6 | Excellent bouldering five minutes from the campsite on the west of the river and a useful practice crag five minutes up the path to the Chatelleret . |
| 7 | Other good features include a spare bulb in the tail cap and a useful key ring facility . |
| 8 | These include buttons for cut and paste functions ; text justification , size and style ; insert , delete , data sort and column adjustment , and a useful speed sum button which totals any highlighted row or column . |
| 9 | Among these is a Victorian chaise longue upholstered in rose red velvet in the main bedroom and a useful pine blanket box . |
| 10 | There is a summary of the walks and a useful fact file with information about the length of the walk , the height climbed , how easy or difficult the walk is and whether there are public conveniences or public transport . |
| 11 | A few lumps of stone ; a matching shepherd and shepherdess plucked from Arcady , an old and battered sundial and a leaded glass cloche . |
| 12 | New cessation aids currently being tested include a nicotine nasal spray and a transdermal nicotine patch . |
| 13 | Notes : much of the information for this section comes from the Channel Tunnel Special Report published by the Independent , 26 May 1989 and a Financial Times survey on The Future of Continental Transport Links , 9 May 1989 . |
| 14 | Each specific protein has its own particular sequence of amino acids and a singular protein molecule may consist of dozens , hundreds or even thousands of these amino acid units . |
| 15 | This is a pleasant town and a major road junction , for it is here that the road forks up to the pass of Encumeada across the centre of the island — and the way we will return . |
| 16 | The Sadducee High Priest , appointed by the Romans , was assassinated by the Zealots , and a major terrorist campaign was launched against other Sadducees who had aligned themselves with Rome . |
| 17 | New heating systems will be installed along with double glazing and a major brickwork programme . |
| 18 | As a result , virtually all the leading Formula One teams — they are nearly all sponsored by tobacco companies — could have their cars or equipment seized if they travel to France and a major test session due to take place at Paul Ricard before Christmas is likely to be cancelled . |
| 19 | Among the ideas under consideration are landscaping work , plans to plant thousands of shrubs and trees , screening for trackside eyesores and a major clean-up campaign . |
| 20 | Miranda Sex Garden support on all dates and a major London show is expected to be announced shortly . |
| 21 | At the Church Centre external painting was completed and a major rainwater leak cured . |
| 22 | Meanwhile the army , despite the FMLN 's truce offer of Sept. 14 , was still engaged in a long push against guerrilla strongholds , and a major FMLN counter-offensive was not ruled out . |
| 23 | It takes a strongly integrative approach to assessment , incorporating case studies , assignments , and a major mechatronics project . |
| 24 | In other incidents , an RUC superintendent died in a bombing and a major IRA prison escape attempt was foiled in Belfast . |
| 25 | Public opinion toward them varies from suspicion to hostility , and a major police problem would appear to be relations with the public . |
| 26 | And after losing all but one of the shire counties and a major by-election defeat sacks his chancellor and then effectively promotes to number two in the government the person who wants his job ! |
| 27 | Long considered one of the leading exponents of British Pop Art , and a major figure painter of his generation , Patrick Caulfield is the subject of a survey covering his thirty-year career and opening at the Serpentine Gallery towards the end of this month ( 24 November-17 January 1993 ) . |
| 28 | Plans for the winter season , 1993–94 , remain to be finalised , but a number of later summer exhibitions are already fixed ; ‘ Robert Louis Stevenson ’ in 1994 ( a centenary event , which will complement a display in the City Art Centre ) ; an exhibition to mark the tercentenary of the Bank of Scotland in 1995 ; and a major Burns exhibition to mark the poet 's bicentenary in 1996 ( this latter being a joint exhibition with the National Museums of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland , and housed in the RMS in Chambers Street ) . |
| 29 | The media , of course , have an insatiable appetite for news of any kind and a major aircraft accident is as a gift from heaven to reporters . |
| 30 | After reports that gunfire had been heard , gardai and troops cordoned off the area and a major search operation was undertaken . |