Example sentences of "and a [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty years on , English is a large and entrenched subject , and there is no likelihood of putting the clock back , and starting again in some other way : my proposal for a division between Cultural Studies and a degree in poetry is a pragmatic proposal for a way out of current difficulties . |
| 2 | After Tonbridge School and a degree in geography at Durham University , James Riley joined Price Waterhouse in September 1982 . |
| 3 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Datapoint Corp says that the decline in revenue as of January 30 was down mainly to unfavourable foreign currency translations and an interruption of the French subsidiary 's operations following a fire in its leased warehouse — but there are some bulls of the shares around these days : analyst Howard Harlow of New York 's Whale Securities sees a major turnaround and a doubling in value of the shares over the next 12 months ; he sees earnings of $0.60 a share in 1993 followed by $1.20 a share in 1994 . |
| 4 | Millions of voters have acquired a stake in the wider ownership of shares and homes and a voice in union affairs . |
| 5 | They may also be expressed syntactically , for instance by manipulating the order of elements in a clause to indicate certain relations between the elements or the function of the clause ( cf. the difference between the order of elements in a statement and a question in English : She had forgotten about the party . |
| 6 | And so here she was , one snail crawl through the blizzard to Kennedy , a five-hour delay and a flight in which she was wedged between a nun who prayed aloud every time they hit an air-pocket , and a child in need of worming , later . |
| 7 | Here again we have a contradiction and a society in transition ( e.g. for India , Saith and Tankha 1972 ) . |
| 8 | Earlier , on April 1 , Governor George A. Sinner of North Dakota vetoed an anti-abortion bill similar to — though somewhat more restrictive than — that passed in Utah , which provided penalties of a $1,000 fine and a year in prison . |
| 9 | Agriculture was briefly disrupted and a manufacturing recession , exacerbated by a drop in military orders after the Crimean War , a severe financial crisis in 1858 , and a fall in cotton imports during the American Civil War , was only overcome in the mid 1860s . |
| 10 | The Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts says many sponsors are uneasy that they are expected to replace , rather than supplement , government grant , and a fall in sponsorship is feared . |
| 11 | Salmeterol caused a largely dose dependent increase in FEV 1 , heart rate , QTc interval , and tremor amplitude and a fall in plasma potassium concentration ( table I , figure ) . |
| 12 | This led to an improvement in trade and a fall in inflation , so that Germany in the late 1980s became once again a country of trade surpluses and a strong currency , at the cost of some social division . |
| 13 | The economy made good progress during the first half of 1990 , with GNP growth of 1.5 per cent , a reduction in the budget deficit , a noticeable improvement in the trade balance and a fall in inflation to 8 per cent from around 25 per cent in 1989 . |
| 14 | Analysts interpreted the outcome as indicative of widespread disenchantment with the economic reform programme of the Mazowiecki government , launched in January and the most far-reaching in Eastern Europe to date [ see p. 37194 ] , which had precipitated a sharp rise in unemployment and a fall in living standards . |
| 15 | Prime Minister Tenguiz Sigua had resigned on Aug. 18 , the day before the Soviet August coup , when Gamsakhurdia dismissed Deputy Premier Otar Kviliataya and Foreign Minister Georgi Khoshtaria allegedly because of the government 's failure to halt economic decline and a fall in living standards . |
| 16 | Rises in the value of the pound against the dollar and a fall in oil prices have sparked the cuts . |
| 17 | In Moabit , for example , there have been falls of 57 per cent in fatal injuries , 45 per cent in severe injuries , 40 per cent in light injuries and a fall in accident costs of 16 per cent . |
| 18 | This will cause a rise in demand for exports and a fall in demand for imports . |
| 19 | In recent times , farm incomes in disadvantaged rural areas such as upland N E Scotland have only been maintained by a reduction in farm numbers , an increase in farm size and a fall in farm employment . |
| 20 | Other consequences would be worsening of the already large budget deficit and a fall in tax revenues . |
| 21 | Depression and a diminution in self care were noted in the few cases identified in the Kent Community Care project ( Davies and Challis , 1986 ) . |
| 22 | In her self-portrait at the Tate Gallery ( c.1930 ) she presents herself as an artist at work with the canvas just perceivable to the right and a brush in hand . |
| 23 | There she acquired the qualifications that took her in 1881 to Newnham College , Cambridge , where she got a first in the moral sciences tripos in 1884 , and a second in history in 1885 ; she also helped to form the Association of Assistant Mistresses . |
| 24 | He returned the following year to complete the qualifications for a First in English and a Second in Greek . |
| 25 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 26 | From 1899 to 1903 he was an exhibitioner at Jesus College , Oxford , eventually graduating with a third class in classical honour moderations ( 1901 ) and a second in English ( 1903 ) . |
| 27 | He was educated at Merchant Taylors ' School and Caius College , Cambridge , where he received a third class in part i of the natural sciences tripos ( 1921 ) and a second in part ii in 1922 ( chemistry ) . |
| 28 | Rosalind was educated at St Paul 's Girls ' School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a first class in part i ( 1940 ) of the natural sciences tripos and a second in part ii ( division I ) in 1941 . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) If there are two or more causes of action and a payment in satisfaction is made for each separately , the notice must in respect of each cause of action identify it and give the figure applicable to it " stating " nil " if such be the case ( Ord 11 , r 1(5) ) . |
| 30 | There have been six recent records for May , and a bird in summer plumage was present at Chichester gravel pits and Chichester Harbour until 19 July 1970 , and another was seen at Thorney Island on 25 July 1971 . |