Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguments against a role for a G protein-linked mechanism for generating InsP 3 have come from experiments in which phorbol esters failed to block fertilization but could inhibit the events activated by injecting GTP- γ S into hamster eggs . |
| 2 | Therefore , anaerobic sampling which is a necessity in serum because of the possible CO 2 loss from the sample is not as crucial for the measurements of gall bladder bile because of the small effect on Ca 2 + activity with a CO 2 loss from the sample where pH changes only minimal . |
| 3 | When it did so , it was commonly in the guise of Siberian spinach jade , a variety deep green in colour , flecked with black . |
| 4 | Pathfinders Tours , who should have had a steam run along the North Wales Coast last Sunday behind Princess Margaret Rose , told us that they have agreed a provision new date with British Rail of August 23rd , featuring the same locomotive . |
| 5 | The first night a girl put her hand inside my trousers was during a Kenneth More film about the sinking of the Titanic . |
| 6 | It is clear that a leisure centre can turn a Monday-to-Thursday out-of-town operation into a seven-day-a-week one and thus substantially increase occupancy rates . |
| 7 | Cenerente is a small village about three miles from Perugia which is silhouetted against the skyline on a hilltop 1000 feet above the Tiber plains . |
| 8 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 9 | York 's dial-a-bus service for the elderly and disabled is to be extended to weekends and evenings for a trial three-month period from the end of March . |
| 10 | The Daily Telegraph caused a storm in a teacup last week at the Queen 's grocer , Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly . |
| 11 | BOLTON Branch celebrated the completion of a £1.4 million refurbishment by inviting customers to one of two cocktail parties and by staging an open day for the general public . |
| 12 | Midlands , West & Wales has been awarded a £1.4 million contract by the Ministry of Education to build a two-storey extension to the Pates Grammar School in Cheltenham . |
| 13 | The bids include a £1.4 million offer from the Brain Trust , a charity founded to ‘ maximise the ability of each and every individual to unlock or deploy the vast capacity of his or her brain ’ , to stage the event in London . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman knows only too well that in his autumn statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was able to announce a £1.4 billion boost to the railways and London Transport and an increase of more than 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
| 16 | I had a case this week of a person who was reduced from a Category A , the most serious form of offender in prison , to a Category C. |
| 17 | British Aerospace is about to finalise a £240m joint venture with Taiwan Aerospace to manufacture and develop regional jets . |
| 18 | On April 7 , the UN Security Council recommended the full deployment of the United Nations Protection Force in Yugoslavia ( UNPROFOR ) , which was to be stationed in Serb-populated areas within Croatia [ see p. 38778 ] , and a $26,000,000 net reduction in its estimated cost . |
| 19 | As the B-1R is , after all , designed to be racked , it looks a bit daft sitting on top of the 4x10 , even if it does allow you to whack all the necessary connections together in about thirty seconds flat . |
| 20 | I welcome the right and learned Gentleman to the Dispatch Box — I did not think that he was going to answer this question as he looked a bit tired sitting on the Bench there . |
| 21 | I 'm a bit that way about garden gnomes . |
| 22 | It 's a bit pointless writing in them . |
| 23 | Well golf clubs erm I mean it 's a bit limited advertising in a in a market er on this particular thing to look at . |
| 24 | It 's a bit dubious voting for people that you |
| 25 | Sue Monk of the National Council for One Parent Families , said : ‘ These comments are a bit rich coming from a woman with a wealthy husband and no money worries . ’ |
| 26 | This might seem a bit rich coming from a man who has spent most of his career luxuriating in material wealth as one of the US 's most enduring entertainers . |
| 27 | ‘ Apart from anything else it makes you a bit uneasy being in the house , ’ she added . |
| 28 | ‘ Occasionally it was a bit hairy dealing with new Directors who 'd just come off the course , so I liked to balance things by including a few established stalwarts , like Christopher Barry , whom I could rely on to be very efficient and get shows together on time . |
| 29 | a big str , a bit strong fellow to he had good legs on him , he did a lot of cycling you know |
| 30 | It is always nice to be introduced to these meetings because although we are all in the same boat , it 's still a bit daunting walking into a strangers house . |