Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baths were mandatory and not just a lazy soaking but a good scrubbing with carbolic soap . |
| 2 | The country has to decide whether higher education is not only a private good but a public good . |
| 3 | Vital detective work by scientists based at Harwell has linked radon gas with a possible two and a half thousand lung cancer deaths . |
| 4 | Then I had to place my cock down on the glass , but the way this copier is designed — I disliked this copier , by the way , that place is too cheap to lease a decent brand of copier — the way it 's designed is that a normal eight and a half by eleven piece of paper is oriented sideways in the middle of the glass between two marks , you how that works , right ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So the problem then is that only a little sliver of the tip of my cock was going to make it in range of the footprint of a normal eight and a half by eleven copy . |
| 6 | Mungo sensed that he was either a complete phoney or a principal player in the village drama . |
| 7 | It should be obvious that a dissonance sounded by one instrument must be resolved by that instrument ( unless there is a complete break-off and a rest or pause separating the discord from what follows ) , but it is the writer 's experience that beginners do not always realize the musical necessity for this . |
| 8 | They are worth a great deal even today , because of the familiar insinuations that Eliot was as much a political reactionary as a religious bigot . |
| 9 | It would not matter that the resident were a foreign national or a foreign company , so long as they were resident , were located in the UK and the transaction were in sterling , it would constitute domestic banking . |
| 10 | ‘ Unfortunately , you do n't win any prizes for a fast-finishing seventh and a race like the Ebor does n't come round every day , ’ he said . |
| 11 | As Roth ( 1974 ) points out , the notion that only professions have subcultures is negated by the ‘ distinct and pervasive patterns of occupational life ’ found amongst dockers , seamen , miners , etc. ; prostitutes also claim that their service is a social good and a community service ; a lack of demarcation of work and leisure is equally true of policemen as of dockers ; and so on . |
| 12 | A British orderly and a Polish civilian were pumping filth from one of the lavatories into a long cylindrical cart . |
| 13 | It 's hoped to attract a top professional and a very big money tournament . |
| 14 | Pressures on household and corporate borrowers have been eased significantly since last October by a series of interest rate reductions , which have reduced base rates by a cumulative four and a half percentage points to date . |
| 15 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 16 | Q The natural colour of my hair is between a light brown and a dark brown . |
| 17 | Unlike most of what was on the menu , two wines were actually available , a semi-sweet white and a semi-sweet red . |
| 18 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 19 | By that date Moscow had provided a mere three and a half million roubles , and one million had come in from other gubernii . |
| 20 | passengers are now taken on a picturesque two and a half mile long trip to Holywell Halt and beyond . |
| 21 | Coke gives them a quick high and a safe return . |
| 22 | Bosnia 's new president , Alija Izetbegovic , a devout Muslim and a former political prisoner , has already had exploratory talks with Croat , Serb and Slovene leaders . |
| 23 | The curtains were of a deep pink and a multi-coloured patchwork quilt covered the king-size bed . |
| 24 | as if to confirm his train of thought there came a great crashing and a screeching of metal . |
| 25 | Once I had got to grips with how to work the machine I noticed that the harmoniser in the machine did n't appear to work properly : ie. if I set the interval to a major 3rd , the processor would intermittently switch between a major 3rd and a minor 3rd . |
| 26 | Knee : The knee is a complex joint and a hard kick to the front , side or back of it could produce permanent damage . |
| 27 | Anthracite black is more of a black grey than a true black , so it is great for tinting other colours to get softer washes . |
| 28 | Of the seats where the Liberal Democrats are second , there are 16 where Labour is a poor third and a switchover by the bulk of the Labour vote would give the Lib Dems victory . |
| 29 | ‘ We had to do manoeuvrability tests in three different cars , including a Cavalier automatic and a Corsa which I 'd never driven before . |
| 30 | Go on a train without a ticket , or do n't get a TV licence and the re is a substantial fine and a criminal record . |