Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.

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1 However , after the Commissioner had been in office for a mere three months the Government introduced a Green Paper which proposed to extend her powers significantly , and under the Employment Act 1990 , section 10 , she was given power to assist members in enforcement of their common law contractual rights against the union .
2 Within a mere three weeks the Smolensk Party authorities also required all uezd executive committees to collate , check , and comment to them on the minutes of every single peasant meeting on mutual aid .
3 In a great many respects the minor marriages were less successful than the major marriages .
4 A marauding infidel sports the head of a bishop .
5 A main umbilical services the bell and the divers ' individual umbilicals .
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