Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a two-child family the increases we are making will , by April 1992 , have raised the total value of Child Benefit by almost £3 in a single year , to £17.45 a week . |
| 2 | To quote the Federation 's annual report for 1948–49 , ‘ one purpose of the Federation ’ is ‘ that of bringing together in a friendly atmosphere the members of different Branches and Groups and thereby strengthening the unity and spirit of the WEA in Essex ’ . |
| 3 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
| 4 | After all he 's put the money in to pay pensions and the beneficiaries ought to have a strong hand in saying how that money is used , so we see half the trustees coming from the employer , the other half from the members of the pension fund , and we 've got a pension fund with the very heavy weighting of er pensioners and not so many employees and we would like to see the remaining seats er half the trustees elected , partly from the current employees , partly from the deferred pensioners and partly from the pensioners and reflecting in a broad way the numbers in each of those categories . |
| 5 | I am assured by a rather unkempt doctor of my casual acquaintance that this disease — which neatly combines as in a two-thonged whip the miseries of arthritis and psoriasis — is a classic ‘ stress ’ illness , visible , painful , incurable and distasteful to others . |
| 6 | With such a low turnout the results were unpredictable , but even these results are quite fantastic . |
| 7 | In insects with a complete metamorphosis the wings arise from imaginal buds or thickenings of the epidermis , usually in the neighbourhood of one of the larger tracheae , and are evident in the very young larva or even the embryo . |
| 8 | Perhaps not quite a complete conversionbut the campaigns orgainsers say there is still tim e for the new religion to spread . |
| 9 | Background material for the Development Zone release outlined earlier might include the full text of the minister 's speech , the government leaflet setting out details of the Development Zone scheme , a complete list the benefits to be gained by businesses from setting in Tadchester , and a list of addresses of relevant officials within the local council , the New Towns Commission and Tadchester Industrial Development Centre 0 might be able to help industrialists to take the decision to move . |
| 10 | With a loud report the shutters of the launching window were thrown open . |
| 11 | For a working mother the hours can be long , but a trusted nanny takes care of her two toddlers , and Parkin finds both her husband and the firm very supportive : ‘ I 'm still here after two children . ’ |
| 12 | The seat includes most of Leeds University 's halls of residence ( ‘ it 's a political blessing the students have gone down for Easter , ’ admits Dr Hampson ) and the well-heeled town of Otley , where the 200-bed hospital does hip replacement jobs on patients from Cornwall and Kent . |
| 13 | Let me take as a telling example the facts regarding human sexual dimorphism . |
| 14 | In relation to the almost antithetical Marxist positions of Sartre and Althusser , Foucault does not , however , simply follow the latter rather than the former : he articulates through a historical perspective the problems that their work encountered and attempts to produce a new method of historical enquiry — though not a general theory of history as such — that is both theoretically coherent and politically effective with respect to the particular problems under examination . |
| 15 | On a daily basis the objectives are to ‘ make sure that the investments or companies are progressing according to plan and are well placed to survive a prolonged recession ’ and , he adds , ‘ dare I say it , to benefit from the upturn when it comes ’ . |
| 16 | There is a slim chance the Germans could get the Tories off the hook before their conference . |
| 17 | They adopt in a lively fashion the colours and shadows of the sky and the surrounding fells , on their rippling surfaces . |
| 18 | Although continuous time econometric modelling is primary a British development the methods that were first used in modelling ( in continuous time ) the United Kingdom economy are now being used by leading research and forecasting groups throughout the world . |
| 19 | The only way to reach the bottom rung is to jump from the roof of a wooden hut the builders occasionally use for storing things . |
| 20 | In this approach to the location of education management we may begin to find a new relationship between professionality and management , and to explore in a different way the questions of who does what , where and when in the whole management process . |
| 21 | In the councils where the members are not organised along party lines or where no party has a clear majority the debates and votes in committee and full council retain their significance . |
| 22 | To its rear are miles and miles of open moorland and on a clear day the views from all aspects are quite spectacular . |
| 23 | However , none of these pollutants is actually visible , so that in a residential area the types of air pollution that cause the greatest annoyance are the traffic fumes , smell and dust which penetrate houses , discolour exterior paintwork and make walking and cycling less pleasant . |
| 24 | They were more common than the spirals of the indigo snails that Sycorax had once used now and then , and a grave hazard the islanders understood always to avoid . |
| 25 | Brian Gordon Laudable sentiments Brian , but I have a funny feeling the organisers were more than glad that a big name team made it to the final . |
| 26 | But the Lancastrian army proved too powerful , and after a brave fight the defences were breached . |
| 27 | The removal of the Barre regime may be the end of a tyranny ; it could also be the begining of a tribal war the horrors of which we have so far only glimpsed . |
| 28 | Er having said that er some of the newer opportunities must have er a lot of oh catching up to do if you like er to the levels of the estate agents and to a lesser extent the doctors surgeries . |
| 29 | And , since most of your readers will be women , you should also describe the clothes other characters wear and to a lesser extent the rooms in which they meet each other . |
| 30 | It looks alright on the surface , you 're not going through a hassle at the moment , and our memories are short , fortunately and once we come into a calm patch the hassles of yesterday are quickly forgotten . |