Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority but a declining proportion of people eventually marry . |
| 2 | And if , and this is not a theoretical point , it 's happened in another union , if the majority or a large number of people in that sector , on that committee are not working or have not recently worked in the sector , then tensions will begin to arise , concerning those members who are working at the moment , and say hey , hold on a minute , perhaps people working in the industry should make these hard decisions . |
| 3 | Nobody appeared to show the least surprise when Charles appeared in Service Dress after his servant had arranged a room at the farm for the change and a hot water wash after a little light work on the trench system , trenches that bore every resemblance to those he had seen and read about as constructed in the First War . |
| 4 | However , if the DTI view is accepted , then the UKwill have to cope both with the UCTA and a separate regime for consumers who are natural persons under the Directive . |
| 5 | In some ways , dynamic recognition is more restrictive since both the writer and a suitable input device must be present at the same time , and the technique is evidently only applicable to handwritten text . |
| 6 | Fiat has improved equipment levels across the board and a 1.1 Uno now casts what the 1-litre used to cost . |
| 7 | If a person wishes to have the registration of a judgment noted because the judgment has been satisfied , the party should make a request in writing to the district judge of the county court supported by confirmation from the creditor or a written statement that this was requested and not provided . |
| 8 | Rebuild an engine , Gipsy Major for a Moth , Genet Major for the Avro or a run-of-the-mill Lycoming ? |
| 9 | A hole is made in the shell and a small cube of cells is carefully cut out from the posterior margin containing the polarizing region and grafted into the anterior margin of the limb bud of another embryo . |
| 10 | A tall and lean right-hander , he favoured the pull and a sliced drive-cum-cut which deposited the ball anywhere between extra cover and third man . |
| 11 | A wooden board between the mattress and a sprung divan base is an acceptable alternative to a sprung mattress on a slatted wooden base . |
| 12 | A statement from the heart or a mere publicity stunt ? |
| 13 | Will update the traffic for you throughout the afternoon and a full service at tea time Alan Clifford on from half four till seven o'clock . |
| 14 | Updates on the travel for you throughout the afternoon and a full service at teatime with John on Radio Nottingham from er half four till seven . |
| 15 | The wedding in 1981 between the heir to the throne and a nursery-school helper had confirmed the elevation of the Royal Family in the popular imagination to a singular hybrid of deity and soap-opera . |
| 16 | The owner , wisely not trusting London tap water for his greenhouse , had installed a network of guttering to catch rainwater in a pair of large aluminium beer barrels ( worth over a hundred quid to the brewery and a thousand a ton to the illegal smelting operations over in Barking ) . |
| 17 | A further defence submission on Aug. 8 , requesting a rehearing of the case and a another stay of execution , was turned down by the Court of Appeal , which rejected arguments that the 14 defendants had the right to take their cases to the United Kingdom Privy Council . |
| 18 | This , unfortunately , had not always been the case and a few farmers complained about 12 and 24 hours notice for ATB courses . |
| 19 | Wolfgang Iser points out that Ingarden 's analysis implies two types of indeterminacy : that which is eventually eliminated in the process of ‘ realization ’ and that which is integral to the world of the text and a constitutive aspect of its status as fiction ( Iser 1978:173 ) . |
| 20 | Pierre Mauroy , the first secretary of the PS and a former Prime Minister , along with a number of human rights associations , proposed " a citizenship based on residence " , while former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing of the liberal UDF proposed a referendum on the issue . |
| 21 | Fast , tough and as ruthless as necessary on the field but a gentle , quietly-spoken , humorous man in his ordinary life . |
| 22 | A horse in a field needs shelter — may be trees all around the edge of the field and/or a wooden shelter . |
| 23 | McKenzie is not a flamboyant character but a deep thinker about rugby and life in general , a worker both on and off the field and a crucial team-member . |
| 24 | Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant . |
| 25 | The potentiometer joystick produces an analogue signal corresponding to the position of the stick and this must be converted into digital form , either by the computer or a suitable interface . |
| 26 | IF an unforeseen problem occurs , extreme weather conditions say , this data can be fed into the computer and a revised target date instantly given . |
| 27 | Whilst each House is the sole author of its own Standing Orders , proposals may emanate from any source although initiatives are commonly taken by the Clerk and a common source of proposals is the reports of select committees specially constituted to consider a particular matter . |
| 28 | The field-grey of the Wehrmacht and a new generation of military heroes made the brown-shirted Party functionaries stand out in even more unattractive light than before the war . |
| 29 | In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you an advance of 500 on signing the contract and a further advance of 500 on receipt of the manuscripts judged by us to be acceptable , both sums to be set against royalties . |
| 30 | It implies a process of hiring and firing by the day or by the hour and a high level of job insecurity . |