Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stood back in the shadows hypnotized by the flames and a family group circled round them . |
| 2 | One of the Fellowship moved too close to the flames and a bull 's mask went up in flames . |
| 3 | Speaker B's view of ‘ what I think we 're talking about now ’ must now involve speaker A , A's father , the Scouts and a man ( who may have something to do with telephones ) . |
| 4 | He has previously been linked with the Chargers and a move down the Calfornian coast may be on the cards . |
| 5 | Michelin , a tyre firm , bought Uniroyal Goodrich in America for $1.5 billion and is now staggering under the debts and a fall-off in its business . |
| 6 | This mismatch led to our including clear , key-by-key sequences in the notes and a resolution not to go out on CDL trials before reaching the stage of adequate documentation , as time is too valuable . |
| 7 | The House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities has thoroughly reviewed the proposals and a draft amendment was submitted by the UK government to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 . |
| 8 | In Chapter 6 , a dynamic series was developed between parallel lines using a control point on one of the parallels and a GP was projected between parallel lines using a control square . |
| 9 | More recently one of the researchers and a member of the team have written a practice booklet about investigating physical abuse and neglect ( Erooga and Masson , 1990 ) . |
| 10 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 11 | Now , as the light leached back into the world , he saw the door open at the head of the steps and a figure appear . |
| 12 | Only three things worried me : the prodigious thirst for fuel , the lack of anti-lock on the brakes and a steering system that combined over-sensitivity with vagueness . |
| 13 | His face was discoloured and swollen about the eyes and a plaster was spread across his forehead . |
| 14 | He had caught cold , or more likely , suffered from an allergy , Trent thought as he remarked the inflamed eyelids that shuttered the eyes and a nose drip that the thin man dipped into a linen handkerchief every half-a-minute — dip , dip , like a skinny waterbird feeding along the tideline . |
| 15 | These tears are both a veil for the eyes and a screen for the transcendent mind , which isolates man from his environment and shows him a land of ecstasy and delight . |
| 16 | Inside there was a cabinet against the window with a clock facing outwards so that it was visible from the cars and a telephone in direct communication with the depôt . |
| 17 | Whilst the Accord provided for increased powers for the provinces and a reform of the federal Senate , its most controversial element was its attempt to induce Quebec to sign the 1982 Constitution in return for a recognition that the French-speaking province was a " distinct society " . |
| 18 | What people wanted was food in the shops and a slice of the materialist cake they saw being gobbled in the West . |
| 19 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 20 | ‘ I said we needed a playroom for the kids and a bit more garden — not a damn great manse at the arse-end of the Northern line with its own private wilderness … ’ |
| 21 | Honey and Hall ( 1989 c ) investigated the influence of an initial phase of discrimination training on such a generalization test , using rats as the subjects and a version of the between-subjects design shown in Table 5.1 . |
| 22 | Perhaps nomadic by choice , a typical shepherd would have had few possessions , would not own the flock , the pastures or a house . |
| 23 | With these three methods of finance the finance house provides the funds and a percentage rate of interest . |
| 24 | Given the losses and a circulation that has fallen back to 540,000 , in third place in the race behind the Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph , a premium price could not be expected . |
| 25 | Under Milner 's patronage , they founded for this purpose the Round Table movement , with branches in each of the dominions and a journal published in London . |
| 26 | This has certainly been the experience of the authors and a number of other staff who have adopted this approach on their courses . |
| 27 | The proliferation of glossy reports , brochures and prospectuses may be good for the designers and a printing company or two , but our impression is that this is more about the marketing of the British government than about marketing West Belfast , and we wonder what it achieves in terms of breaking down outsiders ' negative stereotypes of the area and of the people who live here . |
| 28 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 29 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 30 | The essentials , from a recording point of view , were and are a tested ( or holograph or adopted as holograph ) deed , the designation therein of the parties and a description or reference description of the relevant lands . |