Example sentences of "an [noun] [unc] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 2 | yeah well I mean so sure saves umbrage of course you did n't you 'd be , er , I 'm sure much more er careful , but then you 're an experience er business man in the flash of youth . |
| 3 | The [ 3 H ] and [ 1 4 C ] PEG concentrations in oesophageal and gastric samples were determined by dual isotope counting with an LKB Β scintillation counter ( LKB Wallac 81000 , Sweden ) . |
| 4 | Choose from two hotels , an hour 's drive south of Dublin , in Co . |
| 5 | There are no less than eighteen golf-courses north of the Great Glen , the most famous of which is Royal Dornoch , half an hour 's drive south from Brora . |
| 6 | An hour 's drive west of Orlando , along the Gulf of Mexico , is Tampa Bay , known for lovely beaches , outstanding golf resorts and yet another theme park — Busch Gardens , which combines a zoological park with thrill rides . |
| 7 | Half an hour 's drive north will take you to the moors and to the west the dales . |
| 8 | Molly and Paul knew all the true joys that were within an hour 's walking time of Thrush Green . |
| 9 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 10 | From Lima we went an hour 's aeroplane journey up into the mountains into another world . |
| 11 | The two university towns of Cambridge and Oxford are within an hour 's driving distance . |
| 12 | Half an hour 's car journey will take you to Norwich and the Broads . |
| 13 | In an hour 's time Vitor would be arriving to collect her and Thomas , but she was full of misgivings . |
| 14 | That 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic again for you in half an hour 's time radio Nottingham F M one O three point eight and ninety five point five Nottinghamshire 's favourite station with the weather forecast for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 15 | Bone and pellets preserved at an owl 's nest site are often exposed to trampling by the owls themselves . |
| 16 | Each course comprises a morning of sessions in careers , training and confidence , and an afternoon 's expert advice on hair , make-up and dressing for work . |
| 17 | Actually , it felt no more of a wasted morning than wandering round the Guggenheim would have done , and I still managed an afternoon 's lingerie shopping . |
| 18 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 19 | The back and sides are laminated rosewood , not necessarily a bad thing , as solid backs and sides have a far less obvious effect on an acoustic 's sound quality than a solid top . |
| 20 | What he produced was a gen-u-ine statement of skin ; a document to be placed alongside other such documents , delivered with the same How's-your-father flourish as a graffiti slogan on a council estate wall or a boot planted through an Asian 's shop window or a gallon of petrol poured through the letterbox of a Bengali family 's home . |
| 21 | If an applicant 's programme quality is deemed ‘ exceptionally high ’ , it may even win over a higher bidder . |
| 22 | We do suggest one small change , to allow an employee 's payment method to be changed at the discretion of his employer , if at the time that he entered that employment , he had agreed to accept that change at some future time ( not necessarily specified ) . |
| 23 | For instance , any award for an idea by an employee relating to their own job or department is liable for tax as the Inland Revenue rule that this is part of an employee 's job specification . |
| 24 | It 's starting to look like an obstetrician 's lumber room . ’ |
| 25 | The Essex-based rave stars insist on using an ear-crushing 70,000-watt sound system at concerts but council chiefs in Cambridge , Hull , Coventry and Hereford claim local venues could suffer structural damage at that volume . |
| 26 | It may seem odd that a music publishing company would want a photograph , but Doyle points out that the look of an artist may be important to develop an act 's recording career . |
| 27 | Proof of Richards 's analysis comes from a quick glance at the brochures of two London-area superstores : an IBM PS/1 Family Pack 286 desktop computer sells at the new Business Superstore ( on the A40 , in Park Royal , northwest London ) for £699 plus VAT . |
| 28 | David Spannier , our diplomatic correspondent , giving us an expert 's eye view of the whys and wherefores of the release of the three British hostages , who happily will be home very , very shortly . |
| 29 | They said 78 per cent could now read the bottom line of an optician 's sight test card without glasses and 97 per cent could see well enough without glasses to pass the driving test sight standard . |
| 30 | You ca n't get sums in an engine 's smoke box . |