Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predicting who is going to win an election makes good newspaper copy . |
| 2 | The COB accused Paz Zamora of giving in to United States pressure and reneging on an election promise that crop substitution measures would remain the central strategy to eradicate the growing of coca crops by 60,000 peasant farmers , many of whom were former tin miners made redundant as a result of the collapse of the international price of tin . |
| 3 | An instant hit last year with a mini-LP and the single ‘ Everything About You ’ , they 're probably the best straight rock band in America . |
| 4 | Hereford should be unchanged , but sure of a place is new striker , Darren Rowbotham an instant hit last week and he 's the man that gives us our goal of the week to finish off . |
| 5 | There is a sense of deep admiration for the Soviet people and Soviet state here which can not be denied , an admiration echoing personal experience . |
| 6 | This was plainly not part of the agreement and not only was the French government furious but it used the sentence as an excuse to generate public support for Mafart and Prieur on the grounds that they were being unfairly treated by the New Zealand government . |
| 7 | It seems the incidents last year will be used as an excuse to withdraw international status [ from the Cowes-Torquay race ] and hence survival . ’ |
| 8 | On Jan. 10 Georgia 's President Zviad Gamsakhurdia accused the Soviet government of stirring up the revolt in South Ossetia to provide an excuse to impose presidential rule on the whole of Georgia . |
| 9 | So Yule and January passed , and the lord of Dalwolsey quite frequently caught himself wondering how he might contrive an excuse to pay another visit to the Doune of Menteith . |
| 10 | Over 2,000 people enjoy an Avocet Cruise each winter . |
| 11 | The seemingly flowery language which people often have to resort to when trying to talk about spiritual experience results from an inability to use religious language as a means of communication ; even if known , it is so likely today to be misunderstood . |
| 12 | Some men with permanently limp members may suffer from an inability to secrete nitric oxide , and researchers are now trying to develop a treatment which would stimulate its production . |
| 13 | And in between the P C which we find on many peoples desks may be emulating a character terminal , may be emulating erm an X-terminal to provide that user interface to an individual . |
| 14 | It is unfortunately all too common an experience to see so-called expert work resulting in a garish meretriciousness quite unsuitable for , and unworthy of , the original book . |
| 15 | Point-to-point enthusiasts are in for an Easter treat this weekend with two meetings in the area — at Tweseldown on Saturday ( first race 1.30 ) and Hackwood Park , near Basingstoke , on Monday ( first race 2.00 ) . |
| 16 | For example , the electrons in an atom have potential energy with respect to the other electrons in the atom as well as with respect to the positive charges on the nucleus . |
| 17 | They spent an hour descending one side of a large valley , only to take twice as long ascending the other side . |
| 18 | Six of us , Mohammed , Aziz , Ali ( Aziz 's assistant ) , six locals and goods it took half an hour to unload half way , was a fairly modest load . |
| 19 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |
| 20 | It says it takes an hour to install Personal Edition . |
| 21 | Some guys would spend an hour teasing each curl into place . |
| 22 | We report here a simplified and reliable protocol for fast minipreparation and denaturation of plasmid DNA which takes only half an hour to produce single-stranded template DNA of high quality for sequencing . |
| 23 | The final insult has been moving Coronation Street forward half an hour to show European Cup games . |
| 24 | THE UK 's ‘ record of human suffering ’ is worse than every European country except Greece , according to an index published this month by the Washington based Population Crisis Committee . |
| 25 | An easel makes light work of both studio and outdoor painting . |
| 26 | An easel makes light work of both studio and outdoor painting . |
| 27 | Catherine Moore is an award winning outdoor journalist , whose first loves are walking and conservation |
| 28 | I can also keep alive inside me an awareness of the delicate balance , looking out for an opportunity to support independent initiative within whatever restrictions are imposed . |
| 29 | There is nothing ins intrinsically long with the concept of Percent for Art , but we saw an opportunity to extend that concept to make sure that the real need of real people in real communities were properly reflected in any scheme . |
| 30 | The economy of London is suffering dreadfully in this second Conservative recession , and we should have an opportunity to debate that matter in the House as soon as possible . |