Example sentences of "the [noun] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may feel that a local course would have more relevance to the job you want or appreciate the opportunity a local course gives you to make new contacts in the district where you will be working . |
| 2 | A few hours later he was at a mega Hollywood party , the Welsh wonder from Stratford-upon-Avon , declaiming Shakespeare , drinking soundly , reciting Dylan Thomas , singing , story-telling , perhaps a little over the top , one or two thought , but to the majority a marvellous new whirlwind of talent and animal energy . |
| 3 | Understandably , the expert systems did not assist the experts a great deal but came into their own when both of the 2 experts were not available and an inexperienced technician had to take over . |
| 4 | Webster offered the Prince a perfunctory bow , then offered him a despatch . |
| 5 | At the base a broad timber seat doubles as a table and play surface , the paving at this point in the garden catching far more of the available sun . |
| 6 | Hosts : Dog , cat and fox Site : Small intestine Species : Uncinaria stenocephala Distribution : Temperate and sub-arctic areas ; the " northern hook-worm " A small worm , up to 1.0 cm long , it possesses two cutting plates on the border of the buccal capsule ( Fig. 38 ) and at the base a small pair of teeth . |
| 7 | Until the mid-1970s a great many public relations workers came from the media . |
| 8 | In the mid-1970s a young woman went to a shop to rent a television set and was required to provide a guarantor . |
| 9 | Since the mid-1970s a growing number of privately owned small psychiatric hospitals has been established . |
| 10 | Generous sizing allows room for movement and another thermal layer underneath if desired , making the shirt a functional garment for the outdoor enthusiast . |
| 11 | This gives the retailer a clear picture of how much is being spent , and on what . |
| 12 | It may be possible to close the accounts a few days before completion and open separate bank accounts . |
| 13 | An item listed as extraordinary effectively writes out of the accounts a twenty three thousand pound loan … given to this man to help buy a house . |
| 14 | An item listed as extraordinary effectively writes out of the accounts a twenty three thousand pound loan … given to this man to help buy a house . |
| 15 | At the end of the trial a closing stock should be taken , a further inspection made and staff should be asked for their views on each product under trial . |
| 16 | Three more tries to Andy Mullins , Simon Dear and Glenister gave the Quins a 24–3 half-time lead . |
| 17 | It took the mantri a long time to work right round the bull , from shoulder to rump down one side and then from rump to shoulder back up the other . |
| 18 | The parallels between the methods used to suppress unrest in Lhasa and those used to put down the student-led demonstrations in Peking made the award a double indictment of China 's human-rights record . |
| 19 | You were born in India on the mission field and through your family 's experience and your own you 've brought to the convenorship of the Board a great personal interest in the overseas church and in international affairs . |
| 20 | Give the board a good jolt and the l.e.d. should stop flashing for another minute . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw the board a few weeks ago , when I — ‘ |
| 22 | ( 2 ) Where a competent objector desires to object in relation to any application , he shall , not later than seven days before the meeting of the licensing board at which the application is to be considered : ( a ) lodge with the clerk of the board a written notice of objection which be signed by the objector or his agent and shall specify the grounds of his objection and ( b ) intimate his objection to the applicant in the manner provided by subsection ( 3 ) below , and an objection shall not be entertained by the licensing board unless it is proved or admitted that such objection was intimated to the applicant as aforesaid . |
| 23 | He saved himself from the sack a dozen times . |
| 24 | You need to understand that I have , as we watch the RAF a beautiful aeroplane , er Colonel and I just exchanged a thought on it . |
| 25 | Gloria had taken Dot to the cinema a few times . |
| 26 | He 'll overlook the trespass on his lands and the assault on his person — oh , yes , there was an assault , and by all the signs a bitter one , too — if Harry will renounce his feud henceforward , but Harry will die first . |
| 27 | Silvia patted the hyacinth bedspread and giggled as she gave the mattress a little bounce . |
| 28 | When combined with the sensitivity and psychic state of the experiencer a whole range of possibilities opens up . |
| 29 | So he calls the heart a wild beast liable to impulsive leaps out of control , a situation archetypally illustrated in the story of the Fall when Eve 's eyes leapt to the apple and her heart followed and so she leapt from Paradise to the pains of mortality and took all men with her . |
| 30 | During the reign of the pharaohs a popular contraceptive for Egyptian women was a pessary made of elephant and crocodile dung . |