Example sentences of "and the [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give special attention to the first and last paragraphs and the first an last sentences of your answer . |
| 2 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 3 | The cases relied upon were fairly eccentric , one a hitherto uncited judgment dating from 1855 and the other an obscure decision about the taxation of police stations in 1883 . |
| 4 | Beaverton , Oregon-based Sequent was expected to be ready to show two pre-production prototypes of its high-end WinServer 5000 series , one being the much-anticipated 30-way box carrying a mix-and-match assortment of Intel Corp Pentiums and 80486 chips , in itself a design feat , and the other an 18-way WinServer 5000 fitted out with only 60MHz Pentiums , a modern-day exercise in conspicuous consumption considering the rarity of the chips . |
| 5 | It is rumoured to be ready to show two pre-production prototypes of its high-end WinServer 5000 series ( UX No 434 ) , one being the much-anticipated 30-way box carrying a mix-and-match assortment of Intel Corp Pentiums and 80486 chips , that in itself is a design feat , and the other an 18-way WinServer 5000 fitted out with only 60MHz Pentiums , a modern-day exercise in conspicuous consumption considering the rarity of the chips . |
| 6 | Two such visitors had come and gone since her arrival at Roscarrock Hall , one an Irish priest on his way out to Galicia and the other an Oxford scholar on his way to train as a Jesuit in France . |
| 7 | and the other an open set item : |
| 8 | Taekwondo places great emphasis , of course , on flying kicks , and it is not unusual for two opponents to be in the air at the same time , one executing an attack and the other an airborne block or counter attack . |
| 9 | Both Armstrong and Harrison played through school together , with the former a doughty scrum-half , and the latter an intelligent out-half with a hefty boot . |
| 10 | The first is an analysis of the relationship between the national economy and the industrial property market in different parts of the country , and the second an interview survey looking at the influence of premises on firms ' growth , efficiency and corporate strategies . |
| 11 | A man and his wife , and five children , the eldest eight years of age and the youngest an infant . |
| 12 | The dualism is deemed disastrous because it prevents us from having a unified conception of the world built around the natural sciences , and because it leaves the relationship between the mental and the physical an insoluble mystery . |
| 13 | The first showed an adult playing peacefully with a doll , the second an adult playing aggressively with the doll and the third an adult playing aggressively and being rewarded . |