Example sentences of "a [adj] [coord] a " in BNC.

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1 Although a pleasant and a modest man , he was also a compulsive competitor — in pints , in sex , in stories , in sport , on the stage .
2 There will be a motley crew of teachers sharing the house — , myself , a Peruvian and a French Canadian .
3 A tied and a true and a tidy wife —
4 In the sanctuary of Hera on Samos a long base ( fig. 31 ) bore , between a seated and a reclining figure , four standing , three certainly and perhaps the fourth too girls of varying age , each grasping her skirt in her right hand and holding it out , so that the folds curve and it is drawn tight against the left leg .
5 The contrast at the Congress between a vulgar and a relatively sophisticated aesthetic as exemplified in the difference of emphasis between Zhdanov and Bukharin is interesting to the degree that it has reverberations in the work of Nizan .
6 He was not blind to the dangers of ‘ a private and a public sector in higher education , both largely financed from the public purse ’ .
7 A memorable and a proud day .
8 Moreover , when they do occur they are more often allowed to operate in territories ( in both a spatial and a policy sense ) in which others ' intervention is limited .
9 one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest .
10 On the other hand , the coastline 's area is zero , so neither a one-dimensional nor a two-dimensional picture is appropriate , and in fact the way in which the length increases with resolution suggests a dimension D of about 1.2 The mathematics of sets of points with fractional dimensionality was developed in the early years of this century , but associated geometric objects were considered as ‘ pathological ’ and not corresponding to anything in Nature , Mandelbrot 's massive and single-minded achievement has been to convert this abstract formalism into a flourishing branch of applied mathematics , in three ways .
11 The 10th , 14th and 27th are departure points , whether this means leaving the past behind in a literal or a figurative way .
12 So what I 'm saying to you is , do n't go in over the top , you know , five , just a normal but a firm handshake because a man would expect it because a weak ha ha handshake can be irritating and the same thing if she is a woman
13 Be conscious of the fact that this is a tranquil and a peaceful place and that it belongs to you .
14 The table below contrasts a narrow and a wide tail :
15 Beyond that , de Gaulle 's policy failed both in a narrow and a broad sense .
16 Investing in people through the social services became both a respectable and a popular policy among governments .
17 Awards may be held on either a full-time or a part-time basis .
18 Nevertheless , if we say not ‘ dog ’ but ‘ My — dog-Rover-with — the — white — spots- and — the-stumpy-tail ’ , there can be no doubt that we intend not only a specific but a unique reference .
19 In Northern Ireland 's divided society therefore , community policing has both a specific and a general meaning , for in one sense it focuses narrowly on overcoming Catholic hostility to the police , while in another the ‘ community ’ which is addressed is defined more broadly to encompass all residents in the province , although often these two aspects intermingle .
20 The Programme will have both a specific and a general relevance to current policy concerns .
21 He argued that ‘ equality of opportunity ’ has a weak and a strong sense .
22 With stable macro policies of either a monetary or a fiscal kind , rational expectations on behalf of economic agents mean that such agents fully appreciate the signals that trigger government policy and the prescriptions that follow , internalizing this into their behaviour .
23 This has both a short-term and a long-term objective .
24 He took advantage of both a feudal and a monarchical position , treating Frederick as a vassal of the papacy as well as emphasizing his papal rights of protecting a minor .
25 Although occasionally Nizan 's assessment of a writer fluctuated over a period of time ( Gide , Giono , Mauriac ) , although on occasions Nizan was simultaneously attracted and repelled by individual writers ( Mauriac , Drieu la Rochelle , Celine ) , the bottom line was always a clear differentiation between a progressive and a reactionary attitude to culture .
26 In many cases , a material may exhibit the characteristics of both a liquid and a solid and neither of the limiting laws will adequately describe its behaviour .
27 In the English perception , empiricism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term .
28 Following Sambrook 's logic , though he does not use these terms , this image may interpreted either in a descriptive or a normative sense .
29 I have an eye for championship clay court style with a technical and a mental approach that I nickname , ‘ heads and feet ’ . ’
30 That is partly a technical and a psychological matter .
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