Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the Lions ' backs have the credentials and Winterbottom and Dean Richards have been in the heat of a Lions Test scrum , there are six forwards who will be experiencing a Lions Test for the first time . |
| 2 | Why is the Department pussyfooting around , extending the role of the Economic and Social Research Council — which does an entirely different job — instead of accepting the original recommendation of the British Academy for a humanities research council ? |
| 3 | I regard the existence of flourishing humanities research as an index to the civilisation of our society ; Labour , however , has committed itself prematurely to the establishment of a humanities research council . |
| 4 | A debate is in progress among scholars in the arts and humanities about whether it would be right to establish a humanities research council or a humanities , economic and social research council , or to continue with no research council at all . |
| 5 | The major proponents of a rules based approach in the UK have been Crew and Rowley ( 1970 , 1971 ) . |
| 6 | In addition , following the Cassels Report ( 1983 ) a Personnel Work Action Programme was launched , key elements of which included more effective staff appraisal and incentives such as merit pay ( see Progress in Financial Management in Government Departments , 1984 , p. 7 ; The Times , 26 November 1986 , and Fry , 1988a , pp. 13–14 ) . |
| 7 | The point rider wore tight white-and-blue striped pants , a red tailcoat , a dyed white beard and a stars-and-stripes stovepipe hat . |
| 8 | The Gallery makes good use of mock-ups : a convincing re-creation of a Futures Market trading floor where big-time foodstuff deals are struck ( all braces , bravado and baked beans ) , or an authentic 1926 Lyons Corner House ( graced with a sweetly smiling ‘ Nippy ’ ) . |
| 9 | Maxine , a futures market broker , went so far as to put ‘ single ’ on her CV , although she is married with an 18-month-old baby . |
| 10 | In a joint venture with Petrolimex , the Vietnamese state oil company , BP became the first major oil company to build a lubricants blending plant and to market lubricants in that country . |
| 11 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
| 12 | Hence , the ability of a GIS to transform map data quickly from one map projection to another is essential if multi-source and multi-temporal data are used . |
| 13 | He then gained a job as a clerk in the City , and served as a signals lance corporal in the Territorial Army . |
| 14 | The idea has been expanded into a Peoples Show Festival and similar exhibitions , featuring over 200 different collections of tens of thousands of items , will be held at fourteen different venues from Cheltenham to Stoke on Trent . |
| 15 | European Community ( EC ) Finance Ministers in early October allocated Albania a balance-of-payments support grant worth ECU70,000,000 , conditional upon Albania concluding an agreement with the IMF and holding to its recommendations ( ECU1=US$1.39013 as at Oct. 5 , 1992 ) . |
| 16 | She looked good in country clothes as well ; in fact she looked pretty damned good all round , and right now it was the world 's greatest pisser that he was no more than a rough-at-the-edges motor mechanic whose chances with her had to rate at somewhere close to zero . |
| 17 | In early 81 , it tried to do for Oi what the New Musical Express had done for early punk , acting as midwife , prefect and publicist for a grassroots rock movement with political overtones . |
| 18 | This massive construction dominating Charwelton Hill is a telecommunications relay station between London and Birmingham . |
| 19 | To demonstrate the blacksmith 's craft , Pete made us a rams head fire poker . |
| 20 | New potential buyers should be asked to complete a Buyers Input Form ( see 1108.4 ) which should be sent under a standard covering letter ( 1108.5 ) . |
| 21 | Simon receives a sports aid grant of £5,000 this year , which is taxed . |
| 22 | The issue of principle is the commitment to a needs led approach . |
| 23 | I mean , the point about this is that actually I must emphasise it 's a needs based assessment , both in allocating the overall amount of money that goes to the various areas and er those of you who 've already looked at it will see that area three seems to have a disproportionately high amount of the money . |
| 24 | Far ahead of the rest was a Doves Press Bible at £900 , the next price being nearly £400 less . |
| 25 | Sir Robert Maclean Cup , a singles knockout competition was played throughout the season and was won by David McLeod . |
| 26 | In the case of Arcturus , the measured Rosat upper limit ( achieved during a 18.6-ks targeted observation ) is . |
| 27 | Clients who are interested in a Poppies franchise travel to the town for discussions and training . |
| 28 | Representatives of foreign , defence and border guard ministries of CIS member states met in Tashkent ( Uzbekistan ) on July 16 to discuss the establishment of a CIS peacekeeping force . |
| 29 | It was noted that a resources register questionnaire would be circulated with the Women Chemists Newsletter No 4 in order to update current information and to introduce new women to the register which already contains details of the particular expertise of over 800 women . |
| 30 | To village youths , whether they were acting as minor cogs of a cattle relay team or stealing a disliked neighbour 's bullock , it provided both adventure and a small additional income . |