Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) for solicitors to enter into a multi-national partnerships with members of that profession ; and |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I made a right balls of that , ’ he admitted frankly . |
| 3 | Pleas that the character of the North Yorkshire market town of Pickering should not be spoiled by takeaway food shops have been made by town councillors who rejected schemes to convert a dry cleaners into a kebab house and for a pizza takeaway at a music shop . |
| 4 | If Zena saw it and , and made a a subtle comments like |
| 5 | More general overviews , and interpretations of recent changes in the economic geography of the UK are provided in : Unequal Growth , by Steve Fothergill and Graham Gudgin ( London , Heinemann Educational ; 1982 ) , which focuses on the urban-rural shift in manufacturing ; Spatial Divisions of Labour : Social Structures and the Geography of Production by Doreen Massey ( London and Basingstoke , Macmillan ; 1984 ) which argues for a spatial divisions of labour approach to uneven development ; and Long Waves of Regional Development by Michael Marshall ( London and Basingstoke , Macmillan ; 1987 ) which uses a long-wave perspective , but draws also on aspects of the regulationist approach , in an analysis of the last century-and-a-half of uneven development in the UK . |
| 6 | In Europe the company operating the Astra satellite will use digital compression technology to offer a 180 channels per home option . |
| 7 | I won my race into a 1.5 metres per second wind . |
| 8 | In one corner there is a sunken jacuzzi with a young person in it , moving sinuously in the bubbling waters . |
| 9 | Although Shelley smiled only faintly , Byron roared with laughter and said , ‘ Let me tell you of an inscription I once saw scrawled on the wall of a low jakes in Chelsea . |
| 10 | This procedure takes a new snapshot and does pixel counts for various subareas such as a narrow strips at the edge of the region of the reference area which is supposed to contain the reference card . |
| 11 | Again , this one remains a respectable 8″ to 10″ ( 20–25cm ) , and is also a reasonably-peaceful specimen . |
| 12 | If Smith were to fall under a bus — or , let us be blunt , drop dead during a European heads of government meeting — the effect on the nation 's stability and standing could be devastating . |
| 13 | If a stranger calls at the house , do n't let them in . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , he seems to have made a complete balls of it , ’ said Sir Harry . |
| 15 | A Earthworms are one of the best foods you can feed to your fish , for they are a complete animals with all the essential amino acids to sustain life and dietary requirements . |
| 16 | As is well known , when a liquid freezes by crystallizing the crystals tend to expel impurities . |
| 17 | Superheating occurs if the temperature of a liquid rises above its boiling point . |
| 18 | Commuters can expect delays on the Northern Lane service tonight due to a technical problems at Sandhills and an incident at Moorfields . |
| 19 | At least two responsible adults must supervise the burning and a mobile container(s) with at least 1000 litres of water must be on hand at the site . |
| 20 | This alliance of opposition frustrated all attempts to establish a professional police until Peel 's 1829 Metropolitan Police Act . |
| 21 | Can you provide the OED text on a magnetic tape(s) with the following specification : |
| 22 | GUNMEN killed an Irish nurse yesterday when they attacked a convoy taking her to a new assignment in Baidoa , a Somali towns at the centre of the famine region . |
| 23 | This arises when participation in a CU results in a switch from a low cost , to a higher cost , source of supply . |
| 24 | His wife , played by Greta Scacchi , has a few secrets of her own . |
| 25 | There have to be a few secrets between a woman and her dybbuk . |
| 26 | A few lumps of stone ; a matching shepherd and shepherdess plucked from Arcady , an old and battered sundial and a leaded glass cloche . |
| 27 | There are , however , a few chairs on the market that improve posture while sitting . |
| 28 | Potato brown rot has only affected a few tonnes on one farm so far … but experts are keeping their eyes on it . |
| 29 | Beetles , wasps , squirrels etc feed upon the leaves and acorns of the oak ; but a tree that weighs 100 tonnes may produce only a few tonnes of such provender each year . |
| 30 | But the assumption that all morality means sexual morality is too widespread to go down without a few squawks of protest . |