Example sentences of "a [adj] and 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 | Be conscious of the fact that this is a tranquil and a peaceful place and that it belongs to you . |
| 10 | The table below contrasts a narrow and a wide tail : |
| 11 | Beyond that , de Gaulle 's policy failed both in a narrow and a broad sense . |
| 12 | Investing in people through the social services became both a respectable and a popular policy among governments . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Programme will have both a specific and a general relevance to current policy concerns . |
| 15 | He argued that ‘ equality of opportunity ’ has a weak and a strong sense . |
| 16 | This has both a short-term and a long-term objective . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In the English perception , empiricism is both a descriptive and a prescriptive term . |
| 21 | I have an eye for championship clay court style with a technical and a mental approach that I nickname , ‘ heads and feet ’ . ’ |
| 22 | That is partly a technical and a psychological matter . |
| 23 | There was also an interest in integrating local authorities more closely with the developing machinery for economic management at both a regional and a national level . |
| 24 | Of course , this was both a political and a disciplinary measure . |
| 25 | I wanted to understand the phenomenon at an individual , a social and a sociological level . |
| 26 | But it was an extension that in the first instance was of greatest benefit to the middle classes , who were , in both a social and a transportation sense , the mobile classes . |
| 27 | SUMMARY : The thermal histories of a Palaeozoic and a Tertiary coal have been investigated by laboratory simulation experiments in which a suite of samples , with natural maturities ranging from 0.4–3.0% vitrinite reflectance ( VR ) , were heated under identical conditions of time and temperature . |
| 28 | Others follow , the most interesting for a novice explorer being Long Kin East Cave which can be entered safely by either of two entrances , a wet and a dry , and with the help of a torch it can be penetrated by easy walking along a roomy stream passage for 200 yards . |
| 29 | A Bill of Rights would fulfil a different and a prior purpose . |
| 30 | So it 's absolutely essential that we do go forward formally and take up all the issues in relation to the minimum achieved performance levels and the scheme arising from the consolidation of the effects of last year 's pay settlement , but as er most of the delegates from British Gas will know , I 've been er ensuring that we first of all get all of the reports in from the regional joint indu regional joint trade union secretaries to ensure that we have as much information for once as British Gas has , about what 's going on within the company , and secondly we 've had er full debates on the trade union side to ensure we were well aware of just exactly what our recollections were of what happened last year and to ensure we 're going forward in a clear and a positive way . |