Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building on the example of many Labour councils which have developed imaginative arts initiatives , we will make the arts a statutory responsibility for local authorities . |
| 2 | I put on the headset and sat in his chair and presently into my ears a disembodied voice said , ‘ Are you there ? ’ |
| 3 | Paris could hardly believe its ears a few days later when Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau entered the Salle Pleyel , exactly 40 years after his Parisian début , to sing Die Schöne Müllerin with ( once past the buffeted consonants and fatal eruptions of ‘ Das Wandern ’ ) a mezza voce intact , and a sensitive response to the warmhearted suggesting from the piano of Christoph Eschenbach , that one could hardly believe possible ( and more astounding still in that immense hall ! ) . |
| 4 | The cup triumph will go a long way to easing the memory of their loss to Waringstown in the final of the Touche Ross Senior Cup last month and caps a solid season for the Comber side . |
| 5 | The ultimate accolade caps a dramatic rise for Platt who was rejected by Manchester United before establishing himself in the game with Crewe , then joining Taylor at Aston Villa and then going onto Juventus via Bari . |
| 6 | Offering drinkers a wide range of regional beers : one of many Campaign beer festivals |
| 7 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 8 | In later centuries the rate of clearance may have slowed , and in the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of replanting was carried out in the formation of the large parklands . |
| 9 | For nearly two centuries a political framework had existed which had made it increasingly easy to tap Europe 's resources and savings . |
| 10 | As the town became more prosperous in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries a new and greater university was built on the ruined foundations of the old . |
| 11 | For centuries a Royal Mile eating and drinking house has stood on this site . |
| 12 | In the late tenth and eleventh centuries a marked revival of agriculture and country life in Lombardy had ushered in the urban renaissance in its heartland ; for it was to be the Lombard cities above all which lured the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy in the 1150s and 1160s , and whose almost innumerable walls baffled his armies in the long war of the Lombard League . |
| 13 | Why not an American-Palestinian version of the 1917 Balfour declaration , in which Britain promised the world 's Jews a national home in Palestine ? |
| 14 | At any instant , three of them are the current required settings of the three motors ; three are the previous required settings , a third of a second earlier ; three are the required settings a third of a second before then ; and so on . |
| 15 | So why not give your legs a golden glow with a little fake tan ? |
| 16 | As it happened , he had been shot through both legs a few months before . |
| 17 | She had seen it staggering around on uncertain legs a few mornings before . |
| 18 | The male platypus possesses on its hind legs a large , reversible spur . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ Eric will give the fans a big lift and I 'm sure he 'll be welcomed with open arms . ’ |
| 20 | Kendall 's new Blues give fans a raw deal |
| 21 | Stockboker Ellis & Partners used Saturday 's programme to offer fans a low-cost chance to buy Cabra shares until April 16 — just in time for the Cabra meeting . |
| 22 | The two tier stand has been specially designed to give fans a clear view of the pitch . |
| 23 | But the chances are , too , that if at the beginning you saw yourself as writing a crime novel and no more , then you will have spoilt the novel you eventually turned out to have produced , as well as causing in a good many of your readers a subtle feeling of disappointment . |
| 24 | Without indulging in passages of inactive description , he extended to his readers a panoramic view of the world , making good use of the duties performed by the navy in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars to keep up the colour and excitement of adventure . |
| 25 | The book gives readers a rare insider 's view of the Waffen-SS — why young men volunteered , and what kept even section-strength units together in desperate situations . |
| 26 | John Drake runs an aquilegia mail-order service and is offering Country Living readers a 10 per cent discount on plant orders . |
| 27 | Ingrid Tait is offering Country Living readers a 10 per cent discount on her Landscape pattern scarves and shawls ( see above ) . |
| 28 | Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ . |
| 29 | Tennis World has teamed up exclusively with Ellesse UK to offer our readers a fabulous 30 by 40 inches signed and limited edition print . |
| 30 | From now until May 14th 1992 , Expressions is offering Hairflair readers a fabulous discount offer — so treat yourself today ! |