Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I Jordan de Blossevilla give in free alms to God and St Pancras and the monks … for the welfare of my soul and of my ancestors and successors a portion of my land in Bevenden lying by my well on the south side containing 4 perches in length and 2 in breadth ; to hold in tree alms , with a tree way of going in and out with the easement of drawing water in any well . |
| 2 | Towards the end of the 11th century Gundulph , Bishop of Rochester , looking for a site to build for himself and his successors a manor house , chose a spot close by the river at Halling . |
| 3 | Such people manifestly lack those human characteristics a society both produces in its members and relies on for its continued existence . |
| 4 | It was a brilliant tactical move which killed seven birds with one stone , gave The Smiths four pages in Melody Maker and gave the fanzines a slice of national exposure . |
| 5 | Since the arrival of the very first ship , the Annika , this Belfast to Rotterdam service has grown from a weekly to a twice weekly sailing , offering importers and exporters a choice of shipping at the beginning or at the end of the week . |
| 6 | It bottles only 4% of its production under the Cellaro label , paying growers a bonus for healthier grapes with a better balance of sugar and acidity . |
| 7 | But erm er when the W Winter comes on , the wind starts whistling round this place , it er cuts into your ears a bit . |
| 8 | Not that all these concerns about pedigree matter a damn as far as the music is concerned — it 's jus tot give your ears a clue as to what to expect . |
| 9 | At Langan 's Bistro , with its gallery full of prints , plates and drawings , a waiter stood ready to whisper into more receptive ears a list of the day 's specialities . |
| 10 | The child 's mother , Alison Margaret Cowley , 34 , of Allerthorpe , North Yorkshire was killed when her car was in collision with a lorry at roadworks a mile west of Bowes , near Barnard Castle on Thursday . |
| 11 | Simply to pass risks a sense of purposelessness ; but the purposefulness of approach requires delicacy and tact . |
| 12 | I mean ha how can you say that killing fifteen thousand foxes a year is helping to control foxes ? |
| 13 | Here developed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries a centre for the arts which attracted artists and craftsmen from all over Italy . |
| 14 | Over the centuries a tradition arose of pilgrims going to Croagh Patrick , spending the night on top and hearing Mass at dawn . |
| 15 | But in the eleventh and twelfth centuries a village society dominated by the lord , to whom the majority of peasants owed varying degrees of allegiance , of service and of rent , was characteristic of wide areas of western Europe . |
| 16 | During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries a school of Dalmatian humanists , still writing mainly in Latin or Italian prose and poetry , broke away from the narrow ecclesiastical concerns of men like Thomas and became part of the mainstream of the European Renaissance . |
| 17 | To counter these tactics , larger and thicker walls were built , walls with much enlarged bases ; and in the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries a variety of devices were invented to harry the attacker and make his work more difficult . |
| 18 | Over the centuries a number of species have become extinct , among them the Mexican grizzly bear , great auk and passenger pigeon . |
| 19 | It may be taken as fact that during the late fifteenth and the sixteenth centuries a number of joint muderris/muftiliks came into existence in the provinces . |
| 20 | Through the centuries a host of famous people have been proud to call this charming county ‘ home ’ . |
| 21 | For centuries a seaport — today the harbour is still a haven for yachtsmen , fishing boats and pleasure cruisers . |
| 22 | They helped to make the 7th and 8th Centuries a time when Jarrow was the largest centre of civilisation west of Rome . |
| 23 | Yoi stance ( ready stance ) : standing with legs a shoulder-width apart and fists clenched in front of you . |
| 24 | ‘ It should save your legs a bit . ’ |
| 25 | We 'll tie up on the island and stretch our legs a bit . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'll just stretch my legs a bit , ’ Zen announced . |
| 27 | Like he was behind er I never held him I was behind him like you know well it gives his legs a bit more like movement . |
| 28 | Time to give the old legs a rest on a steep descent into the beautiful Farndale Valley |
| 29 | Yeah , anybody else want to stretch their legs a second ? |
| 30 | Should you wish to rest your legs a while , why not take a train ride on our narrow-gauge railway ( April-October inclusive ) , or try your hand at brass rubbing in the centre situated in the old dining-room of the Manor House ? |