Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose from solid woods and a range of finishes . |
| 2 | The power station is also a matter of miles from the Lilstock bombing range in the Bristol Channel , where aircraft can be watched from the coast as they wheel and circle in the sky before a fiery flash and a splash of water shows that they have hit their ‘ target ’ . |
| 3 | with that jumper and a pair of jeans that do n't fit any more . |
| 4 | The chart on page 70 provides an informal profile of each course and an indication of the qualities it asks of each student . |
| 5 | A spring of guarded hope and a source of amusement . |
| 6 | By the same token , any discourse which seems to offer a synthesis between professional values and a sense of national character and moral worthiness , while also overlooking inhumane specialist tendencies and threats of moral ambiguity , is treated favourably in the Review . |
| 7 | This operation is another example of how things do not always go according to plan , but with a little luck and a lot of hard work a successful conclusion can be reached . |
| 8 | The uniformed cops and a couple of detectives were watching their superiors slug it out . |
| 9 | distinctions should be drawn between sole practitioners working on their own at home and those with assistant solicitors and a number of branch offices ; |
| 10 | Despite the claims of its opponents that SWAPO was motivated by ideological extremism , the pragmatism it showed on coming to power , exemplified by the inclusion of non-SWAPO members in the government ( notably the white Finance Minister , Otto Herrigel ) was reflected in cautious economic policies and a policy of national reconciliation . |
| 11 | After winning orders on April 19 to launch three further INTELSAT communications satellites between 1992 and 1994 ( with an option to launch four new generation Intelsat VII satellites ) , Arianespace ( the ESA launch company ) commanded more than half of the international commercial launch market , with 71 outstanding contracts and a backlog of 35 satellites ( worth an estimated total of $2,350 million ) still to launch . |
| 12 | This was made up of a £621,800 increase in the specific provision and a reduction of £98,000 in the general provision against residential property , and a £4,740 increase in the specific provision against unsecured loans . |
| 13 | In policy he was a critic of dear money and an advocate of public works . |
| 14 | A squat kit of chunky glassware , an orange rug of Iranian provenance and recent manufacture , a Spanish guitar and a pair of maracas , two oil paintings ( the first showing puppies and kittens asnooze , the second a nude , ideally rendered ) , an elephant 's foot , something that looked like a microphone stand but turned out to be a Canadian sculpture , a Bengali chess set , a first edition of Little Women , and various other cultural treasures from all over the world . |
| 15 | A CSCE mission was nevertheless permitted to visit Nagorny Karabakh on Feb. 12 , and on Feb. 17 Hassan Hasanov , the Azerbaijani Prime Minister , arrived in Brussels to attend a session of the European Parliament and a meeting of NATO 's Political Council , where he spoke about the background to the conflict . |
| 16 | A pale oval face with wide hazel eyes and a halo of shoulder-length auburn hair , as bright as burnished copper , stared back serious and unblinking . |
| 17 | The reader should note his progress within the whole twelve books and in doing so will see how he moves from a heroic , masterful force and a leader of millions to a spy alone in the Garden of Eden , watching two lovers like a common peeping Tom . |
| 18 | There was one I craved in particular , a pink nightdress with a lace hem and a frilly neck and a family of rabbits embroidered on the chest . |
| 19 | The delays appear to have been due to administrative confusion and a lack of political will . |
| 20 | The Uprising was primarily a rejection of Israeli rule and an affirmation of Palestinian identity , but it was also a rejection of American interference . |
| 21 | Floating exchange rates have the added advantage that responsibility for the burden of adjustment does not have to be assigned to particular countries : with floating , the exchange rate mechanism itself should lead to an appreciation of strong currencies and a depreciation of weak currencies . |
| 22 | These essentially consisted of using multiple regression techniques to test the ‘ relationship ’ between local political outputs and a number of external input variables : a likely looking set of independent variables would be tested against expenditure levels to see if any of the relationships were statistically significant . |
| 23 | Senior managers , working groups , working parties and a host of peer reviews have all been involved . |
| 24 | On top of the thallium he sprinkled salt , a very little pepper and a coating of tarragon leaves . |
| 25 | It also depends if you have your windows open and you 've got them each side and a bit of a wind , they 'll be flapping . |
| 26 | ‘ However ’ he added after describing the ‘ bit of a window ’ at a later date they would like to add panels down each side and a pair of doors to complete the vestry . |
| 27 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 28 | And they 've lots of other garden ornament moulds , ranging from peacock to water nymph — plus the casting powder and a range of metallic finishes and a pack of coloured paints . |
| 29 | Disciplined political parties and a system of parliamentary and Cabinet government have been conducive to a restrained , impersonal style of political leadership . |
| 30 | These included regulations covering the registration of political parties and a number of amendments to the Constitution which were reported to include the implementation of a semi-presidential regime , with executive powers vested in a prime minister . |