Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun sg] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already |
| 2 | This enables our employees to use the equivalent of one afternoon a week during working hours , for approved community activities , always of course , subject to workload . |
| 3 | Inman was retired prematurely and his post abolished , and Hunt was given an annual salary of £1,000 for a minimum of one day a week at the Office , although according to the Secretary , he was usually there ‘ nearly half a week ’ . |
| 4 | Ideally , the shadow should spend an uninterrupted week or fortnight with his opposite number , but if that is impracticable , a regular visit of one day a week throughout the term would be satisfactory . |
| 5 | UBS has been getting an average of one inquiry a day from small banks looking for a bigger uncle . |
| 6 | Internal dating in Fragments B to D indicates with all but certainty that they were written on a daily progression ; B at the rate of three pairs of verses a day from 27 July to 29 October 1759 ; one verse a day from 30 October 1759 to 1 June 1760 ; and three verses a day from 2 June to 26 August 1760 ; C at the rate of two verses a day from 21 February to 12 May 1761 ; and D at the rate of one verse a day from 12 June 1762 to 30 January 1763 . |
| 7 | And sometimes I walked down lace market for me dinner and m And er we used to have to go on er on green , for three penn'orth a breast of mutton , to make stew and hap'orth of mixed potherbs , and do together and it were lovely . |
| 8 | The government on Dec. 15 won by 309 votes to 256 with one abstention a vote of confidence attached to a bill on regional aid to the south . |
| 9 | For its part the Italian government agreed to convene within one month a conference of aid donors to assemble a comprehensive assistance package for Mozambique . |
| 10 | He describes how in one case a girl from a poverty-stricken background went to live with a man who promised to marry her . |
| 11 | For example , in one case a number of Staffordshire businessmen were keen to make a bid for a £75 million contract for the construction of security fencing around a British military base in Germany . |
| 12 | In one school a number of " themes " were identified : homes , school , religion and the Church , trade , and communications ( roads , seafaring ) . |
| 13 | Those best placed to influence government policy were also most dependent on state patronage to further their military and civil careers , while the police and tax functions delegated to serf-owners made the whole class in one sense a part of the machinery of government . |
| 14 | As I see it , the ‘ passivity ’ is in one sense a consequence of the decision to write the sonnets from a man to a man — as Sonnet 20 made clear , no ‘ activity ’ is contemplated . |
| 15 | Hindle 's survey at the University of Lancaster , where a departmental selection system operated , showed that in one year a total of 17 departments had added books on the subject of ‘ operational research ’ to their collections — two of these ordering more titles than the operational research department itself . |
| 16 | In one zone a drift of loose bones , kippered limbs , and dehydrated heads suggested cannibalism . |
| 17 | In one house a family of six sit down to a meal , using three-legged chairs and chunks of masonry for seats . |
| 18 | In one group a discussion on referral procedures may produce a lessening of resentment amongst senior staff . |
| 19 | The effect is to instil in one group a feeling of almost God-like power ; in the other , a feeling of child-like dependence . ’ |
| 20 | But presumably they ran back to the bluegums , carrying in one arm a pair of trousers and in the other a fishing rod . |
| 21 | He touched lovingly on all the details , the white deal working table , studies on the wall , in one corner a closet with their bottles and pots , and his books . |
| 22 | It may range from one afternoon a week to full extension services opening daily , staffed by a paid worker and volunteers . |
| 23 | And we do anything from one session a month to . |
| 24 | Volunteers are needed to give about one hour a month for a group meeting , plus fund-raising events , usually three or four times a year . |
| 25 | One of these documents had informed her that she was to be attached to a Mr Victor Wilcox , Managing Director of J. Pringle & Sons , for one day a week during the remainder of the winter term , and she had chosen Wednesdays for this undertaking since it was the day she normally kept free from teaching . |
| 26 | She is however , in the office for one day a week on a secondment basis and has met all the staff , individually and collectively to discuss the review . |
| 27 | A variety of courses was evaluated ; some were held for one evening a week for a term ; others were one-week full time ; some were award-bearing , others were not . |
| 28 | In London , volunteer training programmes will now take place every September and February and will require an individual 's time for one evening a week over a six-week programme . |
| 29 | Personal and Social Development , ( PSD ) , is a non-examinable subject which pupils study for one period a week in S1 and S2 . |
| 30 | Do n't be afraid to limit the time spent with your language helper to one hour a day at first . |