Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently , over 6,000 students worldwide have registered for the Distance Learning MBA , either by dealing with Henley direct or through a Network of Associate Institutions in countries around the world . |
| 2 | Now I 'm sure that screaming along with fifteen knot in a force six is really exciting but for a landlubber like myself it 's certainly not on . |
| 3 | Governors were kept informed but as a decision of the headteachers rather than as a matter of right . |
| 4 | The difference with New Historicism is in a refusal to see the incident or localised concern as symbolic or as a metaphor for larger cultural significances . |
| 5 | The most effective lessons are those where the child is given the opportunity , either as an individual or as a member of a small group , to explore and to create something original . |
| 6 | Complaint may be made by an individual or by a body of persons , for example a residents association and should be directed in writing to an M.P . |
| 7 | Theorizing and debate about law-breaking and law enforcement have been premised on a model of the criminal actor as individual and on a conception of enforcement as practised by a uniformed and public police . |
| 8 | Anne seemed to be scarcely listening and at a sound from her mother dashed back to her side , followed by Sarah and Mrs Bennet . |
| 9 | we witness his growth and personal development , times when he is content and in a lot of cases not content , he relationships with friends and people around him ( and how they get along together ) , but also we see how money and wealth can affect a little boy 's life so suddenly and drastically . |
| 10 | Being on soft peat land , digging was easy and at a depth of three feet we found a two inch cylindrical piece of metal . |
| 11 | Glycollic acid could be a precursor for the petrochemical feedstock , ethylene glycol but it is also a useful chemical in its own right , serving as a descalent and as a mordant in the dyeing industry . |
| 12 | As such , it is not at odds with the ‘ litmus-test ’ of self-advocacy , seeming to support a view of people as potentially autonomous and with a right to self-determination within a less restrictive social milieu . |
| 13 | But the Lord Lane I met at Aviemore could hardly have been more different — affable , witty and without a trace of self awareness of his office ; and if I call him Geoffrey here , it is only because after Aviemore we became friends , played the odd round of golf together , exchanged letters and met on several social occasions . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't look bored and with a dress like that you are certainly not shy … ’ |
| 15 | Whatever your opinion of ABBA 's music , you must admit they had a hell of a knack for penning a commercial tune ; the chord sequence here is fairly standard but with a couple of nice twists , with the bass playing a central role in the arrangement . |
| 16 | When the Newcastle goalkeeper rose to his feet after treatment , Mr Jones chose to re-start play not with a free-kick but with a drop-ball inside the penalty area . |
| 17 | ( Oh , yes , I was a handsome rogue , tall with jet-black hair , olive-skinned but with a cast in one eye , I always thought it gave me a devil-may-care look . ) |
| 18 | We do claim credit for having detected this anger and for having spent a year in working to set up a public meeting at which Thornaby people could express it , but even there we were careful to be non-party political and as a result of that meeting , with the support of Thornaby people and the town 's MP Tim Devlin , we are now carrying the campaign to the proper quarter . |
| 19 | Making it rich and like a lily in bloom , |
| 20 | ‘ Both the girl and her boyfriend are extremely upset and in a state of severe shock . |
| 21 | Heavy-eyed , Mungo had fallen asleep and into a thicket of dreams . |
| 22 | However , a thinned shot flies very low and with a lot of run so the chances are it will run straight through the green . |
| 23 | Many shirt manufacturers leave the wings too short and cut the collars too low and without a loop at the back to hold the tie from rising to the top ( or , poor sod , over the top ) of the collar . |
| 24 | The flowing blood was the symbol and proof that life had been taken in payment for the sins of the guilty and as a substitute for his own guilt-stained life . |
| 25 | Being deprived of the goals , our desire eats us up and leaves us dissatisfied and with a sense of longing . |
| 26 | Once you have assured yourself that you are doing your best in this respect , you can go on to look at other possible causes , if you still feel generally unfit or without a zest for life . |
| 27 | He was handsome , perhaps twenty-three or four , slim , fine-featured and with a shock of pale brown hair . |
| 28 | He was like the ‘ building blocks ’ to Lennie 's happy life , patient and like a brother to him . |
| 29 | ‘ Everything 's more forward here , ’ she noticed , as they went by a line of horse-chestnut trees that were leafy and about a month in advance of those in Mariánské Láznë . |
| 30 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |