Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all aquatic plants with floating leaves dislike turbulent water or a continuous fine spray on their foliage , so any moving-water feature that is envisaged should be considered for one end of the pool and out of the direct line of choice plants like waterlilies . |
| 2 | Ten years earlier Unwin had faced the alternative to London 's outward spread : either a continuous zone of free entry at varying degrees of density , its continuity broken by areas of public open space ; or a continuous green background as the setting for occasional development . |
| 3 | This consisted of a small number of NCDAD approved courses , comprising a one-year Higher Diploma in Fine Art , Graphic Design , Textiles/Fashion or a two-year Higher Diploma in Interior or Industrial Design . |
| 4 | There 's nothing they love more than an interesting little family tragedy , or a nice little disease to muck themselves up with . ’ |
| 5 | Only later were , was one to find it possible to develop a small comedy action or a small dramatic action on the screen , this would be around nineteen hundred and three , four , five , about five or six years from the beginning , that films of this sort would make . |
| 6 | He could have bought chain mail underwear , or a whole-head rubber mask with nothing interrupting its smoothness but a single , tiny breathing hole . |
| 7 | Do n't brush your curls — this causes frizz , just use your fingers or a wide-toothed Afro comb for styling . |
| 8 | This is consistent with the idea that the importance of such memories is that they provide and anchoring point between personal and public life ( Neisser , 1982 ) or a coherent autobiographical history for the individual ( Conway , 1990 ) . |
| 9 | Have either one packet of crisps or a measured 1 oz. of nuts each day . |
| 10 | Narrow french , or mock french , seams should be used , or a narrow plain seam with the seam allowances finished off together with a zig-zag stitch . |
| 11 | Pritt blamed the National government which did " not desire either an end of Fascism or a genuine reciprocal pact with the USSR " . |
| 12 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 13 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA ( Master of Business Administration ) or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 14 | It may be at a , at a truly rational level we can all perfectly well do all kinds of other things rationally on a truly rational level , because there we have this this er high degree of that comes with rationality , but at a deeper , kind of gut level , the emotional feelings we , we find that it 's , it 's much more difficult , and at that point if you do n't try and change things and do things that are unnatural , you find you 're kind of going against the emotional grain and er perhaps some people find it easier than others , but perhaps everybody will feel a certain erm tug as it were , certain erm discomfort or a certain emotional alienation from themselves which er perhaps is because we 're trying to do something more basic we just were n't designed for . |
| 15 | If a faculty , or department , or a certain special group of students is missed out then the sample itself has not been drawn from the correct population . |
| 16 | In February or March , when spring was waiting to burst out but the trees were still leafless and the earth grey and cold , Sophia used sometimes to pretend that she was in Italy — not necessarily in a beautiful or famous part but perhaps in some obscure little town in the Alban Hills or a dusty coastal village between Naples and Sorrento . |
| 17 | This one meant either a crawl on my belly beneath a boulder , hoping to be able to escape out of the hole on the other side , or a wide sloping ledge on the right . |
| 18 | A broad-brimmed hat in summer or a dark woollen hat in winter helps keep sunlight from lightning up your face . |
| 19 | I find that the qualifications she would have got was either the degree she hoped for or a Higher National Diploma for reasons which I shall now set out . |
| 20 | Whether you require short , one-off courses covering specific skills , or a flexible three-tier programme of qualifications leading to Certificate , Diploma or MBA , the Open Business School makes training manageable . |
| 21 | Where there is a strong relationship between the degree subject and one or a few subsequent types of work , it is possible to orientate the curriculum towards such work . |
| 22 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ To a man without a job a few more houses on a field or a few foreign accents in the local pub seem a price worth paying for prosperity . |
| 24 | Whether a subscriber requires the simple verification of a customer 's registered name provided by our Corporate and Business Index or a detailed financial analysis of a company balance sheet , we can provide the appropriate level of detail ’ , stated Mr McKiernan . |
| 25 | The Walkman : an end to domestic intercourse as we knew it , or a handy educational tool for budding DIY types ? |
| 26 | For instance , you could make a herbal picture for someone called Rosemary , or a lovely wintry picture with holly , hellebores and carnations for a Holly . |
| 27 | Instead of your call drowning or being drowned by another , it is intercepted by Contran and you hear either an amplified version of the other call or a brief squelch-like sound in your headset . |
| 28 | The decision lies between the possibility of losing future business by stopping supplies or of running the risk of a bad debt or a slow paying debt by not doing so . |
| 29 | The combination of different faces produced a score which required me to inscribe a divided line or a single unbroken line on a sheet of paper . |
| 30 | But whereas the faces all around were pale , or a smooth golden bronze from holidays chasing the winter sun , his was ruddy , weathered , the creases radiating from the eyes suggesting a life soaking up the glare of the sun and wind . |