Example sentences of "and a [noun] of [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To imagine what a girl 's prospects actually were , we should bear in mind three by now well-established points about the employment of women in general : by and large women were doing different work from men of similar age and class ; women were concentrated in unskilled and low-paid jobs ; and a majority of women in paid work were young and unmarried . |
| 2 | He tried out a badly scratched recording of Dame Nellie Melba singing an operatic aria from Pagliacci which he had found tucked away between a box of rusting tools and a sack of potatoes in the corner of his shed . |
| 3 | Moreover , these net additional jobs are offset by reductions in jobs in surrounding areas — by a diversion of activity into the zones , and a displacement of jobs in firms out of the zones . |
| 4 | Remember the days when a big do was a white dress made by the bride , the luxury of one bridesmaid and a spread of sandwiches in the Co-operative Halls afterwards ? |
| 5 | It is fair to say that during the day and a half of discussions in June 1993 alarm was expressed at the difficulties posed by the future of the historian 's resource . |
| 6 | In the introduction to a book on Man and Environmental Processes ( Gregory and Walling , 1979 ) the pointers available were resolved into a century of milestones ( to 1960 ) , a decade of papers in the 1960s and a decade of readings in the 1970s . |
| 7 | At its most comprehensive it proposes an explanation of historical population trends and a forecast of trends in the developing world . |
| 8 | There 's a caff down the road from the station with steamy windows and a couple of blokes in there having their breakfast . |
| 9 | and a couple of onions in extra and er |
| 10 | If , literally , all the time you can spare , is five minutes in the morning before you go to work , and a couple of hours in the evening when you come home , then you would probably be better off with a caged animal , such as a hamster or bird . |
| 11 | There are only five pubs and a couple of discos in Lothian Road itself , though there are others in neighbouring streets . |
| 12 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 13 | The student acquires knowledge , understanding and a range of competencies in a particular domain . |
| 14 | It provided for a cut in the top rate of income tax from 68 to 52 per cent , a cut in corporation tax from 50 to 35 per cent ( later amended to 40 per cent ) , and a range of cuts in excise duties on consumer goods . |
| 15 | Every member will be sent an enrolment package that includes a membership card , notification of the Business Direct Freephone number for bookings etc , and a selection of directories in an attractive and useful binder . |
| 16 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 17 | With a sword in one hand and a pair of scales in the other , it symbolizes British justice and law — and the law has quite a lot to say about self-defence . |
| 18 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 19 | ( g ) A dearth of children with high levels of ability … and a plenitude of children in the lowest levels … with a corresponding difficulty of providing a full educational programme for both . |
| 20 | A glass of water stood on the table beside the rose-shaded lamp , along with a torch and a candle and a box of matches in a pretty pottery holder . |
| 21 | A person who receives current coins for value and in good faith , and a purchaser of goods in open market ( ‘ market overt' ) in good faith , acquires a good right even from a thief . |
| 22 | A scribe came into the courtyard timidly , his pen-box swinging from his left shoulder and a sheaf of documents in his hands , stained with red and black ink . |
| 23 | The town has some fascinating historical buildings , among which must be mentioned the old Town Hall with its Black Tower , the Latin school with its allegorical front , the salt house with its striking black and white shutters , the house where Pestalozzi , the Swiss educational reformer , died in 1827 , a parish church dating from 1480 , and a cluster of houses in a happy jumble of styles around the Heimatsmuseum . |
| 24 | Since it was the golden-fleeced ram the king really wanted , he was not at all pleased when Marko came before him on the seventh day with a jug of sweet wine and a cluster of grapes in his handkerchief . |
| 25 | There is a little wry irony both in the prologue to the tale , where " Chaucer " describes it as " " a litel thyng in prose " " ( VII : 937 ) , and a touch of bathos in its epilogue , the link passage leading to the Monk 's Tale , where the Host unfavourably compares his wife , with her lack of patience , with Prudence , wife of Melibee . |
| 26 | His fury when the doorbell jangled and a family of tourists in shorts and visors came babbling in . |
| 27 | Greenberg ( 1983 ) and a collection of papers in Greenberg ( 1987 ) review some of the literature on environmental epidemiology . |
| 28 | New projects are beginning into the industrial steam coal market ( G MacKerron ) , power station fuels ( S Thomas ) , policy options for reducing acid rain ( J Skea ) and a review of trends in energy demand ( J Chesshire and J Surrey ) . |
| 29 | Through it all , Gwion paced with his pate shining in harassment and a gaggle of attendants in his wake seeking instructions , advice and permission . |
| 30 | Apart from the clear advantages of having a joint strategic plan for mental health services , a joint buying consortium would have much enhanced buying power and could lead , too , to considerable economies in developing information systems and a pooling of skills in service development and the maintenance of standards of care . |