Example sentences of "and a [adj] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a symptom of an overheated economy , and a useful early warning of faster inflation to come . |
| 2 | This kit contains a blade suitable for cutting wood with nails , plasterboard and non-ferrous metals ; a fast-cutting blade for wood and plastics ; a blade for iron and non-ferrous metals ; a rough/fast cut blade for wood ; and a useful flexible blade for non-ferrous metals . |
| 3 | He is the Lout , the Urchin , the Wild Boy who haunts the pages of Charles Dickens and a thousand official reports on Juvenile Delinquency . |
| 4 | There was a chandelier directly overhead , and a thousand little tingles of pain edged back into my head as I looked into it . |
| 5 | Our second meeting , once the regulative café au lait had been taken and a strenuous five hours of talk had been put behind us , was concluded by a guided tour of his beloved Montreal , whose night-time allurements were enthusiastically described in a car hired for the occasion , and concluded by a celebratory meal at one of his favourite Indian restaurants , toasting each other 's health and futures in an excellent Chablis . |
| 6 | The result was the commodities boom and a major upward twist to inflation . |
| 7 | It is one of the leading beverage companies in the world , and a major international producer of spirits and beer . |
| 8 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 9 | In contrast , in France links have been made between researchers in different disciplines , the work has been more highly developed theoretically and a major critical review of the state of research has been conducted . |
| 10 | While the famous privateer was waiting impatiently ‘ on the beach ’ in Paris he filled in his time producing ambitious schemes to harass the common enemy , including a large-scale raid up the River Clyde to attack Glasgow , and a major amphibious assault on Liverpool . |
| 11 | It had everything he loved — the Welshness , wonderful poetry , drama on the heroic scale and a sure unflinching sense of literature . |
| 12 | By temperament and experience he was equipped to deal with the race of Men , and as a native of Lothern he had grown up with an understanding of the worth of trade and a tolerant cosmopolitan outlook on the world . |
| 13 | As we come across , you know , slippers there and a hot steaming mug of tea embarrassed in there . |
| 14 | She wore a dark two-piece suit and a pert little hat with a feather that set it off well and I immediately was drawn to her . |
| 15 | There may be a loose cough in the day and a dry paroxysmal cough in the evening and night . |
| 16 | Ultrasound study of the abdomen showed free fluid in the peritoneal cavity and a right perirenal collection of fluid but normal kidneys , liver , spleen , and bladder . |
| 17 | If so you should make the eggception — it 's a good egg ( honest ) and a right good game to boot ! |
| 18 | For Austria , Renner proposed eight national governments in Vienna to administer the cultural affairs of each nationality , eight socio-economic bodies administering economic regions ( covering several nationalities ) , four agricultural administrations and a supreme federal power under the Crown ( responsible for foreign and military affairs , joint finance , economic and social welfare and justice ) . |
| 19 | A extra day 's training a week and a sharper competitive edge through playing in a League with promotion and relegation helped Shelbourne and Cork achieve Euro glory . |
| 20 | A extra day 's training a week and a sharper competitive edge through playing in a League with promotion and relegation helped Shelbourne and Cork achieve Euro glory . |
| 21 | Years of struggle for legitimation and equal status with West Germany were crowned by a state visit to Paris and a historic official visit to West Germany . |
| 22 | This got to the heart of the matter , the need to make reality out of pious hopes , and it recognized the propaganda value of a contest between a Labour candidate and a Unionist working man in a critical by-election . |
| 23 | He wore old jeans , espadrilles and a torn blue T-shirt through which spilled a lot of black chest-hair . |
| 24 | ‘ Take your own pace back to the lodge , ’ Chris said and marched off , a slight figure in butchered jeans and a torn striped shirt like a huge smock ; a long feather of hair down his neck . |
| 25 | Share prices soared in Tokyo , pushed by a loose monetary policy , falling inflation and a simultaneous rapid rise in land prices ( which offered both collateral for share investments and rising asset values for firms owning land ) . |
| 26 | Glossy surfers ' hair , eyes blue as a robin 's egg and a dreamy far-off ocean at dawn . |
| 27 | I am enjoying my own attention ; a carpenter in a large mustard sweater , and a sweet-faced young lad with glasses . |
| 28 | and a faint premonitory sprinkling of stones . |
| 29 | A flicker at the window and a faint cackling echo of thunder laughed at him . |
| 30 | Their natural capacity to achieve self-knowledge ( hence the stress on recognising the image of sin in Scale 1 ) enables them to receive what feels like a gift of freedom from the pressures of the destructive impulses in the self , and a personal inner experience of the God . |