Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mobile library visits once a fortnight . |
| 2 | Flowers last longest if kept in a cool place and given a high phosphate feed once a month . |
| 3 | The Child 's Game is basically a free play situation where the child chooses any series of activities for 10–15 minutes during which the parent will join in under the child 's direction . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that there are three theoretical approaches to regimes binding erga omnes : they can be regarded as a special concept within the law of treaties constituting an exception to the res inter alios principle ; they can be justified on a public law basis whereby a group of States assume quasi-legislative competence to create a regulatory regime for a defined territory in the overall community interest ; or other processes such as recognition , acquiescence , estoppel , historic title , or the formation of customary international law can produce an erga omnes effect on treaties intended to have that effect . |
| 5 | Prepare a computer schedule for a typical working day when the systems described in 5.2.5 are available to Oxford University Press . |
| 6 | Some historians regard the English Civil War of the seventeenth century as a crucial transition period where an emerging bourgeoisie removed old political barriers to its development — it was a ‘ bourgeois revolution ’ . |
| 7 | This season , I have attended a National League game almost every weekend , district matches , the international trial , even a women 's game . |
| 8 | COLLECTING NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS BY STERLING REMITTANCE IS AN EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE FOR US ; AND PAYING A LARGE LUMP SUM ONCE A YEAR MAY NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU . |
| 9 | IT 'S hardly Princess Diana 's idea of a jolly family Christmas when the royals get together at the Queen 's Sandringham estate . |
| 10 | ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road . |
| 11 | On top of that they have a random check system whereby a number of estates are sampled . |
| 12 | Does the Minister acknowledge that when we had a domestic rating system almost every citizen in the land made sure that he or she registered to vote ? |
| 13 | China and the USA narrowly averted a major trade war when a comprehensive trade agreement was signed on Oct. 10 ; if the agreement had not been signed on that day the USA , under Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act , would automatically have imposed punitive tariffs of up to 100 per cent of value on Chinese-made imports currently worth a total of US$3,900 million . |
| 14 | Chocolate production is demonstrated in a miniature factory area where a Cadbury World assortment is manufactured from a cocoa bean to chocolate product . |
| 15 | The audience , sparse and sad , do not call for an encore , but Mo and McNamara embark upon a lonely farewell tune just the same . |
| 16 | the determinants of the profit margin of marketmakers in a secondary bond market ie. the determinants of the bid-ask price . |
| 17 | In his book Defence in Animals , Malcolm Edmunds cites the African grasshopper Phymateus which relies upon camouflage for primary defence but produces a dramatic warning display once a predator approaches , opening its orange and crimson hind wings and exuding a noxious fluid . |
| 18 | Throughout his career he has lurched from one extreme to another , noisy then quiet , a prolific goal scorer then a famine victim , a superstar then a substitute . |
| 19 | An attractive exposed aggregate look can be created by brushing the surface with a stiff household broom about an hour after initial watering and rolling . |
| 20 | All of us get elated and emotional as we stroll through a pine grove on a hot summer day when the old trees fill the air with their pungent fragrance . |
| 21 | They saw Rodo balanced precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff face about a hundred feet above them . |
| 22 | All of us probably envy the ability of Imelda , Ivana , Diana and co to indulge themselves with a glorious shopping spree whenever the desire grips them . |
| 23 | The colour is produced by imperfections and impurities in the diamond , for example , a yellow colour results when the diamond contains nitrogen atoms clustered together in equilateral triangles with each nitrogen atom replacing one carbon atom of the perfect diamond ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 24 | Its aim was to provide a convivial meeting place where the enlightened could help formulate a programme to teach the uninitiated the nature of the enemy which was undermining the country . |
| 25 | The diversity of collections even within a single museum demands instead a flexible series of management devices . |
| 26 | The following rights may be relevant to this computer system : Patent Being new , the computer may incorporate some new and patentable inventions Copyright The software on disk and the programs stored on the integrated circuits ( firmware ) and all accompanying documentation are protected under copyright law Semiconductor The topography of the integrated circuits Regulations containing the firmware Trade Marks The stylized name may be registered as a trade mark Registered Design The embossed pattern may be a registered design Design Right The new type of keyboard may fall within the scope of the new design right |
| 27 | A subtle nod of approval by the student was lost in the anticipation of an impending confrontation with a certain pilot Y. Then the student asked the wrong question . |
| 28 | a certain motor vehicle namely a … ( or trailer drawn by a motor vehicle ) |
| 29 | ‘ a certain motor vehicle namely a … ’ ( or trailer drawn by a motor vehicle ) . |
| 30 | ‘ a certain motor vehicle namely a … ’ ( or trailer drawn by a motor vehicle ) ’ See ( C ) 3 of offence number 1 . |