Example sentences of "an [noun] [conj] [noun] [conj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night a group of small children sang ‘ L'Internationale ’ , uncertain about the words , out of tune , but with an authenticity and optimism that is no longer possible in Europe . |
| 2 | Mirth is part of the happy life for it confers an effervescence and scintillation that is otherwise lacking . |
| 3 | Paris writes with an authority and fastidiousness that is breathtaking . |
| 4 | To encourage developers to write more modular software that can take advantage of systems that support Threads — a Thread can be any part of an application or programme that is not dependent on the result or outcome of another ( that can be treated as a task in its own right ) — Posix has a committee working on a Threads application programming interface standard . |
| 5 | The withdrawal from the world , the silence , the disciplines of community and the deliberate cult of monotony in a system where everybody wears the same clothes and does the same things day after day have been found to support the mystic during his frequently lonely journey , to earth him in reality and to wean him away from an excitement and drama that is inimical to the mystical experience . |
| 6 | The word is used to define an order or programme that is not constructed symmetrically . |
| 7 | Windsurfing in stronger winds produces an exhilaration and satisfaction that is difficult to equal . |