Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return for an orderly resumption of work the government agreed ( i ) a general wage increase of 43 per cent for July to offset the inflationary effects of its current economic austerity programme , with a further review in August ; ( ii ) job security for and non-victimization of strikers ; ( iii ) compensation for public-sector workers made redundant between April 26 and July 21 , but not their reappointment ; ( iv ) the suspension of a programme to privatize land nationalized since 1979 by the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) government ; and ( v ) the retention of subsidies on public transport . |
| 2 | I said , Well I take them cos I have a lot , I used to have an awful lot of pain every month , I did , and it i this used to prevent the pain . |
| 3 | Caradon shareholders are entitled to retain an interim dividend of 4p a share . |
| 4 | From an economic point of view the results of surgery are disappointing . |
| 5 | So even if he believed that from an economic point of view the best decision would be to deny any recovery for emotional injury , he would still ask whether the role of law in encouraging reliance and coordination would be much damaged if he ignored the precedents , and , if it would , whether this loss would be made up in the gains he foresees from the change . |
| 6 | After an extended period of neglect the decorative arts in Rome are about to have new homes . |
| 7 | What an interesting study of farewells a railway station affords . |
| 8 | Between 1984 and 1991 , the volume of leasing in the UK grew from £3.9bn to £12.6bn , at an average rate of 18% a year . |
| 9 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 10 | There was an additional charge of twopence a week for the secretary 's salary and office expenses . |
| 11 | She explained that she had been eating mote cheese and drinking an extra pint of milk a day to make sure she got enough protein during pregnancy and breast-feeding . |
| 12 | At no extra charge , Fidelity offers a Stockbroking Plus option which provides frequent dealing credits when you exceed a minimum commission of £250 a month , dealing in US and European Stocks , a high interest multicurrency instant access money market account and , for an extra fee of £50 a year , a full client reporting pack . |
| 13 | There will be an extra page of sport every weekday ; today 's five pages of unrivalled coverage starts on page 28 . |
| 14 | He swung one leg over the chair dismounting to replace it , while Gina watched with an aching feeling of sadness the supple play of his muscles , the lithe perfection of his strong body . |
| 15 | It boasts that Yucatan 's labour costs average less than $1 an hour , allowing an annual saving of $15,000 a worker . |
| 16 | It cites an annual saving of £600 a year on the Peugot 309 1.9-litre diesel compared with the initially cheaper 1.6-litre petrol version , based on 12,000 miles a year . |
| 17 | In an ill-advised piece of muck-raking the newspaper printed comments by two former Wolves players , the ex-Irish Internationalist Danny Hegan and the former Scottish defender Frankie Munro . |
| 18 | An elaborate version of pass the parcel , which allowed me to travel around the southern part of the state doing workshops in a variety of places . |
| 19 | The northern seas were the scene of many great naval battles and despite an increased program of shipbuilding the High Elves were never entirely able to sweep the seas clear of their foes . |
| 20 | The only financial bonus for the dangers they face is an environmental allowance of £1.14p a day . |
| 21 | From an environmental point of view a bolt ( galvanised or stainless steel ) causes less impact than a peg . |
| 22 | Even so , the margin for error is so huge that the upshot of the calculation remains valid : among the world 's population of E. coli , every possible mutation is occurring an enormous number of times a day . |
| 23 | When one boy attempted to impart some sense of movement to the still life by pouring himself an imaginary cup of tea the teacher lightly but firmly kicked him back to his seat , smiling and talking in a manner that confirmed for the pupil the ‘ naturalness ’ of this action . |
| 24 | After an initial flurry of interest the atmosphere began to cool by the mid-1980s . |
| 25 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 26 | Given an initial set of conditions the model is run in order to see how closely the real and simulated events correspond . |
| 27 | From an ecological point of view the maritime , calcareous dune and pasture areas provide zones of exceptional richness and diversity ; a diversity that is enhanced by the system of non-intensive agriculture ( Roberts , Kerr and Seaton , 1959 ) and the close juxtaposition of moorland , loch and marshland habitats . |
| 28 | According to employee benefit specialists , Mercer Fraser , the cost of providing a creche for 75 children would be £590,966 in the first year with an ongoing cost of £290,966 a year . |
| 29 | The defendants argued that the proviso could not be severed and that as it had been found to be an unreasonable restraint of trade the whole of the clause was void . |
| 30 | Okay I think what we 've seen in American politics in the last twenty , twenty years or so is a , an in is er an increasing trivialization of politics the er the mass media , the so called er piranhas er focus on the daily lives of presidents . |