Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Reid caught the defence square with a perfect through ball from the halfway line for McCarthy to race clear and beat Prudhoe with a right foot shot . |
| 2 | Paul Reid caught the defence square with a perfect through ball from the halfway line for McCarthy to race clear and beat Prudhoe with a right foot shot . |
| 3 | In assessing the comparative efficiency of non-hierarchical and hierarchical forms of internal organization , it is instructive to contrast the peer group with a simple hierarchy ( see Williamson , 1975 : Chapter 3 ) . |
| 4 | Brush the pastry rim with a little water . |
| 5 | Florence fennel ( finocchio ) is the vegetable fennel with a bulbous base to the main stem . |
| 6 | New Jersey firm Four Seasons Software , the database-independent tools and services provider , is entering the CASE market with a second product , 4S-Briefcase , that reportedly enables integrated automation of the entire application development life cycle . |
| 7 | And Alan Yentob 's channel provided relief from the computer predictions with a Comic Strip ( BBC2 ) confection starring Adrian Edmondson as John Major and Robbie Coltrane as Mr Speaker , which showed just about everybody in a bad light . |
| 8 | STOCK and currency markets are braced for a knife edge finish to the election campaign with a new batch of opinion polls pointing towards a hung parliament . |
| 9 | THE Institute of Directors has weighed into the election campaign with a late but confident vote for Toryism . |
| 10 | Throughout much of the south , where since late-1935 chronic rural unemployment had been aggravated by climatic disasters , the rural poor celebrated the election victory with a new aggressiveness . |
| 11 | In the west it has been recorded from off Florida north to the Labrador Basin with a bathymetric range of 101–2750 m and in the east from SE . |
| 12 | The new IT programme following on from the ESPRIT 11 will be the largest of the Framework lines with a total allocation of 1352 MECU ( £950 million ) . |
| 13 | There are also plans to upgrade the rail system with a new station at Wallyford , and sites for new stations will be safeguarded elsewhere . |
| 14 | The path runs below one of the land arches of the rail bridge with a steep flight of steps leading to the Hawes Inn and Hawes Pier on the Firth of Forth . |
| 15 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 16 | Cosloy , impressed , invited the band over to play at this summer 's New Music Seminar in New York , where they pulled apart the Knitting Factory with a glorious show that proved to be one of the most talked about of the week . |
| 17 | He was also able to report that under the new chief executive , David Michels , the group had regained control of its runaway balance sheet position by selling its Ashbourne nursing home division , launching a well-received rights issue and restructuring the banking arrangements with a considerable reduction in the number of banks . |
| 18 | Jamie Spence shot a last round 60 to win the Canon European Masters , then heard that someone has said he could have smashed the course record with a 58 — and had blown it ! |
| 19 | He smashed the course record with a superb six-under-par 65 . |
| 20 | AN INSPIRATIONAL performance from Liverpool 's Jamie Redknapp helped England 's Under-21 side make a superb start to the Toulon tournament with a 2–0 win over holders Portugal . |
| 21 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 22 | Where such decay is well advanced , complete replacement of the roof cladding with a boarded , counterbattened and battened construction , including underslating felt and a new slated surface , may be required . |
| 23 | The young piddock clasps the rock face with a muscular sucker called a foot , presses its saw teeth against the rock and starts to swivel back and forth . |
| 24 | Some tradesmen did try to mask the screws by covering the countersunk heads with a small disc of velvet . |
| 25 | On July 14 a deal was signed by the Kazakh government with a private Turkish firm to build a 1,350 megawatt power station at Aktubinsk in the north-west , to be financed by export revenue from the joint development of oilfields in the region . |
| 26 | 3 The defender counters with a reverse punch to the attacker 's stomach . |
| 27 | 4 The defender counters with a reverse punch to the floating ribs . |
| 28 | Having blocked two attacking techniques , the defender counters with a double punch to his opponent 's face . |
| 29 | I want to replace the stock bridge with a proper vintage Fender ‘ strings through body ’ bridge . |
| 30 | Australian John Fahey , who won this year 's Pacific League and also received a special award for having competed in 100 World Cup qualifiers , went into third place in the speed warm-up with a rousing gallop of Tony Barlow Sorrento . |