Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] of [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consistency of attitude and a degree of persistence in time creates confidence . |
| 2 | There may be time lags and a degree of sub-optimality in the correspondence between relations of production and legal relations , but otherwise law is functional for the economic base . |
| 3 | There had been some reduction in transport costs and a degree of commercialization in the early part of the century , but not enough to break the recurrent cycle of harvest failure , food shortage , price increase , misery , and unrest . |
| 4 | He had his briefcase in one hand , a cigar and a sheet of paper in the other . |
| 5 | He was elected a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1860 , and a member of council in 1879 . |
| 6 | And a pane of glass in the Old Trafford dressing room area was shattered as the Lancashire players came out to field some of the glass landed in England spinner Peter Such 's kit bag . |
| 7 | And a pane of glass in the Old Trafford dressing room area was shattered as the Lancashire players came out to field some of the glass landed in England spinner Peter Such 's kit bag . |
| 8 | There 's bread and a bite of ham in the larder . |
| 9 | It fed both on a new nationalism , and a revivification of orthodoxy in the face of the challenge of science and materialism . |
| 10 | With superb R&D facilities and a tradition of excellence in multidisciplinary engineering , AEA is a natural partner for the supply of technology-based products . |
| 11 | Then the old porter I 'd seen on my first visit shambled across the hallway , teapot with no lid in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other . |
| 12 | She was propped against the cold , damp wall with the baby in one hand and a bottle of gin in the other . |
| 13 | He had a good roof over his head , clean sheets , enough to eat and a bottle of stout in his hand . |
| 14 | His pockets were full of remarks to make , and a bottle of bismuth in case he got nervous indigestion . |
| 15 | Finally , clutching Joie Gould with one hand and a bottle of Scotch in the other , he was sent off by train to a London clinic . |
| 16 | Welcome drink at the Villa San Michele and a bottle of wine in apartment on arrival . |
| 17 | please look after them and bring them back each day , you 'll find a bandage and a roll of bandage in there and so their your own properties |
| 18 | No less a masterwork though , as the military complexes of America and Russia are reduced by circumstances to mere personal bickering while the countdown to global destruction ( and a life of harem-shagging in coal mines for the ‘ lucky ’ survivors ) ticks relentlessly away . |
| 19 | In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle . |
| 20 | I would not go as far as one group which makes ‘ coupleness and a sense of call in husband and wife ’ one of their ten non-negotiables for church planters . |
| 21 | He encouraged movement , vigour , and a sense of character in her birds ; he instilled an idea of composition in which the subject related to its background , instead of perching in mid-air like a cardboard cut-out . |
| 22 | ( b ) to be able to appreciate the interlinking of everything and the force of cumulative evidence , and that what is done and learnt in school can not be divorced from what happens outside ; ( c ) to appreciate that religion challenges head-on any view that regards knowledge as something only arrived at by reasoning and scientific experimentation ; ( d ) to be concerned about conviction for or against religion , but to be open to evidence and to experience — not to have the answers all neatly sewn up , but to see life as a journey of exploration with exciting prospects and a sense of fulfilment in actually moving forward and , if necessary , changing in order to accommodate fresh insight . |
| 23 | Without self-respect and a sense of satisfaction in his work , a man 's nothing , and if he 's nothing , he 's not worth loving . " |
| 24 | It shows an offshore installation inset in a gearwheel and will now be used on departmental letterheads and stickers to promote teamwork and a sense of identity in engineering . |
| 25 | Mary adds that even those who are successful in finding work and accommodation may suffer from loneliness and a sense of isolation in large cities like London . |
| 26 | ‘ We had ineffective systems and a lack of clarity in our offer . ’ |
| 27 | Through the 1920s growing pressures were exerted by a rapidly increasing population , a growing industrial sector largely dependent on imported raw materials and fuel — for example , raw cotton , iron ore and oil — and a lack of self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs such as soya beans and rice . |
| 28 | Economic hardship , the death and destruction brought by war , and a lack of faith in themselves , all made the task of reconstruction a formidable one for Germans . |
| 29 | An independent consultant looked at the studies for WEN and reported flaws and a lack of objectivity in the use of raw data , statistics and language , although Procter and Gamble has refuted these allegations . |
| 30 | The reasons for this seem to fall into three categories : ignorance of what solicitors can do on the part of potential clients and a lack of preparedness in pursuing legal action , that is apathy ; the public image of lawyers ; and barriers against use , in particular cost and accessibility . |