Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the plus side , the expedition had proved once again that it was not difficult to penetrate an enemy-held town and carry out a reconnaissance . |
| 2 | It was built in an unsuitable situation and given an inadequate constitution . |
| 3 | The arbitrator stated that the elderly couple in question had been sold an unsuitable product and had not been given adequate risk warnings . |
| 4 | Since 1965 , when the Communist party of Indonesia was blamed for an attempted coup and banned , and hundreds of thousands of communists were killed or sent to prison , the legal instrument most often used to curb political offences has been the Anti-Subversion Law . |
| 5 | The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that . |
| 6 | The draw of gold attracted men from all parts of the world to a region with an inhospitable climate and provided with only the crudest amenities . |
| 7 | It leads unerringly over an intervening ridge and descends to the A.82 at the head of Glen Coe , providing excellent views throughout . |
| 8 | Lucie let go an involuntary groan and slumped against the wall with his head in his hands . |
| 9 | For the first time ever it would be possible to take , say , an Autologic font and run it , straight out of the box , on a Linotype or Monotype imagesetter . |
| 10 | Charlie grabbed a seat in the corner of an unlit carriage and stared out of the grimy window at a passing English countryside he had never seen before . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday described German longing for unity as an historic fact and said those trying to ignore it were making a ‘ serious mistake ’ . |
| 12 | In use as a hospital until 1965 , in 1977 it was declared an historic monument and saved from demolition . |
| 13 | Croatia officially severed relations with Yugoslavia as of Oct. 8 , in a move designed to identify the JNA as an invading force and to make Yugoslav law null and void on Croatian territory . |
| 14 | He came in an open-necked shirt and walked to the makeshift podium without a very obvious security presence . |
| 15 | They had a revolutionary theory that the combined effect of all these ‘ struggles ’ would be to needle and irritate the capitalist system until it finally collapsed in an exhausted heap and died . |
| 16 | My sentence consists of a demonstrative pronoun , which acts as an ersatz name and fulfils the function of the subject , and a predicative expression . |
| 17 | Parkinson reached into an inside pocket and brought out a leather bound silver flask . |
| 18 | Then she delved into an inside pocket and produced a brown paper bag , the sort you get at off licences . |
| 19 | He reached into an inside pocket and took out a form which he placed on the table . |
| 20 | He continued as an agricultural machine maker and a cartwright for the Northumberland estate until an advanced age and died at his home in Denwick , near Alnwick , 28 June 1868 . |
| 21 | We examine these in an orderly way and assign each system a success or failure branch in respect of its operation . |
| 22 | To satisfy the requirements for authorisation , LIFFE must ensure that its rules and market practices are such that business is conducted in an orderly manner and affords proper protection to investors . |
| 23 | That summer he enlisted as an air-raid warden and sat long hours of the night by a telephone doing nothing . |
| 24 | I had three-quarters of an Assistant Registrar and spent sixty-five nights away from home on Council visits . |
| 25 | Chairman Judith Eyles said : ‘ You were responding to an acute emergency and had made considerable efforts to avoid driving . ’ |
| 26 | C3.93b Marcheini Windfarm Proposal : To receive an oral report and to agree what approach should be taken with regard to the latest proposal . |
| 27 | To receive an oral report and to note that the approved work has been satisfactorily completed . |
| 28 | She thinks Gedge has lived an over-protected life and likes a steady partner to care for him and provide security . |
| 29 | The cigarette , tip turned in towards the palm , is brought down from the mouth in an exaggerated arc and held behind the back . |
| 30 | Hawkbit winced in an exaggerated manner and backed away . |