Example sentences of "[noun sg] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In modern cosmology a preferred frame emerges naturally ( the comoving frame ) for universes whose behaviour is consistent with GR . |
| 2 | The slide out inner door panel and Valorclean liners fitted as standard take the hard work out of keeping your main oven clean , and if you need to move it you 'll find the adjustable rear wheels and lever operated front wheel a great help . |
| 3 | Forcing herself to keep her actions smooth and steady , she tightened the sail again and turned the wheel a few degrees the other way . |
| 4 | Balanced lightly on the balls of her feet , Polly turned the wheel a few degrees as Seawitch heeled over . |
| 5 | Once that happens council officers would then be able to look at specific ways of reducing the risk of accidents in Darlington and help make the borough a safer place . |
| 6 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 7 | This gave the borough a corporate personality at law , with the right to sue and be sued , and also empowered it to exclude the shire officials and be directly responsible to the central government . |
| 8 | In addition , a planned Committee of the Regions would give the NW a further strong voice in the EC an alternative from the UK Government which in itself might be no bad thing for the NW , and Merseyside in particular . |
| 9 | In practice conciliation officers tend to view the achievement of a settlement as their principal function , with the actual remedy a secondary consideration . |
| 10 | First , is the procedure that the buyer has to go through to claim the remedy a proper one from an administrative point of view , or is it designed to make it difficult or impossible in practice for the buyer to invoke the clause ? |
| 11 | There was at the time of reorganization a considerable expansion of advisory services to meet the desire for increased curriculum coherence and the staff appointed were to take on much of the short course organization and guidance to schools for school focused INSET . |
| 12 | The Fritz Bank foreign exchange dealer in Frankfurt might quote the exporter a three months ' DM forward rate at a premium of DM0.05–0.04 . |
| 13 | Those of you that have children or er are involved in education in any way at the moment will be well aware of the cut and problems that are going on er within reorganization within education in this country at the moment and I learnt to sail through the National School Sailing Association a long time ago er and thousands and thousands of youngsters have done that over the years . |
| 14 | This proved to be an unsatisfactory arrangement , and with the help of the Old Boys ' Association a four-acre field in Adswood was purchased . |
| 15 | At the beginning of the year he signed for the Oxford Products Ducati team but the link-up never quite worked out and Robert ended the association a few weeks ago . |
| 16 | Nearly all the Embiricos vases — which range from black- to red- figure , include white-ground Lekythoi , and presente a representative sample of Greek vase types — are by known painters , making this an exceptionally interesting group . |
| 17 | Then , in that second of hushed silence before the screen and fanfare blaze out , there came from the middle of the auditorium a huge and shocked voice ‘ What the fookin''ell are yo ’ doin' ? ' , followed almost at once by two mighty smacks that could only have been someone being hit . |
| 18 | Her own voice and word of mouth were enough to outmanoeuvre the rock stations , which shunned her steel guitars , and the country stations , which gave her sexual persona a wide berth . |
| 19 | An added complication which increases in importance from time to time , is the tendency for both ITV contractors and media buyers to negotiate ‘ share deals ’ , in which the advertiser obtains a discount for giving a particular contractor a disproportionate share of the TV budget . |
| 20 | But is n't religion a civilizing force ? |
| 21 | Sometime before he became king in 1625 , James I 's son Charles had adopted as his personal religion a conservative version of Protestantism known as Arminianism ; he had done so either because he disagreed with the doctrine of predestination , or more probably because he found the austere liturgy of undiluted Calvinism distasteful . |
| 22 | Conclusion : giving religion a fair hearing |
| 23 | Is your supper drink or your afternoon cup of tea a sacred ritual for you ? |
| 24 | When much later in the afternoon she got up to get the tea a tearing sound was heard as her nice blue overall parted with the gummy chair — she let out a burst of laughter . |
| 25 | The other boy will mash tea a dozen times a day — your house becomes a transport cafe . |
| 26 | In the wood , Cecil had carved into a tree trunk a small swing for a child that had since grown and died in Vietnam . |
| 27 | He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away , consulting his compass and studying the map intently . |
| 28 | With the defeat at Brignais avenged , Charles V , who had just succeeded his father as king , could go to his coronation a satisfied man . |
| 29 | There are many more , far too numerous to mention here , but The Body Shop stock a good selection of aromatherapy oils as do most health food sores . |
| 30 | Maplin stock a suitable motor listed as type 626T , code FS35Q . |