Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be surprising if the surplus were now between £200m and £300m , giving a total for the newly enlarged BTR group of about £750m . |
| 2 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 3 | A final dividend of 7.1 pence per share , up 0.45 pence , is being proposed to shareholders as Resolution No. 2 at the Annual General Meeting , making a total for the year of 10.3 pence , an increase of 6.7% over last year . |
| 4 | The company is recommending a final dividend of 4.1p per share , making a total for the year of 5.8p , up 14pc on last year 's payout of 5.1p . |
| 5 | The board has recommended a final dividend of 3.95p per share , making a total for the year of 5.4p , a 10pc improvement on 1991 . |
| 6 | Shareholders will receive a final dividend of 14.9p a share , making a total for the year of 21p per share , up by 15pc . |
| 7 | He proved himself to be thoroughly professional as a railwayman and ruthless as a manager . |
| 8 | ‘ You grow quite professional as a landlady . |
| 9 | Jonathon is a graduate of the Northern College of Music and has been professional as a viola and violin player for 6 years . |
| 10 | The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 12 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 13 | Then there was the Mondays , always about to gatecrash the States with their apparently cleaned up act — and their new LP , ‘ Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches ! ’ is as close to the US mainstream as the Ryders can get without losing their natural pop suss . |
| 14 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 15 | The report proposes a new structure for the centre , which it says has been underused as a TNO institute . |
| 16 | Perhaps underused as a source of prospects , the press is nevertheless important . |
| 17 | Interest will be charged at the rate of 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 18 | We would levy the charge at 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 19 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 20 | Not only tragedy would feel the ban , but comedy , too , since all drama begins with human frailty , and none so universal and absurd as the propensity of mankind to behave badly . |
| 21 | In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users . |
| 22 | THERE is still something slightly absurd about the notion that 4,812,000 people cast their votes for Mr Dan Duffy . |
| 23 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 24 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 25 | But it is far more worthwhile than being polite about an old alliance , and equipping it with new ‘ pillars ’ that crumble when the next unexpected bugle sounds . |
| 26 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 27 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 28 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 29 | ‘ Excuse me , please , ’ she said politely , but there was nothing polite about the angry , scornful glitter in her grey eyes . |
| 30 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |