Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return for an orderly resumption of work the government agreed ( i ) a general wage increase of 43 per cent for July to offset the inflationary effects of its current economic austerity programme , with a further review in August ; ( ii ) job security for and non-victimization of strikers ; ( iii ) compensation for public-sector workers made redundant between April 26 and July 21 , but not their reappointment ; ( iv ) the suspension of a programme to privatize land nationalized since 1979 by the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) government ; and ( v ) the retention of subsidies on public transport . |
| 2 | He has made an understandable decision to Americanise the story , just as Disney did with European fairy-tales like Pinocchio and English classics such as The Jungle Book . |
| 3 | After an eight-year sojourn in Rutland the OCU moved again , in February 1976 to Marham , having in the meantime ceased PR conversion and lost its PR.3s . |
| 4 | From an economic point of view the results of surgery are disappointing . |
| 5 | So even if he believed that from an economic point of view the best decision would be to deny any recovery for emotional injury , he would still ask whether the role of law in encouraging reliance and coordination would be much damaged if he ignored the precedents , and , if it would , whether this loss would be made up in the gains he foresees from the change . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Mick was peeling potatoes , carrots and onions , which he had bought when he had made an advance visit to Adrar the day before . |
| 7 | After an extended period of neglect the decorative arts in Rome are about to have new homes . |
| 8 | He swung one leg over the chair dismounting to replace it , while Gina watched with an aching feeling of sadness the supple play of his muscles , the lithe perfection of his strong body . |
| 9 | At an early stage in development the human face is made up of a series of bumps , which looks quite grotesque , and there is little hint of the face that will emerge . |
| 10 | In an ill-advised piece of muck-raking the newspaper printed comments by two former Wolves players , the ex-Irish Internationalist Danny Hegan and the former Scottish defender Frankie Munro . |
| 11 | An elaborate version of pass the parcel , which allowed me to travel around the southern part of the state doing workshops in a variety of places . |
| 12 | A report in the Washington Post of April 10 said that the plan presented by Solomon outlined four distinct phases : ( i ) at the time of the signing of an international agreement on Cambodia the USA and Vietnam would enter into normalization discussions ; the USA would also officially approve visits by US business and veterans ' groups to Vietnam ; ( ii ) with the establishment of a US transitional presence in Cambodia , the US would partially lift its trade embargo against Vietnam and Cambodia ; the second phase would also require increased accounting for US MIAs ; ( iii ) the third phase would begin after the UN process in Cambodia had lasted at least six months and would include the establishment of US and Vietnamese diplomatic offices in Hanoi and Washington respectively , a full lifting of the US trade embargo against Vietnam and an easing of US opposition to international bank lending to Vietnam ; the third phase would also involve further substantial progress in accounting for US MIAs ; ( iv ) the final phase would follow UN-supervised elections in Cambodia and would include full normalization of US diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam and Cambodia as well as support for international bank lending . |
| 13 | The northern seas were the scene of many great naval battles and despite an increased program of shipbuilding the High Elves were never entirely able to sweep the seas clear of their foes . |
| 14 | Having obliged Eden to make an embarrassing statement in parliament the Russians lost interest in the affair . |
| 15 | When one boy attempted to impart some sense of movement to the still life by pouring himself an imaginary cup of tea the teacher lightly but firmly kicked him back to his seat , smiling and talking in a manner that confirmed for the pupil the ‘ naturalness ’ of this action . |
| 16 | After an initial flurry of interest the atmosphere began to cool by the mid-1980s . |
| 17 | After an initial burst of enthusiasm the male slowly loses sexual ability and interest over the years . |
| 18 | Given an initial set of conditions the model is run in order to see how closely the real and simulated events correspond . |
| 19 | From an ecological point of view the maritime , calcareous dune and pasture areas provide zones of exceptional richness and diversity ; a diversity that is enhanced by the system of non-intensive agriculture ( Roberts , Kerr and Seaton , 1959 ) and the close juxtaposition of moorland , loch and marshland habitats . |
| 20 | And you 're making applications for an occasional license for Saturday the twenty ninth of October to run the bar at Nell Gwyn village hall on behalf of the the village hall committee is that right ? |
| 21 | The defendants argued that the proviso could not be severed and that as it had been found to be an unreasonable restraint of trade the whole of the clause was void . |
| 22 | The place seemed unusually full of lovely women , including an eight-foot mutant with skin the colour of moonlight — but no Mala . |
| 23 | Okay I think what we 've seen in American politics in the last twenty , twenty years or so is a , an in is er an increasing trivialization of politics the er the mass media , the so called er piranhas er focus on the daily lives of presidents . |
| 24 | With an overnight stop at Northolt the convoy reached Hendon , accompanied by a police motorcycle escort , on March 20 , 1972 . |
| 25 | The press , who had been alerted by an anonymous call to Reuters the previous day by one of the assassins , were out in force , waiting and hoping to get an exclusive of an assassination , or at least an attempted assassination , for the morning papers . |