Example sentences of "[noun prp] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the tendency was reversed in the 1986 elections which gave CCOO a clear majority of the votes ( see table 5.4 ) . |
| 2 | She also found great pleasure in reading , but although my father had brought to Fontanellato a large number of Slovene books , she had soon to resort to reading in Italian , which she inevitably found more difficult . |
| 3 | In Indonesia a large part of the argument which led on two occasions to undeclared war turned on the federal nature of the new state . |
| 4 | You would n't like to make me and Jean a nice cup of tea would you please , darling . |
| 5 | Finally she solved the problem by agreeing to let Ted do it provided none of us told Mum and as long as Ted gave Jean a full report at the end of each day on what precisely was going on between Dad and Eva . |
| 6 | So Rabbit 's immediate desire is to give Pooh a true belief about what he , Rabbit , believes . |
| 7 | The whole operation caused Mrs Singh a great deal of anxiety . |
| 8 | Whenever she thought of James Halden a shameful wave of physical longing washed over her until she remembered he had used her and discarded her . |
| 9 | In Berkshire a working group of advisers and head teachers has produced a draft document summarising the duties imposed by the 1981 Education Act , the help and resources available to enable governors to carry them out , and specimens of statutory returns . |
| 10 | The efforts that Sony has put in for the NEWS outside Japan would give NEC a flying start in the US and Europe should it decide to enter the international workstation market . |
| 11 | Edwin Keith gave Bordon a handy lead with two headed goals , but a rare lapse in defence enabled Beaumont to pull one back and it remained 2–1 at the interval . |
| 12 | Asif Mujtaba hit a six off the final ball to give Pakistan a dramatic tie against Australia in the World Series in Hobart . |
| 13 | Erm was Llaneilian a small place in those days ? |
| 14 | There have been suggestions that James owed Gowrie a great deal of money , and contrived the incident to rid himself of the debt ; or that he had homosexual designs on the young man , and had murderously silenced him when rejected . |
| 15 | He picked himself up , roaring with rage , and , before I could stop him , whipped out his dagger and gave Master Ferrebourg a nasty gash across his chest whilst lifting the purse from his belt . |
| 16 | One day I took the opportunity of asking Mrs Fairfax a few questions about Mr Rochester , as I was curious about him , and the little housekeeper seemed happy to talk . |
| 17 | You will see alongside the Obituaries to Orton Chirwa a small article about the massacre of 300 Sudanese in Juba . |
| 18 | The Austrian Habsburgs had made efforts in the same direction from the end of the sixteenth century , when the custom developed of sending with each internuncio to Constantinople a small number of boys ( Sprachknabe ) to learn Turkish . |
| 19 | ‘ The pan-European campaigns for the R19 and Clio have given Renault a much-needed dose of personality and excitement , contributing strongly to the marque 's dramatic sales and image resurgence ’ |
| 20 | She visited the United States a second time in 1902 , as a founding member , with Susan B. Anthony , of the International Council of Women . |
| 21 | In the United States a sharp drop in Scholastic Aptitude Test ( SAT ) scores ( an examination used widely to select students for college admission ) has been evinced as ‘ proof ’ of falling standards . |
| 22 | ANDRE AGASSI cruised to a comfortable 6-1 , 6-2 , 6-2 triumph over Marc Rosset last night to give the United States a 1-0 lead over Switzerland in the Davis Cup final . |
| 23 | ( they had all left Iran for the United States a few weeks before their parents ) . |
| 24 | In the United States a clear coat of nail polish will be applied which , I think , is very Chicago G and not on . |
| 25 | I followed Jack 's Mercedes a short way along the side roads and he then headed due south while I shot down the motorway towards home . |
| 26 | So could her friends Michelle , Lenny , Tony , Sue a whole line of people caught in the unemployment trap . |
| 27 | Russell used to buy Ellen a big bunch of flowers every month . |
| 28 | He felt , with some justification , that he had received from Transvaal a raw deal for his loyalty , and he moved to Bloemfontein . |
| 29 | A series of exploration successes has made LASMO a significant operator in Colombia . |
| 30 | Britain favoured the Hashemites and might consider Abdallah a suitable ruler in due course . |