Example sentences of "and a [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gordon Brown , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , swept to victory in Dunfermline East with 62.4 per cent of the vote and a majority of over 17,000 . |
| 2 | It would have an elite of politically conscious and publicly conscientious active citizens and a majority of couldn't-care-less passive citizens . |
| 3 | The door was opened just a little and a voice from inside asked , ‘ Is that you , Poole ? ’ |
| 4 | From six members , the company has grown in less than four years to a staff of more than 90 , and a base of more than 200 installed systems . |
| 5 | Ah this is a thing which um maybe is quite difficult to do , particularly as we have a culture of stiff upper lips and erm er a culture of of not making a fuss about things and a culture of particularly telling children not to make a fuss about things , a culture of trying to ensure that children ca n't legitimately make a fuss about things . |
| 6 | But the combination of the daunting task of national reconstruction after the Communist victory in 1949 , the neglect of conservation for centuries , and a variety of purely physical factors making for great erosion hazards , must also be taken into account . |
| 7 | Steve Drewery , who caught two small rockling and a pout for just under seven oz and Mark Tomkin with a six oz flounder . |
| 8 | Boldly displayed colour plates and a wealth of freshly selected details , often in the form of juxtaposed photographs and contemporary engravings , make these books a pleasure to use since images and texts are well co-ordinated . |
| 9 | Impressive in its sheer grandeur , the house is still partially roofed and glazed , with many rooms to explore , and a wealth of richly carved stonework to discover . |
| 10 | The extreme example of soft rock is probably provided by volcanic ash and a recession of almost one mile in the period 1883–1928 of cliffs composed of this material on the island of Krakatoa between Sumatra and Java has been observed by Umbgrove ( Guilcher , 1958 ) : this works out to a loss of over 30 m ( 100 ft ) per year at some points . |
| 11 | Over 40 per cent of India 's total electorate of 489,000,000 were entitled to vote in the February state elections and a turnout of over 70 per cent was reported . |
| 12 | Over 9,700 candidates competed in the elections and a turnout of just over 60 per cent was officially recorded . |
| 13 | Adamski , Beats International and a local dance outfit called Rejeuvenation performed live ; the Hacienda 's Jon Da Silva was among the DJs : and a bar till 1am , plus an all-night juice bar , kept the crowd refreshed till going home time 8am . |
| 14 | Physiologically , there is a failure to select the right agonist muscles in advance of rapid and precise movement ; a delay in switching from one movement to another ; and a defect in simultaneously activating different parts of the body . |
| 15 | Mr Rowley is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a member of both the British Institute of Management and the Institute of Credit Management . |
| 16 | If outdoors , use a proprietary potting compost and a container at least 30cm ( 12in ) diameter . |
| 17 | First , they evoke the quest for a pure timbre without vibrato , a uniformly sustained sound with a constricting effect upon the ability to phrase , and a predilection for uniformly slow tempos . |
| 18 | They are lucid pictures , with a definite northern light , and a predilection for possibly unflattering profiles — a result of uncommissioned work : ‘ No one ever thinks their nose is that big . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Can I get a sandwich and a drink at least ? ’ |
| 20 | He gave an indistinct signal towards the sideboard and a bottle of rather sweeter pudding wine . |
| 21 | If race is not much of an issue in my locales it is in other areas , including West Newcastle where there is a significant Asian population and a history of very nasty episodes of racial attack . |
| 22 | A previous study showed no significant difference between giving imipramine and a placebo with only one-fifth of the children becoming reliably dry ( Meadow and Berg 1982 ) . |
| 23 | Not to be outdone by the bright lights and razzle dazzle of their closest competitor , but having nothing in the size league of the 53f5 , Jeanneau unveiled ( literally ) their new Jeanneau one-design which has an overall length of 34ft 9in ( 10.6m ) and a displacement of about 7,716lb ( 3.500kg ) . |
| 24 | This is a sweeping assertion , and naturally there are some glowing exceptions to this , but the growing recent interest in the teaching of information skills , whether under the title of study skills or of library-user skills , is indicative of a realisation of both a need and a weakness in much present educational practice . |
| 25 | But the U.S. has space and a welcome for even more of us : with travel and tourism its third-largest retail industry , the ailing American economy can not afford to leave it up to our own tour firms to persuade us that the time — and price — is right . |
| 26 | Shaw claimed to have lost all her midwifery earnings in the explosion , and a total of over £3,000 . |
| 27 | Three children have died on Cheshire 's roads so far this year and a total of almost 400 injured . |
| 28 | Microwave cookers operate at a Frequency of 2450 MHz and a wavelength of about 122 mm — rather longer than Bates supposes . |
| 29 | There were four of us in our party — Henniker and I , a young man introduced to me as Tom Spalding , and a girl of about twenty-two also an articled clerk — called Diana Robinson . |
| 30 | It must have been an hour and a half at least before we managed to get the thing out of the water . |