Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They descended a flight of steps , entered a classroom block by a side-door and began to thread a route through corridors and passages busy with bustling knots of purple-blazered schoolboys . |
| 2 | You could say , in a letter , that you strongly support the creation of a route for walkers and cyclists from Bloomiehall Park to Muirwood Road , especially for use by children to get to school , and that to overcome the present impasse , it might be a good idea to use a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the land needed . |
| 3 | And although I have to admit that this tale of a French prince who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt and grows up to be a prince among frogs and a secret agent to boot , did n't grab me , it will surely keep the little ones enthralled . |
| 4 | Somewhere along the way , call into a cheese shop and buy some sliced Gouda to sustain you ; ask for something old and it will come hard , dry , salty and orange — a prince among cheeses and a revelation to anyone who thought Dutch cheese was that yellow soap they sell in wax balls . |
| 5 | Jean Rhys , in Good Morning , Midnight ( 1939 ) , transcribes a mind strangely unstrung by loneliness , through a mixture of thoughts and memories recorded in a variety of tenses and stream-of-consciousness and interior-monologue styles . |
| 6 | She had kept her looks and her health , and had spent her free time productively with a variety of projects and committees . |
| 7 | Pluralist approaches argue , in contrast to Marxist approaches , that political power can and should be regarded as analytically distinct from economic power and that , in contrast to both elite and Marxist approaches , power is not concentrated in the hands of a single group , but relatively widely dispersed among a variety of groups and actors . |
| 8 | This had ‘ spawned a variety of groups and caused confusion , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Salespeople must be able to work and communicate with people in a variety of positions and be prepared to tailor their selling approaches to satisfy individual needs , e.g. specifiers will need to be convinced of the technical merits of the product , production people will want to be assured of guaranteed deliveries and buyers will be looking for value for money . |
| 10 | Describing herself as the unrepentant collector , Mrs. Vernon Smith showed a variety of garments and artefacts . |
| 11 | Before the advent of swimfeeders and the preoccupation with maggots , casters and hempseed , anglers used a variety of baits and methods to make their catches . |
| 12 | The Blue Arrows and Michael pages of the recruitment world have found it much easier because they have had a variety of products and services , and encompass a number of sectors . |
| 13 | Besides the Women 's Institute , there are over a dozen other active groups in the village , which cater for a variety of ages and interests . |
| 14 | Thus W.H. Smith 's shops offer a wide range of magazines , books and records as well as fairly standard ranges of stationery and similar items , in order to meet the needs of a wide range of tastes from a variety of ages and social classes . |
| 15 | On one Jules Verne edition I have counted nearly forty different objects including a submarine , a balloon , a camera , an elephant , a variety of telescopes and other navigational instruments , a ship 's wheel , enough spears to equip a Zulu regiment and sufficient chains to furnish a galleyful of slaves . |
| 16 | Many of New Historicism 's endeavours are shared by the wider questioning of practice that is taking place in a variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches . |
| 17 | In recounting the story of his life , he assumes a variety of identities and gives multiple conflicting versions of events in a contradictory attempt to acquire the sense of identity he has always lacked and to conceal himself from a world by which he has always felt persecuted . |
| 18 | Words derived from a verb stem by means of the suffix -ing may be used in a variety of meanings and functions according to the context in which they occur . |
| 19 | Instead , the emphasis is on efficiency rather than excitement , with a colour scheme dominated by a variety of blacks and greys . |
| 20 | Exhibitions of a variety of paintings and decorative art collections are a regular feature , with an on-going programme to suit all tastes . |
| 21 | I think it matters in a broad sense , in that the ability to master a variety of skills and express oneself through a variety of media ( including language , music and the visual arts ) is important to any well-rounded and educated person . |
| 22 | Choose a task requiring a variety of skills and experience , not those of an expert ( often an expert alone is much more competent than a group ) . |
| 23 | It is a collection of heterogeneous tasks which demand a variety of skills and kinds of action . |
| 24 | This activity is doubly advantageous in that it helps to meet the needs of the more elderly for a variety of services and also helps to give the younger elderly person a sense of usefulness , a strong interest and in some cases a degree of insight and preparation for the inevitable transition to a greater ageing that must be faced . |
| 25 | She demonstrated her culinary skills with a splendid Chicken Kiev and Dauphinoise potatoes , and he kept her entertained with a variety of accents and theatrical reminiscences . |
| 26 | She was able to appreciate the problems they might be having dealing with English spoken in a variety of accents and dialects after learning it in a purely academic setting . |
| 27 | Task-based listening units feature short dialogues between receptionists and guests and give practice in understanding a variety of accents and with authentic reading texts ( telexes , letters , notices ) . |
| 28 | But these are not just shoelaces — use them to be different ; plait , twist , braid or cord them for a variety of looks and purposes , from bracelets , necklaces , hair bands , bag cords or to brighten up a pair of trainers . |
| 29 | In this context , it should be noted that the rapid demolition of the colleges of education which followed was made possible by a unique regulator placed in the hands of the Secretary of State ; unlike the universities which are protected by a degree of autonomy and the polytechnics which are subject to a variety of controls and influences , overall teacher-training numbers and their distribution between individual institutions are directly controlled by the DES . |
| 30 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |