Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pauline , the highlight of whose round was the eagle with which she followed a wind-tossed triple-bogey at the 12th , brought news of how she had been attacked by a couple of bitches . |
| 2 | RALPH DELLOR examines a fast-bowling study at Alsager College |
| 3 | Having teenagers is a humbling experience at the best of times — and having teenagers taking exams is the greatest leveller of all . |
| 4 | Federal prosecutors say the three were involved in planting five bombs with a total of 150 kg ( 330 lb ) of explosives outside a single-storey building at the Quebec Barracks in Osnabrueck , near the Dutch border , in July 1989 . |
| 5 | He arranged for them to adopt a dark-haired boy at birth . |
| 6 | In other words it is a self-protection racket at which the American legal profession conspires . |
| 7 | And — ’ with a grateful glance at Benedict , who was standing by , mute , moved as he had not expected to be by this reunion he had brought about ‘ — thanks to this intelligent and resourceful young man , it is over now . ’ |
| 8 | Hosts : Dog and cat Site : Small intestine Species : Toxascaris leonina Distribution : Worldwide Toxascaris is almost indistinguishable grossly from Toxocara canis , the only point of difference being the presence of a finger-like process at the tip of the male tail of the latter . |
| 9 | On the road from Elgin to Forres , about twelve miles long , Johnson quoted : Boswell says that Johnson 's recitation — ‘ he repeated a good deal more of Macbeth ’ — was ‘ grand and affecting ’ , after which Johnson , in a parody of the witches , aimed a pleasant dart at Boswell . |
| 10 | A pleasant dip at the Orchidea |
| 11 | Wilson found it agreeably ‘ refreshing ’ to face a customer not across a football-field-sized desk in a corporate headquarters but bobbing gently up and down in a houseboat on the Regents Canal , or over a pleasant weekend at Branson 's Oxford home . |
| 12 | Our favourite place as a family was on the Church Hill , a pleasant area at the edge of The Heath . |
| 13 | The outcome was that John moved in with his father , who was now living in a pleasant flat at Houghton Heights , Johannesburg . |
| 14 | Yvette , 23 , was pulled round a jousting arena at Lamberhurst , Kent , wrapped in a sack while filming ITV 's new show , What 's Up Doc ? |
| 15 | Parmesan is a rich cheese at 130 calories an ounce , so try to hold back on nodding too enthusiastically when the waiter comes round with his spoon and bowl of cheese . |
| 16 | It is designed , like a fishing lure , to catch the audience 's eye and yield a rich haul at the box-office . |
| 17 | It is designed , like a fishing lure , to catch the audience 's eye and yield a rich haul at the box-office . |
| 18 | The celebrated Wasp Pendant ( Figure 28 ) came from a rich burial at Mallia , and it is generally believed that at least some of the Aigina Treasure — found at Aigina , but of unknown provenance — came from Mallia too . |
| 19 | Clarinets also blend well together and they have a wide range , both of dynamic and of pitch , The B b instrument encompasses the tenor , alto and soprano ranges , with a rich sound at the bottom . |
| 20 | We are only fifty million people in this country and if you 're going to run a decent-size business at all , you need to be looking at the horizon . |
| 21 | Without this exodus of labour from Southern Europe , which allowed it to reconstruct a reserve army at home , West German capitalism would have been unable to achieve its formidable expansion of outputs in the 1960s without a catastrophic decline in the rate of profit . |
| 22 | Also on the recovery trail is Marine fullback Keith Proctor , who came through the full 90 minutes of a reserve game at the weekend after a six-week injury lay-off . |
| 23 | Perhaps Roy 's finest goalkeeping feat while he was with the Palace was in a Reserve match at Luton in 1950 , when he saved a thrice-taken penalty magnificently each time ! |
| 24 | Christmas in the music business brings a retrospective look at the best and worst moments of the preceding year . |
| 25 | Flowers and foliage still form an important part of this winter spectacle and this month we take a look at this inspiring part of the gardening calendar while taking a retrospective look at the rest of the year . |
| 26 | Starfighter by David Bashow is a retrospective look at the CF–104 Starfighter and its use in Canada from 1961 to 1966 . |
| 27 | Items included in the inaugural issue are a retrospective look at political and religious events affecting Latin America during 1991 , an article on the region 's diminishing health services and a calendar of ecumenical activities for 1992 . |
| 28 | Stephen Lee takes a retrospective look at Alpine life |
| 29 | Approvals were made by the Bondholders ' Committee , usually as a retrospective notification at their Annual General Meeting . |
| 30 | The outcome will be a geological map at 1:50 000 of the area around Dounreay accompanied by a report . |