Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services . |
| 2 | AROMATHERAPY can do a little or a great deal for you , depending on how much effort you are prepared to put into safeguarding your health and increasing your vitality . |
| 3 | Whether you pay a little or a lot , it is your skill in applying make-up which matters , and anybody can learn to be their own best make-up artist . |
| 4 | A little or a lot ? |
| 5 | ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body . |
| 6 | As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms . |
| 7 | And he could also apply to go to and take a course of , of instruction on or a trade to learn a trade . |
| 8 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 9 | He has n't finished yet with his are they on or a finger ? |
| 10 | Every wanton scar defacing the walls , every time the lift breaks down or a pain of glass is broken , there 's a ready-made culprit : " It 's the kids again . " |
| 11 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 12 | A BSc , perhaps or a PhD even , BA , MA , you name it — PM ? |
| 13 | [ music ] But as this music fades into the Interlude the E/F figure is suddenly no more than a detail in the seascape , a gull 's cry perhaps or a slight turbulence on the water [ 3 ] . |
| 14 | Was there milk enough or a little too much in his tea ? |
| 15 | For effectively open-circuit operation the resistance of the bias circuit has to be high enough or a choke of high enough reactance has to be connected in series with it . |
| 16 | Law as integrity is also a non-skeptical theory of legal rights : it holds that people have as legal rights whatever rights are sponsored by the principles that provide the best justification of legal practice as a whole Pragmatism , on the contrary , denies that people ever have legal rights ; it takes the bracing view that they are never entitled to what would otherwise be worse for the community just because some legislature said so or a long string of judges decided other people were . |
| 17 | That must have been about eight o'clock or a little earlier . |
| 18 | It may turn out to be one or two meetings only or a much longer period of time . |
| 19 | As such , a student may take one or two modules only or a whole set of modules specifically grouped together to meet the needs of a particular industry or employer . |
| 20 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 21 | rubbing the undersides of chins together or a toast ? |
| 22 | At its most basic , the message sent from a small dashboard display would give information about the make and model of car , its registration number and position — but there 's no reason why it could n't also relate that the driver was a woman alone or a disabled person . |
| 23 | Neither Maxwell nor Murdoch , so prominent in the last twenty years of the period , fits the simple pattern of a non-media organization moving in or a media one moving out . |
| 24 | in or a hundred and forty nine ninety nine or whatever it was , I ca n't remember in erm Argos |
| 25 | In droves they come in or a bunch and then another bunch comes and about er quarter to five and it 's every night . |
| 26 | And waits for this one from Tufnell , pushes forward , and it 's hit on his pad outside the off stump possibly , loud appeals from everybody , there 's a rather high-pitched vocals , I think we 've got some young people in or a lot of ladies today . |
| 27 | If the Christians do eventually deliver a true case of satanic child abuse — and , who knows , God forbid , they may , for satanists are real enough and a bit of copycat crime is surely due after all this publicity — it will be seen by many to validate all their arguments . |
| 28 | There is experimental work to show that a week or ten days may not be long enough and a fortnight to three weeks is probably the best theoretical period . |
| 29 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |
| 30 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |