Example sentences of "[adv] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She was n't skilled enough and a tram ride lost him to her . |
| 6 | By 1971 the facts of central area deprivation were clear enough and a set of disjointed and somewhat tentative initiatives in the older , inner parts of our big cities unfolded ( Home , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | Though long since disused the canal is presently being restored somewhat and a pleasant canal-side walk has been built . |
| 8 | The in wide-out close principle has particular importance at the bottom mark , since the following leg is to windward and a bad rounding can result in dirty wind at the outset . |
| 9 | The rain came suddenly and a hot wind , as if someone had opened a furnace door , hurled it against the car . |
| 10 | In the spring of 1938 the old doctor who had attended her died suddenly and a young man took over the practice . |
| 11 | The door opened suddenly and a furious Algernon emerged to find James leaning over the stair rail listening quietly . |
| 12 | And on the second day in the morning he was happily going down this nice sunny day on the coast road er to south Wales driving away quite happily , and then suddenly and a police car came across him , came in front stopped him . |
| 13 | The early weavers had cottages with a loom inside and a garden outside , and in the gardens they liked to grow flowers and fruit , especially ‘ guzgogs ’ , as they are called . |
| 14 | No. 16 , which because of the poor condition of its body , had already been re-pillared with five windows , was sent to Hendon in August or September 1928 , stripped right down and rebuilt with flush sides , two and one reversible cushioned seats inside and a number of other improvements . |
| 15 | This was a large rectangular building in the same tradition as the mortuary houses at Phourni , with a rabbit warren of small chambers inside and a colonnade along the east front ; it differs from the Phourni mortuary houses in having been built all at once . |
| 16 | There is a second bar inside and a lounge , TV room and air-conditioned restaurant offering a choice of dinner and lunch time snacks . |
| 17 | Nails and Hoomey wriggled free and made off like hares and by the time the opposition had refocussed on Seb as main aggressor rather than Jazz a police car was cruising to a standstill alongside and a new element was introduced . |
| 18 | Our first steps off the Spyway road took us through green and pleasant farmland where playful sheep frolicked alongside and a lone tractor droningly went about its work . |
| 19 | Mr Shaw was believed to have been waiting to collect fishbait near the shores of Belfast Lough at Quay Road , Newtownabbey as he did daily when a car pulled alongside and a gunman opened fire at point-blank range . |
| 20 | Redshanks bathed splashily and a very smart dunlin stood on guard . |
| 21 | He was weighed daily and a fluid balance chart was completed to check his fluid balance status . |
| 22 | The lodge contained a large hall below and a banqueting room above , connected by a grand wooden stair . |
| 23 | Their front end has a mouth below and a few light-sensitive spots above so that the animal can be said to have the beginnings of a head . |
| 24 | The breakfront version is useful ; this has cupboards below and a deep shelf at waist height to hold drink trays , stereo turntable and so on . |
| 25 | The one on the left was half open , revealing a narrow kitchen , little more than a passage with a sink and draining board under a window at the far end , a cooker , refrigerator , a small table and a wooden chair on one side and on the other a laminated work-surface with cupboards and drawers below and a run of shelves above . |
| 26 | There were sirens along the road below and a lot of excitement around the stationary train . |
| 27 | An explanation of the available function keys and how these are used is given below and a summary is given in Appendix A. |
| 28 | Just a tired row of shops opposite and a seedy-looking pub on the corner and a disused laundry with boarded-up windows and a For Sale notice . |
| 29 | In all , we identified 34 registrations for the top 20 firms , nine with the ICAEW alone and a further 11 with the ICAEW in various combinations with the other regulatory bodies . |
| 30 | I smiled grimly to myself , still watching the trio holding one conversation aloud and a second with their eyes . |