Example sentences of "[coord] a [det] " in BNC.
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1 | THREE & A HALF MINUTES , Bishop 's Stortford-based snarling guitar four-piece , follow their recent support slots alongside Sultans Of Ping FC with dates at |
2 | These changes are so recent that it is difficult to know if we are beginning a series of cyclical changes or a once-for-all transition to a new , low fertility regime . |
3 | Decide on your herbs , and then find out what kind of soil they need — moist , heavy and deep , or dry , well-drained and short of plant food ; also whether they do best in sun or a little shade , with shelter , or exposed to some wind , and whether they are immune to cold , or need cosseting and protection . |
4 | Easily grown , caraway should be sown outdoors in early autumn when ripe , in sun or a little shade , and any reasonable soil . |
5 | Seed can be sown in late summer or spring , in dryish soil tending to alkaline , though it must be potentially fertile , and sun or a little shade ; division in spring is also possible . |
6 | Chives need a light , but moist well-drained soil and sun , or a little shade . |
7 | Lovage needs plenty of room , a deep moist fertile soil and sun or a little shade . |
8 | Parsley should have a deep , moist fertile soil for ideal growth , and sun or a little shade . |
9 | The apothecary 's rose is hardy and will do well in deep , well-drained but moist soil , in sun or a little shade at some time during the day . |
10 | Sun or a little shade and a moist but well-drained soil are preferable , allowing plants 45cm ( 18in ) between them . |
11 | Finally , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing it on with glue or a little icing . |
12 | When a colleague , or a former pupil , or a governor , wished to correct my waywardness he would refer approvingly to ‘ the old Headmaster ’ . |
13 | Did it arise through the actions of private bankers or a central issuing body established by the government ( or a former colonial power ) ? |
14 | The need to separate the functions of chairman and chief executive has been a raging debate in City of London parlours for the past couple or years , and companies at which the two roles are combined in one person have been under enormous pressure to accept a separation of powers : now the same debate could take off across the Atlantic as Compaq Computer Corp 's ( non-executive ) chairman Ben Rosen tells the House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee that the troubles that have beset some of America 's largest companies can be traced to cozy relationships between their boards and their chief executives — he declares that the boards of most US companies are chaired by the company 's chief executive , who picks the board members and controls the agenda — ‘ With an appropriate form of corporate governance , I fully believe that the current problems of IBM , Digital Equipment , Westinghouse and other major American corporations could have been addressed and probably solved far earlier with much reduced ill effects , ’ Rosen told the legislators , adding that a company 's chairman should be a ‘ truly outside independent director , ’ not the chief executive or a former chief executive , and that all board members , with the exception of the chief executive , should also be outsiders , who should get their directors ' fees in the form of shares or options . |
15 | For example , this seems desirable where the home is also occupied by an elderly companion or a former carer who has no other residence to go to . |
16 | He may well have been a Zealot or a former Zealot — and may , in fact , be identical with Simon Zelotes . |
17 | Compared to an Israeli paratrooper or a former member of the Black Watch , my pathetic charade at soldiering in London was risible . |
18 | But , you say , ought n't I to be a policeman or a former policeman myself , like John Wainwright , to be able to do this ? |
19 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
20 | The various provinces of Russia were too many and too mixed to allow of any division into two or a few camps , irrespective of whether socio-economic conditions , nationality , religion , or politics are concerned . |
21 | It was just one more sign of his separateness from the people around who would buy a cow or a few more fields . |
22 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
23 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
24 | In practice , the vast majority of reported offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 16 involve young men of a similar age or a few years older , and the general trend is to administer a formal caution to such persons rather than to prosecute them . |
25 | The Persons who inhabit the Cottages are chiefly poor Labouring People , who are induced to seek Habitations in the Forest for the Advantages of living Rent free , and having the Benefit of Pasturage for a Cow or a few Sheep , and of keeping Pigs in the Woods ; but many Encroachments have been made by People of Substance . |
26 | West Country Living : A few hours or a few weeks before the mast With air like this , it 's a sin not to get out into it . |
27 | A few hundred or a few thousand farmers might oppose a return to downland because it would mean lower profits . |
28 | For those with bags of energy left after exploring the valley , try the local night club , or a few beers in the local pub — The Londoner ! |
29 | Sometimes it happens that after a number of successive doses like this , the patient will have the beginnings of an aggravation : the medicine should be stopped for two to four days ( or a few hours in acute disease ) and in order to continue treatment you want to give the remedy now in a more diluted form : from the first cup ( not the bottle ) take one teaspoonful and dilute it in another cup , and one teaspoonful of this solution should be given to the patient . |
30 | All Boy could think of to explain this was that the man was older than he was , and that he actually had a husband in a sort of way , and not just for one night or a few nights , and so that had to be why he felt differently about the films he watched . |