Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though you did make rather a big dent in my dignity . |
| 2 | But it would make rather a lovely weekend home . ’ |
| 3 | Therefore , I would see from a public point of view a substantial expenditure on this subject and I do n't think necessarily a level cuts from county planners . |
| 4 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 5 | In this new lab of his he can knock together a human being out of the unlikeliest odds and ends . |
| 6 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 7 | From this month on , junkies need make only a telephone call to exchange their used , possibly-AIDS bearing , needles for new clean ones , delivered free of charge . |
| 8 | But it will make only a marginal difference to the stagnant housing market . |
| 9 | But specialist services can make only a fairly modest contribution to an overall plan for services in a multiracial society unless mainstream services are also radically overhauled in those areas with substantial ethnic populations . |
| 10 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 11 | ‘ Shush , Mamma , ’ Rosa had said , and then Sabina had come in again with the bird — it would make only a bite to eat . |
| 12 | This is because the profit function before the change must have been horizontal at the optimum , so a small change in the optimum price will make only a marginal difference to the firms ' profits . |
| 13 | Observers commented that the modifications would make only a token difference to the King 's real power . |
| 14 | Schemes for the unemployed , such as community work , might be helpful for those involved but would cover only a fraction of the three million people out of work , he said . |
| 15 | It must remain entirely a matter for the discretion of the prosecuting authorities as to whether they are in a position to and are prepared to give an assurance . |
| 16 | Their frustration that they would always remain only a mummy could be challenged . |
| 17 | The regulations will sometimes affect only a manufacturer ( e.g. where they govern design or composition ) . |
| 18 | Organizations can absorb only a small number of people with these work goals . |
| 19 | The defence could always allege only a constructive possession and that there was no actual possession in the absence of a witness stating positive actual possession . |
| 20 | Eventually they become quite large , reaching six inches or more , so you will need rather a large tank for them . |
| 21 | The Committee can consider only a fraction of the instruments laid before Parliament . |
| 22 | Beside the skill of the angler , I think most would seriously consider only a few of these factors ; perhaps the location , weather , bait , and a maybe one or two others . |
| 23 | and that obviously they would be tend to be other children with mother 's there so they would need perhaps a play facility there and other children who goes to the E N T clinic can go to the not just go to the outpatients casualty |
| 24 | While the United States would yield a constant strategic threat to the Soviet homeland the USSR would yield only a first strike threat to the American fleet . |
| 25 | Yet , although that directive will need only a qualified majority vote , it is unlikely to whisk through the council . |
| 26 | You will need only a smear of oil for the face ; if you drench the skin , oil is liable to seep into your partners eyes . |
| 27 | We should not overlook the possibility of attracting professional musicians into church music , and the teaching profession in particular contains people who might need only a little persuasion to help , at least on an occasional basis . |
| 28 | This should need only a few turns |
| 29 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |
| 30 | They are oh I do n't ken when but they must you ken obviously a long time ago story . |