Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wave basin represents half a mile of coastline and shows which areas are likely to be washed away . |
| 2 | Consider the statement that " if the slightest thing goes wrong … if the focusing goes wrong a recognizable image is not formed " . |
| 3 | It is not the poor man 's shelter it pretends to be , but a rich man 's plaything , related to that larger Dairy House which Richardson 's heroine , Clarissa , inherits half a century earlier from her grandfather . |
| 4 | The pond contains half a dozen goldfish and some Orfe and Tench . |
| 5 | It seems somewhat incongruous that the official programme contains half a page outlining regulations concerning the ‘ prohibition of alcohol and controlled containers within Murrayfield stadium ’ , while at the same time giving over no less than four pages to the advertising of alcohol . |
| 6 | Since 1919 , great armies of faceless conifers have stamped their way across the highlands and the lowlands , Sitka spruce now covers half a million hectares and makes up 52 per cent of conifers planted by the Forestry Commission in Scotland and Wales . |
| 7 | The Pru has half a million motorists on its books and is sending them each a booklet when their policies are renewed explaining the benefits of conversion . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , Mr Savage has half a point . |
| 9 | Sun — which admits its latest strategy is similar to the route trodden by MIPS Computer Systems Inc that now has half a dozen semiconductor companies selling its R series RISC designs — says it is just awaiting clearance to announce the names of several firms that have agreed to take on the Sparc . |
| 10 | It says it has half a dozen ports of packages to GL from large software house which will be released for PX/Iris GL users within three months — it 'll also help smaller firms without its marketing muscle bring their applications to market under PX/Iris GL , which is priced at £3,250 for a development licence — £320 for a run-time version . |
| 11 | You ‘ Il be very glad you did this if you turn up one day to find the river high and murky because if , for example , you know that one swim has a lovely clean gravel bottom and another has half a Morris 1000 and a blackberry bush in it then this may help you decide where to fish and where to stick your mate ! |
| 12 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
| 13 | I 'm sure he has half a dozen . |
| 14 | Old Sprout , the greengrocer , banging the door behind him as he comes out of his shop , loosens half a card-load of snow , which skids off his roof and pancakes on the pavement , missing his head by no more than a foot . |
| 15 | Of the villein lands of this manor Reinbert holds half a hide , Robert 2½ virgates , Osbert 2 virgates , Aelred 2 virgates , Girald 2 virgates , Withert 4½ virgates , Wevela 2 virgates and Robert 2 virgates . |
| 16 | He looks such a snip that it enabled Southampton to command £3.6m for Alan Shearer , Ian 's partner in attack tonight and , in my opinion , the best foil for him in England . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't know , but looks such a nice young man … ’ |
| 18 | though that it looks such a flimsy structure , that you know its gon na be shored up with walls . |
| 19 | he 's got a few bits , there 's still another few bits to be done you know but it just looks such a mess |
| 20 | Yeah I think you will just pop it on then just looks such a mess when you 're going round a bit like that but I 'm afraid |
| 21 | If one accepts such a theory , then it gives a reason to all that happens to us during the course of our lives . |
| 22 | The critic writing in a newspaper with very limited space needs such a label to give the reader a general idea of what is on display . |
| 23 | The board says it needs such a store in any case in the 1990s because there may be a shortage of reprocessing capacity at British Nuclear Fuels ' Sellafield plant ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 289 ) . |
| 24 | You can see why the bird needs such a spread of toes to keep balance , but also why they are so springy . |
| 25 | I 'm always short of money , she needs such a lot of extra things , you would n't believe the money I 've spent on bedding , laundry , special chairs , clothing . |
| 26 | Unless an immigration officer feels that someone needs such a medical examination , he is unable to intervene . |
| 27 | Lords Scarman and Simon have recently added a broader objective : " Whether or not judicial virtue needs such a spur , there is also another important interest involved in justice done openly , namely that the evidence and argument should be publicly known , so that society may judge for itself the quality of justice administered in its name , and whether the law requires modification … the common law by its recognition of the principle of open justice ensures that the public administration of justice will be subject to public scrutiny . |
| 28 | Figure 6a illustrates such a mitotic cell in which the normal X is inactive and is seen as being shorter than normal ( the X is normally the fifth longest chromosome ) and darker staining than the other chromosomes . |
| 29 | Table 3.4 illustrates such a cost structure . |
| 30 | Table 3.4 illustrates such a cost structure . |