Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This circumstance placed extra demands on the education service during the 1960s and 1970s and made possible a reduction in expenditure in the 1980s , in both cases without any change in the level of service provided ( Bailey 1982 ) . |
| 2 | These degrees make possible a pattern of study uniquely adapted to an individual 's interests . |
| 3 | We 're just about to leave Sian by air for Nanking , and we 've just heard that a bevy of Brit . |
| 4 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 5 | He shall make half a seam of malt for one work and the lord shall provide firewood . |
| 6 | To wire an ivy leaf , push half a length of wire through the back of the central vein , one third down from the point of the leaf . |
| 7 | I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury . |
| 8 | The wave basin represents half a mile of coastline and shows which areas are likely to be washed away . |
| 9 | ( The following week the goal is again to lose half a pound of fat ( 0.25 kg ) , so she would hope on Week 2 to be below her starting weight by at least 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) on most days ) . |
| 10 | Followed by one grated fresh apple topped with a quarter of a pint of vanilla-flavoured custard ( make half a pint of custard , adding a little extra sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence , and save half of it in the refrigerator for Friday ) . |
| 11 | It will be up to the exporter to make sure that lambs have the correct certification and presumably they will make this a condition of purchase , ’ a ministry specialist said . |
| 12 | I drunk half a pint of rum , half a pint of vodka and three or four cans of |
| 13 | On the contrary , for all the general flow of tranquillity and prosperity , a number of specific themes consistently emerged which made this a time of anxiety , even torment . |
| 14 | Dorcas had given this a lot of thought as teams of nomes sweated to pry the lids off the paint-streaked tins . |
| 15 | I do not consider that a ground for complaint . |
| 16 | The same as the way that this gentleman has found it 's somebody else making a decision to what people can see and I do n't consider some a show like Pro 's and Con 's which had female nudity and two hundred and fifty people walk out in one night to mean something which I think is enhancing to the playhouse . . |
| 17 | The roof-rack alone carried half a ton of water , fuel and spares , and the Land Rover was fully loaded inside to the extent that the leaf springs were flattened . |
| 18 | Representing half a mile of coastline , its 72 paddles can produce waves and set up currents and tides for scientists to study . |
| 19 | And — even assuming he could persuade her to drink it — was n't it , well , out of the ordinary to find half a litre of bleach in someone 's stomach ? |
| 20 | In another cupboard they found half a bottle of whisky and a dribble of brandy in the bottom of a Courvoisier bottle . |
| 21 | I pulled on my shorts , sank half a pint of yoghurt , and grabbed my crippled Excalibur . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | To the east of Carthage in Libya sharp disputes between the monarchian followers of Sabellius and upholders of the Logos theology occurred half a century after Tertullian 's time . |
| 24 | I would like to know why this policy is that er that you did n't consider this a venue of body building to be suitable if it 's not erm it 's gon na put bums on seats and generate income to towards the trust why not ? . |
| 25 | Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action . |
| 26 | Let us consider such a chain of consequence , spanning small to large . |
| 27 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 28 | The experience of history may have helped to consolidate such a sense of trust . |
| 29 | The reason these worries pose such a problem in marriage relationships is that if we feel insignificant we assume we are unworthy of love and are afraid of the vulnerability that comes with complete openness and honesty . |
| 30 | Flying over the battlefield the reaction of an airman was often one of disgust mingled with a certain arrogance , the contempt of the individualist for the herd ; ‘ What cowardice to accept such a situation without revolt ! ’ exclaimed Observer Bernard Lafont . |