Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the frequency with which I receive such public congratulations ( to the great embarrassment of my nine-year-old son ) seems to indicate that at least a proportion of those who buy the book actually do read it . |
| 2 | I 've not heard that for quite a while and its unfamiliarity makes it sound strange . |
| 3 | In the slide in which I showed the overall results it appears that about half the patients , the erm marker tumour had been eradicated and in quite a lot of patients there were tumours present . |
| 4 | If a minimum wage were introduced , Dewhirst would relocate much of its manufacturing to the Far East at the cost of thousands of British jobs , he said , adding that at least a quarter of the jobs in the industry would be lost . |
| 5 | But he never forgot that for almost a year he sank like a stone and would have disappeared without trace but for outside intervention . |
| 6 | The issue of competence to carry out a review is critical considering that in only a quarter of all cases were outsiders much involved . |
| 7 | These firms should be challenged as to why a replacement is necessary . |
| 8 | The classic reds of Bordeaux are best left until at least a decade after the vintage date printed on the label . |
| 9 | On this basis Polaris , and even Trident , could be retained as at least a bargaining counter . |
| 10 | You might be bursting with ideas and talking fifty to the dozen Monday , but less robust souls need a quiet place or at least a breathing space to assimilate and appreciate what you have to say . |
| 11 | This may be a form of habituation , but it is very long-lasting and thus can reasonably be regarded as at least a form of non-associative learning . |
| 12 | There seemed to be no consideration given as to how a management strategy would serve the processes desired , little attempt to anticipate possible outcomes or to arrange for specific progress points when reviews could be undertaken , nor to establish criteria against which a programme 's effectiveness would ultimately be evaluated . |
| 13 | Given the vulnerability of the floating charge the question arises as to why a creditor should bother to obtain one . |