Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a public or university library which does not have subject specialists on its staff — or even in those that do — this places an intolerably heavy burden of responsibility on the individual 's judgement , and it is unlikely that any one person called upon to make weeding decisions over a spectrum of subject fields will on the basis of judgement alone achieve a consistent rate of ‘ correct ’ decision making . |
| 2 | ‘ This is particularly true of offices , although properties like warehouses and night clubs obviously have a higher-risk record . ’ |
| 3 | Attendance at the careers convention once each year is not enough and will in any case only reach a small proportion of the school children who may be contemplating their future . |
| 4 | The waves and the pebbles together constitute a simple example of a system that automatically generates non-randomness . |
| 5 | Because these relationships rarely form a coherent totality , political cultures themselves , including labourism , are replete with internal contradictions and inconsistencies . |
| 6 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 7 | The director also seems to be trying to satirise the fashionable filmmaking of the day by having Cleavon Little play a French-speaking director with a hand-held camera . |
| 8 | It is traditional to praise those who have died , and there are times when it is hard to recognise the person from the fine words , but in this case the words merely reflect a small insight into the very big man and loyal friend called David Pym . |
| 9 | For example , almost all sources of silver naturally contain a little gold , and ancient silver artefacts typically have gold contents in the range of 0.1 to 1.0 per cent . |
| 10 | Had labour suddenly become a local authority , or did the S S A simply fail as an accurate way of assessing our spending needs ? |
| 11 | The mosaics of the fifth and sixth centuries especially have a glowing richness of colour and a vividness of draughtmanship which complements their hierarchical treatment of figures and compositions . |
| 12 | That photographic plates stored away uninspected at the end of an experiment only acquire a definite image when someone opens the drawer to have a look at them ? |
| 13 | Many schools already have a regular item on the agenda of each full governing-body meeting which encourages discussion of a key educational issue . |
| 14 | My hon. Friend is right because many grant-maintained schools already have a high degree of support . |
| 15 | The fabliaux generally retain a strong sense of the sexual difference , so that either sex can find fulfilment only with the other . |
| 16 | Voluntary organizations already play a major role in providing day centres , lunch clubs , advice and pastoral counselling , and probably the most effective way of providing an acceptable mental health service is by attaching professional workers to the places where homeless people already go willingly for help . |
| 17 | The locational or spatial aspects of geographical problems are handled by a spatial database management system while queries relating to the attribute data generally use a relational database management system . |
| 18 | the front seat just have a good look round here . |
| 19 | Increases in intra-abdominal pressure induced by inflating a balloon by mouth normally generate a compensatory increase in external anal sphincter activity that enhances the anal pressure barrier and maintains continence . |
| 20 | NURSING HOMES always have a qualified nurse or nurses on duty . |
| 21 | First things first : schools still need a speedy mechanism for getting rid of those guilty of gross misconduct , negligence and incompetence . |
| 22 | Many schools still have a remedial department or are visited by peripatetic remedial teachers who withdraw children for extra tuition in reading with little time for consultation with school staff . |
| 23 | The architectures for parallel computers still cover a large range , and these two machines represent two disparate approaches — using a small number of quite powerful processors , or a large number of weaker processors . |
| 24 | Ordinary polythene netting will deteriorate within two or three seasons , but manufacturers usually add a uv stabiliser , which considerably extends its useful life . |
| 25 | Environmental management methods usually require a large workforce , are costly and are generally feasible only in townships and major commercial undertakings vital to the country 's economy , where they may prove more economical in the long run than the recurrent use of insecticides . |
| 26 | Translation technologies are important , however , because other solutions still lack a common development environment and should be able to get to multiple platforms from a single code base . |
| 27 | In temperate areas , members of the genus Cooperia usually play a secondary role in the pathogenesis of parasitic gastroenteritis of ruminants although they may be the most numerous trichostrongyle present . |
| 28 | Insurers usually require a Statutory Declaration as to the solvency of the transferor husband at the time of the conveyance so the practitioner must consider whether or not it is practical to ask for this at the time of the conveyance ( see further Chapter 10 ) . |
| 29 | These concentrations always present a clear decrease however and seem to contradict the apparent lack of a mutant phenotype . |
| 30 | Such words cover a wide tempo area , and pace Neumann , minuets have the right to express themselves as they see fit ! , especially since ( 2 ) actual speeds associated with any given set of tempo words also cover a large tempo area . |