Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had long been in a bad state of health , which he took no care to repair but on the contrary lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him , this brought on the Flux which put a period to his life ’ ( Cook ) . |
| 2 | It came as a shock to Stella , learning that educated people like Dotty Blundell and Meredith adhered to such a faith . |
| 3 | In the end , her uncertainty grew to such a pitch that she expressed it . |
| 4 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 5 | The Industrial Research Associations began with such a function in the inter-war period and continue to play a similar role today . |
| 6 | Alongside and beneath the alley , Mucky Beck rushed for half a mile past walled mill-ponds , wasteland and cinder piles all the way from Shearbridge Road to Cheshum Street . |
| 7 | Speaking at an analysts ' breakfast in Chicago last week where Comdex Spring took place , Pieper alluded to such a breakthrough as ‘ removing the firewalls ’ between the various microprocessors . |
| 8 | It is unfortunate that the team headed by Olive Tunstall feel the need to launch into a personal attack on Heim , however , saying that ‘ we consider that Heim acted in such a way as to reduce the credibility of the profession ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’ |
| 10 | Lola went through such a lot at a young age — I admire her — I 'm certainly not as strong as she is . ’ |
| 11 | Yet when Lukowiak looked for such a correlation he could not find it ; it seemed as if control of the strength of the reflex was not vested in any single cell of the abdominal ganglion , but was instead a property of the interactions between the ensemble of cells as a system . |
| 12 | In 1978 Lord Denning MR acceded to such a request when told that the Church of Scientology of California felt that in his court there was an unconscious influence operating adversely to the church . |
| 13 | This visits period lasted for half a term , although for some subject departments it was completed during four weeks . |
| 14 | Bassetja led from half a mile out and looked at one stage like winning the race as the favourite Velma appeared to have it all to do . |
| 15 | This is exemplified by a circular dome-shaped bead from Ur shaped in such a way as to expose one of the pale layers as a ring close to the perimeter . |
| 16 | Such ‘ ownership ’ of plans would give the school a clearer and more unified sense of purpose and direction and reduce the stress felt in such a time of educational change . |
| 17 | The temperature change would bring a marked reduction in the biodiversity of Tibetan Alpine ecosystems , and hundreds of thousands of hectares of the east China plains would be flooded if sea levels rose by half a metre , a change which would place the country 's major coastal cities at risk . |
| 18 | That 's why Keegan 's swoop came as such a shock . |
| 19 | Polypropylene has replaced nylon in this range and no standard recipes existed for such a blend . |
| 20 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 21 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup . |
| 22 | Some species grew in such a way that the last whorl overlaps the inner ones ; often these species become flat and discus-shaped : it has been suggested that this was a more ‘ streamlined ’ shape for active swimmers . |
| 23 | Sally burst into such a fit of giggling , Jess thought she 'd explode from the tight lacings of her bodice . |
| 24 | The fireball that came with the flash lasted for half a second and enveloped the whole stumbling figure . |
| 25 | Some versions substituted for the front pair a .5 Browning heavy machine gun , and some jeeps had a single Vickers fitted in such a way that the driver could operate it . |
| 26 | Instead , consonant with the prevailing economic orthodoxy , the public interest became at most a background justification for the free availability of incorporation and limited liability . |
| 27 | If on the other hand the signalling cells grew into such a shape that they could come into direct contact with their target organs the chemical signal could be discharged directly at site across the ‘ synaptic ’ gap between the cells . |
| 28 | The Court of Appeal held that no appeal lay in such a case . |