Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that the general practitioners find a problem list more informative ( although I have never investigated this formally ) and that the copy letters in the notes make a more useful case summary than the handwritten record . |
| 2 | In men undergoing elective inguinal hernia repair a very detailed account of what might go wrong does not increase patient anxiety significantly and has the advantage of allowing patients a fully informed choice before they consent to surgery , thus reducing the potential for subsequent litigation . |
| 3 | It may have been from a belief that deputies provide a less good service , although published research has shown high patient satisfaction with deputies . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the problems of the site is the authorities want a very grandiose scheme with the roadworks , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 5 | The sculptures and inscriptions with which the Romans embellished their cities provide a particularly valuable insight into the purpose of Roman monuments , although only a few sites are known in which buildings , statues and inscriptions survive together . |
| 6 | The continuing debate about choosing and using ultraviolet ( UV ) pond systems has prompted me to write and highlight some points which I hope will help your readers make a more informed decision when purchasing a system . |
| 7 | Precise details of what has been achieved by the liaison remain a closely guarded secret but it has involved developing new methods of using medicinal drugs in the body and has already led to a contract with a major pharmaceutical company . |
| 8 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 9 | If the Comintern , too , decided that the anti-fascist coalition would be weakened in Vietnam by national independence , itself something of a bourgeois concept , and if the Indochina Communist Party followed suit , no matter how reluctantly , it would at a stroke lose a very significant part of its political appeal . |
| 10 | The rest of this chapter and the following chapter provide a more detailed account of the processes which are involved in a child 's mastery of language from the perspective of learning theory , the acquisition of abstract rules and developmental change . |
| 11 | Whereas before his longevity — in keeping with his apparent state of mind — was always uncertain and open to question , these days his songs suggest a comparatively stable figure . |
| 12 | ‘ Subjective ’ methods provide a politically important voice for women from socially disempowered groups , such as ethnic minority women . |
| 13 | ( 1980 ) and Wood , McMahon and Cranstoun ( 1980 ) in relation to the nursery , must make us question the claims that schools provide a linguistically rich environment , able to provide compensation for children believed to be linguistically deprived at home . |
| 14 | These two paragraphs provide a fairly bald summary of the legal position . |
| 15 | The two bodies ' first annual reports to the Department of Trade and Industry reveal an alarmingly high proportion of registered firms which have failed to meet the standards set by audit regulation . |
| 16 | Today , it seems , for many of us , these words hold an altogether different promise and more than a few terrors . |
| 17 | A social work model of care helps to retain identity , but unfortunately many homes adopt a more medical approach , particularly some in the private sector where the proprietors have a nursing qualification . |
| 18 | Fans face an almost impossible task coping with present day prices , especially those with families . |
| 19 | Chapter 1 : An abridged report on the state of the environment in the USSR , 1988 stresses that industrial nations face an increasingly deteriorating environment and the depletion of natural resources . |
| 20 | The Ibrox side face a potentially hazardous trip to Lanarkshire to face Motherwell in the third round at Fir Park on January 9 . |
| 21 | Working in teams , groups of mediums and their familiars mount an almost continual watch on the predatory spirit world , protecting the souls of the living from attack . |
| 22 | It is often argued that survey data give a very limited analysis of managerial policies which are developed over a period to deal with specific problems and this study should help to test such methodological criticisms . |
| 23 | But the densely populated central provinces present a very different picture . |
| 24 | The observations in the present study indicate a pathologically increased entry of PT-gliadin across the epithelium in coeliac disease causing adverse immunological reactions ot occur . |
| 25 | Her eyes flit an almost imperceptible challenge at the white man sitting opposite her to agree that indeed the darkest of dark is the most beautiful . |
| 26 | A matchless peak overlooking a superb cirque and with a steep buttress of Stob a'Chearcaill a very committing moment along the skyline indeed . |
| 27 | Starfish , flatworms and other early animals use a slightly refined system in which the eye-spots are placed in a cup-like depression . |
| 28 | For openers , the Lips proffer an ominously ragged blast through John Lennon 's ‘ Mind Games ’ , and it soon becomes apparent they have some Road-To-Damascus compatible lighting effects . |
| 29 | Animals which spend much of their time in the dark use a more sophisticated system than us . |
| 30 | Grouse " potted whole , stowed singly into pots with clarified butter poured over " as described by Professor Saintsbury ( the old boy did n't miss much ) are infinitely enticing , exceedingly extravagant with butter and not very practical for these days , but you can make one young cooked grouse or partridge go a very long way by the simple method of chopping the flesh , freed from all skin and sinew with about one quarter of its weight in mild , rather fat , cooked ham . |