Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] or [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously there is also the money element , and by returning to work you can perhaps give your child other benefits you might not otherwise be able to afford such as foreign holidays or maybe a private education . |
| 2 | We will aim to guarantee everyone out of work for six months or more a place on either a high quality training programme or on a work programme with a strong element of training . |
| 3 | So far I have left open the question of whether Maastricht is likely to prove to have been the high-water mark of European Federalism or merely a bench-mark against which to test future movement towards a Federalist state . |
| 4 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |
| 5 | The Throwbag Holster from Suzy is a carrying device for the Green Slime 's Rescue Throwbag , other line of similar size or even a camera , flares at sea or other item of equipment . |
| 6 | Manson & Co. guitars are n't as cheap as Japanese imports but what you 're getting is one of the classiest handmade acoustics in Britain , fully customised to your requirements with extra inlays or even a pickup , and left-handers do n't cost a bean extra . |
| 7 | Then cleanse your face again and splash with cool water or just a refreshing toner on cotton wool . |
| 8 | Her appearance at last year 's PFA Rally at Cranfield was her longest flight since her restoration , but she is capable of much longer journeys , especially as her excellent short-field performance enables her to drop into any farm-strip or even a flat field — should circumstances dictate a ‘ precautionary ’ landing for weather or fuel . |
| 9 | Royal Commissions had been appointed , and had recently reported , on the state of rivers ; they had investigated the ‘ comfortable doctrine ’ that in twelve miles or so a river however foul would purify itself , and found it untrue . |
| 10 | You will need a good honours degree in any discipline or alternatively a degree , HND or equivalent combined with experience at management level . |
| 11 | Three conditions apply : the claimant must be in paid working employment for 16 hours or more a week , suffer from an illness or disability which leaves them disadvantaged when applying for a job and must have recently been getting benefit such as income support , housing or community charge benefit . |
| 12 | ( e ) Bedding wall plates — rate per linear m or alternatively a lump sum item . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is best to wait for 3 to 6 months or even a year to do this . |
| 14 | Persons to whom it is not convenient to pay a full price , instead of the inside , sit on the top of the coach , without any seats or even a rail . |
| 15 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 16 | But in this very satisfaction lies the difficulty that for twenty years or more a good deal of self-esteem and affirmation has depended upon the parenting role . |