Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] a [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Parents have ( or should have ) authority over their children and this constitutes both a responsibility and a burden .
2 This statement paved the way for and was indeed reiterated in Roberts in which the Court of Appeal held that consent had on the facts been terminated where there was a formal deed of separation , even though this lacked both a non-cohabitation and a non-molestation clause .
3 This lasts only a second or two .
4 Is that done once a day or each driver ?
5 That happens once a year or so .
6 The first does attempt to obtain a value , the second remains essentially a cost and not a value .
7 They 've each got ideally a circle and a line so they have identical features but they 're different letters so clearly , I mean it 's quite obvious , it 's not only the features present but also their relationship to the other features that 're present that determines what type of letter is recognised So any model of perception would have to take that into account .
8 Rather , there are three species , and each one of the three has both a 17-year and a 13-year variety or race .
9 These occur twice a day and may not , under rules drawn up by the journalists themselves , be mentioned in print .
10 Many customers find it useful to have either an AutoBank or AutoCheque Card .
11 Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do .
12 Similarly , only one transition action may be specified and it is not possible to have both a task and transition associated with the same state .
13 The most substantial of them farmed sufficient land to earn themselves the description of yeoman ; the poorest had merely an acre or two and perhaps the right to keep a cow and some sheep on the common .
14 Ianthe looked up from her work to see Mervyn Cantrell standing at her elbow , with a tall , dark young man of about thirty hovering deferentially a pace or two behind him .
15 They are legally entitled to say either a receipt or some other evidence of purchase .
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