Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The provision relates , however , only to the beginning of development and this apparently includes digging a trench or putting a peg in the ground .
2 He speaks , too , of properties which Plato and Socrates ‘ share ’ , and of their ‘ similarity ’ to each other , and this again seems to reintroduce an element of realism .
3 In 1979 there were 3,080 barristers practising in central London and 1,283 spread over the rest of england and Wales ; considering that most courts are now decentralised , this certainly seems to indicate an imbalance .
4 The joint always has to sag a bit before the control starts to push it .
5 However , some of the sharpest effects are seen at the point where household formation takes place since that usually means obtaining a home of one 's own .
6 Probing simply involves pushing a metal rod into the soil to try to determine the presence of buried features from the depth of penetration of the probe .
7 He thinks like , okay fair enough lets have a bit of snog you know , fair enough , whatever else !
8 On completion of a crane refurbishment programme and the modification of lifting facilities , Coastal now plans to inaugurate a Dublin-Liverpool container service before the end of the year .
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