Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 2 | The pelvic floor needs to be free for the voice to be free and then a voice has both highs and lows . |
| 3 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 4 | Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships . |
| 5 | He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized . |
| 6 | That 's why I 'm glad that WISE thing , I mean it 's about time they bloody realized — I 'm convinced that once a woman gets into science she 's just as good as if not better than , any man . |
| 7 | Using Circle K as an example he complained that since the lighting had been removed the corner was dull , dark and dangerous and not a place to walk late at night . |
| 8 | Such a stern demand is appropriate because once a man becomes a Christian he finds himself enlisted on God 's side in a lifelong battle . |
| 9 | Sometimes the tides run fast an' sometimes a man gets the feelin' 'e can swim across from shore ter shore with ease when it 's runnin' slow . |
| 10 | He was , I think , even more solipsistic than I was : self-centred as only a man constrained within his own view of what constituted his masculinity could be . |
| 11 | It was , however , nothing so dramatic or pompous-merely a statement revealing that at that time the question of my succession to Macmillan had simply not crossed my mind . |
| 12 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 13 | However , and perhaps more importantly , it must be remembered that housing is more than simply a place to live in . |
| 14 | The more easterly of the two valley roads which combine at Pierrefitte takes you first to the charming town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur , which may look like one place but is really two , with more than just a hyphen dividing them . |
| 15 | It 's far more than just a place to drink ; it 's the social and conversational heart of any Irish village . |
| 16 | But Seefeld is far more than just a place to swing your mashie niblick . |
| 17 | His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation . |
| 18 | We were taken out one by one and always a soldier stood behind , the barrel of his gun shoved between the prisoner 's shoulder blades . |
| 19 | While he realises that there will always be problems in trying to teach anyone a new subject , Reas admits that it was sad to see a keen student being teased by his less keen classmates , but felt hopeful that perhaps a seed had been planted that one day would grow . |
| 20 | An inadequate list may include reduction in infant and child mortality better employment prospects for educated children making investment in education worthwhile and therefore a cost related to the number of children ; women 's status in the household and extent of emancipation in making decisions ; education of parents and enrolment rates in education for children , and women 's participation in the formal labour force ( where pregnancy implies unavoidable loss of earnings ) . |
| 21 | An executive earning , say £15 000 a year in salary may cost the employer as much as £80 000 or more a year to maintain in the overseas location . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not office-based — I 'll go to court duty one day , a prison visit the next and perhaps a home visit the following day , ’ she says . |