Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , cross at lights whenever possible or at a clear stretch of road where there is good visibility , rather than at a corner . |
| 2 | Work in natural daylight if possible or under a soft lamp or candlelight . |
| 3 | Pentobarbitone can be prepared from powder at 5 mg/ml in warm normal saline or as a 1/10 dilution of the commercial stock solution ( 60 mg/ml ) . |
| 4 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 5 | If you are on a low income , you may be able to get dental treatment for free or at a reduced cost . |
| 6 | Many of the masters who lead the trips , and therefore either travel free or at a reduced rate , are surprised that so many parents can still afford further-flung expeditions . |
| 7 | ‘ The next point I wish to make concerns services and deals with the position of employees of organisations , bodies , or firms which provide services , where the employee is in receipt of those services free or at a reduced rate . |
| 8 | Section 2(1) ( c ) will also , for example , cover situations where the accused gains admission free or at a reduced charge by pretending to be an old age pensioner . |
| 9 | The Natural History Museum undertook to buy any suitable specimens which I brought back , and most firms I approached agreed to provide rations , ammunition , films , medicine and other requirements for the expedition , either free or at a considerable discount . |
| 10 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 11 | Unless your rug is very old or in a poor state of repair — in which case a specialist cleaner should be consulted — the best way to remove grit and dirt is to use a carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner with beater bars . |
| 12 | Now , just a short time after the ‘ Currency , Economic and Social Union ’ , almost 20 per cent of the workforce is unemployed or in a desperate situation as a result of the imposition of short-time working . |
| 13 | It would be reasonable to expect from this that over a few years , our APR disclosure regulations broadly similar to the US Truth in Lending Law — will raise people 's knowledge of APRs well above the present level , and confirm them in their belief that disclosure of APRs is important . |
| 14 | It is clear that during a certain stage in the child 's development , artefacts become its principal means of articulating feelings and desires . |
| 15 | Within the hour the camera , the film and the physical chemistry became so clear that with a great sense of excitement I hurried to the place where a friend was staying to describe to him in detail a dry camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure . |
| 16 | He returned to England in 1844 but was unemployed except for a brief tenure of the post of governor of the new prison in Birmingham in 1849–51 , before dismissal . |
| 17 | If there is any amount of bankside vegetation the task is somewhat easier than on an open bank . |
| 18 | The benches are empty except for a solitary figure sitting huddled in a mackintosh , watching with fierce concentration . |
| 19 | The doors to the great white stone building that led to the palatial rotunda were open , the lobby empty except for a single security guard sitting and reading behind the circular information desk . |
| 20 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 21 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 22 | A few things remained in the bureau drawer ; the odds and ends that accumulate in drawers : an engagement diary for 1981 which had only a few entries ; an old wallet , empty except for an out-of-date RAC membership card . |
| 23 | The place was almost empty except for an old man in one corner and a boy and a girl eating chicken and chips two booths away . |
| 24 | The police bureaucracy is also organized hierarchically , but the paramilitary aspect of its role means that the hierarchy is far more disciplined and rigid than in a civilian bureaucracy . |
| 25 | The system is further complicated by the fact that on many issues a Flemish socialist is far less likely to agree with a French-speaking fellow-socialist than with a conservative fellow-Fleming . |
| 26 | However , jewellery may be stolen , cattle may die and grain deteriorates in quality with the passage of time , thus wealth in these forms is inherently risky and to a certain extent illiquid , i.e. not usually suitable for instant transfer or use . |
| 27 | Their arguments were faultless and after a few moments I felt myself drowning in doubt , drowning in the time trap surrounding the area . |
| 28 | Paddy was well aware of this and with an imperceptible shake of his head , continued sardonically — |
| 29 | This was true enough : the Company needed to sell about £100,000 of goods a year in West Africa to carry on enough trade to cover its fixed costs for shipping and for its forts ; it was never able to manage this and in a good year it could only take about 6,000 slaves across , which might be worth £90,000 . |
| 30 | He looked young , a little boy , as he said this and like a little boy who has been thrashed by playground bullies and can not do anything in return but hate them . |