Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political violence alone claims an average of 10 lives a day . |
| 2 | The advantage they have over individuals is that , although each practice only contains a part of the complex phenomenon which is society , each one is a ‘ whole ’ in the sense that it consists of a variety of different kinds of parts , all of which are interrelated . |
| 3 | It may be doubted , for example , that a single act could give rise to a sensation of harassment ; it would be an unusual use of language to say that a person was harassing another by a single act ( such as a wolf whistle ) , since that term generally connotes an element of persistence . |
| 4 | This finding also provides an explanation for the fact that faecal bile acid excretion in patients with liver disease is comparable with control subjects . |
| 5 | The average British male now has a life expectancy of 77.6 years compared with 75 in 1960 , while women are expected to live until 81.7 compared with 78.9 in 1960 . |
| 6 | This Update also includes an article on the restructuring of the SCOTVEC verification system . |
| 7 | The High Synagogue now houses a textile museum and you may buy tickets here for all the museums in the ghetto . |
| 8 | Increasing beam energy beyond this level actually produces a decrease in luminescence intensity ; this is the inhibition phase . |
| 9 | Yet this formulation still has an implication which Bentham would not really have accepted . |
| 10 | I say strangely because finishing as the League 's top striker surely warrants a travelling place even if only for experience . |
| 11 | The sight of this ghost usually indicates an outbreak of fever or disease close by . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century . |
| 13 | As certain areas of Great Britain , for example , take on some of the characteristics of divided societies , the focus of this study also has a relevance , of increasing proportion , outside the province and beyond what many residents in Northern Ireland might see as most directly pertinent to them . |
| 14 | The quality of a cultural practice then becomes a matter of its effect , in the moment of its impact . |
| 15 | This encoding then becomes a signal to the speaker 's articulatory organs , and he vocalises an utterance of the proper phonetic shape . |
| 16 | Old Shallot never gives a rat 's arse . |
| 17 | Any signatory of the convention is required to register a formal difference with the secretariat if its own laws preclude it from observing a standard while failure to implement a recommended practice only stimulates a request that the secretariat be informed . |
| 18 | These can be read as standing stones , that you hear the Celtic lament on the sound track , and this piece again has a kind of environmental , ecological background that Judith was using , to do with how we live with technology all the time around us , and also juxtaposing that with , with the natural world . |
| 19 | This institution now provides a mixture of non-advanced and advanced vocational courses as well as general courses and would therefore be more accurately described as a college of further and higher education . |
| 20 | Morgan Jr. , who in 1924 established his father 's library as a public institution now houses a book shop , education centre , lecture hall , staff offices and a conservation studio three times the size of the old one . |
| 21 | This session also provides an opportunity to look at cultural bias and racism in materials . |
| 22 | The emphasis is very much on continuity rather than radical reform , and despite the daunting complexity and forbidding pervasiveness of the law regulating every aspect of welfare in German social work practice , this Act also represents an acknowledgement that German social work practice particularly in relation to children and young people has managed to develop highly creatively and run ahead of the bureaucracy . |
| 23 | ‘ The need is very great but this help really makes a difference to families in this tragic country , ’ |
| 24 | This attitude often hides a fear of failing or of making mistakes . |
| 25 | This machine even has a head cleaner that is actually built in . |
| 26 | DIRECTIONAL rod pushing : This equipment generally requires a launch and receive pit . |
| 27 | Longest wing here has a length of 7 cm . |
| 28 | In fact , this process often begins a stage earlier . |
| 29 | As we shall see , this process often brings a congregation to a point of listening to the Lord 's voice . |
| 30 | This group also has a sitting-in service , which is often necessary for carers if they are going to be able to get away and attend meetings at all . |