Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pelvic floor needs to be free for the voice to be free and then a voice has both highs and lows . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You do not have to be a separatist or even a lesbian to enjoy the benefits of graduated separatism . |
| 6 | His heart beats faster and once a trembling goes through his slender body like unbearable expectation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |