Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So one may take it that everyone receives at least a smattering ; and more flexible A-level and university courses make it possible for people to combine more advanced science with arts subjects in a way that was virtually impossible in my day . |
| 2 | Nothing happens for quite a while , then the rod-tip trembles , so I hold the rod in one hand and the line in the other . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's very thick with the new master , Humphrey Morris , which counts for quite a lot , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 4 | There is an activity which will take a great deal of your time as a student , which is of crucial importance to your success and which passes with hardly a mention on many courses — we refer , of course , to note-taking . |
| 5 | And it does so in syntax which calls for quite a feat of structuring and interpreting . |
| 6 | He goes on : ‘ And by using an estate agent you 're dealing with a dedicated property specialist , a description which applies to only a handful of solicitors . ’ |
| 7 | And there 's the added advantage that by using an estate agent you 're dealing with a dedicated property specialist , a description which applies to only a handful of solicitors . |
| 8 | She has at least an hour a day on it . |
| 9 | According to that theory everything exists for only an instant and is then replaced by a facsimile of itself , so that it is but a series of momentary existences like the successive frames in a cine-camera film . |
| 10 | However , although that was all in the past the memory of it lingers on whenever a match between the two countries is mentioned . |
| 11 | Their debts are now more than £6.5m and chairman Sir John Hall says he needs at least a week to draw up another rescue package before he and his fellow directors will be in a position to open talks with Kevin Keegan about the vacant manager 's position . |
| 12 | It happens with only a handful of Members in their places and achieves little , if any , coverage by the media . |
| 13 | It sounds like quite a skill . |
| 14 | It takes at least a couple of seconds before I recognize the last straw . |
| 15 | It takes at least an hour to get the system clear and dry again , and is a very frustrating problem , particularly if it occurs in a competition . |
| 16 | It employs at least a quarter of a million people , in operations large and small . |
| 17 | NEUE MITTE is in the centre of the town of Oberhausen ( population 225,000 ) , which is itself in the state of North Rhine Westphalia , the largest of the German states both in population ( 17.5 million ) and economic power , where it accounts for over a quarter of Germany 's gross national product . |
| 18 | After all , ’ she added as he looked back at her impassively , ‘ it accounts for only a fraction of your business interests . |
| 19 | He comes in here a lot . ’ |
| 20 | Now it reports in here a survey carried out in The Doctor , September the twenty sixth , and it was asking there who they actually supported in terms of the National Health Service changes , and you may be surprised to hear who in fact came out on top of that . |