Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [prep] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It also links with Chapter 3 , which reports on a second survey of known drug users conducted during the following year ( 1985–6 ) , and in which , with the aid of a theoretical model of outbreaks of heroin use , we attempt to use our research findings to forecast future trends in heroin use .
2 Rob , who lives in a fifth floor apartment , said : ‘ The noise got louder and louder .
3 He sits in a Second Empire armchair , a curling pipe in one side of his mouth , the other side opening and closing every few moments , like a fish breaking the surface , to let the smoke out , and listen expressionlessly while Howard explains his ideas for the script .
4 The action would not be an indirect method of enforcing the contract against the other contracting party because it lies against a third party and in tort .
5 In a sense , this is typical first-novel fare , and it reads like a first novel , with its attendant flaws — the heavy imbalances and visible seams .
6 However , if no effects processor is being used it doubles as a second master volume pot , offering yet another sound level for all three channels .
7 The Pittsburgh group also described a similar constellation of findings and noted that HBV infection seems to progress more rapidly when it recurs in a second allograft .
8 Then , if the product appears to be commercially successful , as well as a technological tour de force , suddenly competitors are marketing what amounts to a second generation product .
9 Then , if the product appears to be commercially successful , as well as a technological tour de force , suddenly competitors are marketing what amounts to a second generation product .
10 Now he faces what amounts to a second trial — tomorrow the court of Appeal will be asked to increase the jail term .
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