Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The amount of studying for the exams comes as quite a shock ’ |
| 2 | The Editor agreed and so a day or two later my edited statement was published in Burmese on the front page of the New Light of Burma in a translation which U Khin Maung , my talented and faithful Information Officer , approved . |
| 3 | The view of the Pleiades is much more breathtaking with my 7 × 50 binoculars than with the lowest power I can use on my large reflector , because the small field of view with the telescope means that only a small part of the cluster can be seen at any one time . |
| 4 | The point remains that twice a day for twenty minutes in your own time and in the location of your choice you can refresh the parts that Dr Ruth can only fantasize about . |
| 5 | The trouble started when around a hundred and fifty travellers arrived back at their illegal camp after a wedding . |
| 6 | Depending upon the decision unit being assessed , alternatives can be either mutually exclusive to the strategy proposed or else a preferred level of activity compared with alternative levels of service provision . |
| 7 | The cast enter into this Lancashire hot-pot as to the manner born and only a snob will fail to enjoy : ‘ By gum ! |
| 8 | The RSPB claims that even a small oil spill in these areas could have a disastrous effect on wildlife . |
| 9 | I can promise you that the total came as quite a shock to me , I was convinced it would be well in excess of my budget . |
| 10 | ‘ Nour , ’ said Marie Claire , giving him the warning glance that only a mother can command . |
| 11 | The report shows that almost a quarter of land protected as Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) , home to much of the country 's wildlife , are suffering acidification damage . |
| 12 | While their opponents in 1830 believed that a considerable measure of parliamentary reform would lead to national catastrophe , the Whigs maintained that only a considerable measure could prevent a catastrophe … |
| 13 | It 's not every house that has antique vases thirty feet up a wall to dust … fortunately even at Claydon House the problem comes but once a year . |
| 14 | The minister said that only a small amount of radioactive material had escaped . |
| 15 | Does the Minister agree that perhaps a more urgent problem than the control of nuclear weapons in the republics of the former Soviet Union could be the vast amounts of conventional weapons that are in the hands of highly discontented and underpaid armed forces that have serious problems ? |
| 16 | The Tories argue that only a vote for the SNP is a vote for change . |
| 17 | People think they 're a bit pampered and even a bit posey . |
| 18 | In Somerset a jury declared that only a corner of north-west Somerset ought to remain within Exmoor Forest : another Somerset jury made the startling statement that King John had afforested all England ! |
| 19 | This is not to say that L'Histoire de France is not only a thought provoking but also a highly viewable volume — it most certainly is . |
| 20 | The European Parliament on Sept. 12 , in a resolution stating that only a diplomatic solution could settle the crisis ( passed by 300 to 70 with 19 abstentions ) , called on Italy as current holder of the presidency of the European Communities ' Council of Ministers to convene a special EC summit to find such a solution . |
| 21 | A year passed and then a big house in Oxford Street came along . |