Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Working in Grendon must be one of the most difficulkt places for an officer becausec we 're telling them they 're not dependant on their uniform but their personality and ability to relate to people .
2 Democracy , then , in Syracuse , Akragas and elsewhere , meant the rule of a prosperous agricultural class , which did not necessarily regard Carthage as an enemy , or benevolent co-existence with Carthage as a sin .
3 He was in the grip of severe constipation and was only eating fruit in an effort to clear himself out .
4 I am only using jumping as an example .
5 So do you think , then , that this policy could only cover people with an income .
6 The American boy , he saw , was puffing out his cheeks and making loud trumpeting noises in an attempt to emulate these feats , and it was this comic performance that was causing the Annamese boys to shake with laughter .
7 So wherever I go I 've only got quarter of an hour .
8 It also follows that the fact that a variation order has been issued after the contractual completion date does not necessarily provide grounds for an extension of time .
9 Section 40(1) permits the court only to award compensation on an application made by the employee which inter alia establishes that the latter made the patented invention which is of outstanding benefit to the employer and that ‘ by reason of those facts it is just that the employee should be awarded compensation ’ .
10 He was late because ‘ the police pulled me in to form part of an identity parade . ’
11 Answer machine only takes quarter of an hour
12 Thirst is a more imperative drive , intruding into dreams even when the subjects know full well that they are merely taking part in an experiment , and that water will be available in the morning .
13 I met Chapman on his way to the Zandvoort prize-giving and said I 'd take the job — basically to turn Lotus into an engine manufacturer — if it was still available .
14 The example below reads data into an array .
15 TEAMS are needed to take part in an obstacle course in Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , on Sunday , May 10 in to raise cash for an ambulance .
16 THE school holiday are drawing to a close so take advantage of an offer from Red Funnel ferries and give the kids something to talk about when the new term starts by popping across to the Isle of Wight .
17 In addition to this , he thought it might be possible to work with a sympathetic artist in a good studio , and perhaps take lessons at an academy .
18 ‘ You should not make friends with an elephant keeper , ’ he had said , ‘ unless you first have room to entertain an elephant . ’
19 An observational study of a production line , say , although it might want to talk a great deal about the alienative effects of such work , could not make use of an attitude scale in the way that a questionnaire study might .
20 The key point remains , however : research is seldom driven by curricular considerations , but is normally given direction by an interest structure based on academic careers and the public use of knowledge .
21 Equally , the rules and practices of the SRO should not restrict competition to an extent which is greater than necessary for the protection of investors .
22 Quite apart from the other benefits of club membership , inland clubs often have the only access to local water , while coastal clubs might have the best launching facilities in an area .
23 The advance would not give rise to an income tax charge .
24 Such a representation would not give rise to an estoppel , because , as was said in Jorden v. Money ( 1854 ) 5 H.L.C. 185 ( below , p.252 ) , a representation as to the future must be embodied as a contract or be nothing .
25 It was held that the regulations did not give rise to an action for damages .
26 The note to this rule in the 1993 White Book suggests that service on the defendant 's solicitors in England pursuant to an unqualified oral agreement by them to accept service is good service but points out that this practice of endorsement is unnecessary and unsafe since by itself it does not give notice of an intention to defend .
27 On Feb. 26 the Chief Prosecutor announced that charges of diversion of public funds against Honecker were being dropped since he had not had access to an account holding money paid by West Germany to buy the freedom of East German political prisoners .
28 Lear , however , as he constantly complained , had not had training as an engraver ; and , in an effort to find a medium that would serve his publication without drawing excessively on his limited resources , he turned to the novel technique of lithography .
29 This requires us going through these with toothcombs as we 've frequently already got access as an exception in them .
30 Most of the non-payees can not claim unemployment as an excuse , says members ' registrar Bob Russell .
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