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

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1 The weather , geography , altitude , geology and the vegetation of both the surrounding land and wet environment have all attributed to an animals evolution over thousands of year .
2 It attributes the speedy exit to having its reorganisation plan in order and the cooperation of its creditors who are apparently agreed on a collections moratorium .
3 The case was solved when Downey finally walked into a police station earlier this year and confessed to the killing .
4 Kurt and Wolfgang 's main worry was that large-scale unemployment among people not accustomed to a winners-and-losers system , which capitalism is , would create lasting resentments with dire social consequences .
5 Words or phrases which appear only once , or in only one clause , can be defined in the clause in which they appear ; however , words or phrases which appear several times throughout the terms are best defined in a definitions clause .
6 ‘ I 'm not talking about a police amnesty , where the lads are asked to drop their knives in a bin , ’ he said .
7 ‘ Uncontrolled ’ means not controlled by a police officer or a traffic warden .
8 New recruits to Medau came forward after visiting the stand at the Royal Norfolk Show , and more joined after a Promotions Week in the Lowestoft area organised by Marlene McGee and Jane Fisk , with Come-and-Try sessions and demonstrations by Oulton Broad class members .
9 ‘ There may be high unemployment in this area , but we still suffer from a skills shortage , ’ says John Coltman , personnel director of Royal Mail Letters , a leading sponsor of the Newcastle compact .
10 A total of 480 points is usually needed for an honours degree .
11 Seitz asks readers if they could imagine Ben Hogan or Arnold Palmer ever going to a sports psychologist .
12 For instance , Ritchie Blackmore was a very fast player , but it was always based on a blues thing , never on ‘ How many notes can I get in the scale ? ’
13 Perhaps you 'd like to reminisce and say was he one of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs jersey .
14 Overseas candidates can apply for these scholarships but must also apply for an ORS award .
15 His narrow shoulders were habitually draped by a challis scarf , his hands adorned by two Russian wedding rings .
16 You 'd have thought modems would be quicker on the parallel port , but no ; the serial port was originally developed as a telecommunications device .
17 Peter Edwards looks at the blank space that now passes for a promotions policy .
18 The gaming tables are long gone , and the building is now used as a cattle shelter .
19 Apartments No.3 and No.4 detailed below have access from the main hall of the villa now transformed into a games room with billiard and card tables .
20 Malcolm Beavers , a former inspector , has now retired on a police pension after contracting an infection when he dived into a polluted stretch of the River Aire at Selby , North Yorkshire .
21 Yet in casual conversation with the wife of a working colleague , Jean discovers that-Peter is just the same at the computer business where he now works as a systems manager .
22 Say — ‘ You do n't look like a farmers wife ( rosy cheeks and wellies again ) .
23 Teachers can even search on a skills basis , to produce material that would target change and continuity , or cause and consequence .
24 If they 're gon na be driving from village to village , they might as well work from a police station and drive from village to village in a transit van or a police vehicle .
25 The safeguards here may be very good , but they may not be so well understood by a police officer in another country who read about that suspicion .
26 This is sometimes known as a personnel specification and is an essential part of pre-interview preparation .
27 Their official car , following behind the royals , was stopped and then forced into a police compound .
28 I have yet to come across a police officer who is not interested in stamping out racism . ’
29 Taking a leaf out of her newest role model Joan Collins ’ book , Kylie never again emerged through a customs hall before spending as long as was needed to make herself ready for the waiting world .
30 His work in the Sahara was recently included in a Sports Council exhibition that nearly never happened due to a last-minute decision by sponsors Kodak to pull out half of their backing money , which was needed for other photographic projects .
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