Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Length is stored as exact length ±1 , so for example if a word has 5 letters , then bits 4 , 5 and 6 will be set . |
| 2 | 1.3 However , RSC Ord 38 and CCR Ord 20 are expressed to be subject to the Civil Evidence Act 1968 ( see Appendix B ) under which hearsay evidence in documents can be put in at trial if a party can not call the witness . |
| 3 | Cells in the tumour seem to resemble the body 's own cells soon after conception when a baby is still developing . |
| 4 | Established companies , concentrating on defending what they already have , tend not to counter-attack when a newcomer challenges them . |
| 5 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 6 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 7 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 8 | Retail outlets in towns and busy shopping centres , which face tougher competition , spend more on advertising than a village shop , which may have no competitors nearby . |
| 9 | Eileen was home on leave when a letter came from Terry to tell them that he was off to France . |
| 10 | THE British-based Brabham team are up for sale because a company run by its owner Joachim Luhti is bankrupt , his lawyer said . |
| 11 | ‘ One day I was filling up with petrol when a chap stopped to say he was a member of the Ferrari Owners Club and used to have a car like mine , ’ says John . |
| 12 | The only place I could think of was Stonehenge which must have been spanking new then and as up to date as a Hilton or an out-of-town Sainsburys . |
| 13 | Teachers are entitled to discipline pupils in respect of conduct while out of school , such as on a school trip or bullying out of school where a pupil 's conduct ‘ impinges on the school ’ . |
| 14 | Obviously , a child returning from school to find his own study quarters where he has books at his disposal and sympathetic parents who can offer cogent remarks on his work and broaden his outlook with lively , stimulating conversation , will be able to get more out of education than a child who , when doing his homework , has to share the kitchen table with plates , cutlery and cruet as well as the pet cat and having to contend with ‘ Crossroads ’ as the main intellectual challenge of the evening . |
| 15 | He has not acknowledged that more people are now moving out of unemployment than a year ago . |
| 16 | The twinkle in his eye was reassuring , but when we tied up at Tobermory and the purser pointed out to sea where a group of small rocks ( or so it seemed ) showed strung out on the horizon like a mother duck with her ducklings after her , I felt a cowardly twinge , and found myself wondering what the ‘ relatively mod cons ’ could be . |
| 17 | Fry was sacked for riling Flashman once too often , but he could be back by Christmas if a business consortium takeover bid is successful . |
| 18 | Fry was sacked for riling Flashman once too often , but he could be back by Christmas if a business consortium takeover bid is successful . |
| 19 | Assuming that this statement is correct , these testers could prove lethal , and should certainly only be used by competent people with a considerable degree of electrical knowledge ; and they definitely should n't be relied on to check if a circuit is dead . |
| 20 | The sum may be reduced dramatically in future if a review of the Royal Family 's tax recommends Charles pays 40 per cent tax on his income . |