Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Vesman developed this and showed that he could explain the temperature dependence of muon + dd fusion if there is a rather loosely bound state in a complex molecular system involving three deuterons where the nuclei were encircled partly by electrons and partly by muons . |
2 | An even less easily defined aspect of a horse 's temperament than tolerance , is the horse 's cheerfulness , gaiety , animation , or ‘ smart way of going' ; with its opposite being placidity and peacefulness . |
3 | On our particular line the main problem was trespassing : and we only once caught glimpse of a vandal . |
4 | On our particular line the main problem was trespassing : we only once caught glimpse of a vandal . |
5 | The Government and senior police officers have so far resisted calls for a ‘ ring of steel ’ , Belfast-style protection , with closed circuit television , control zones , and very restricted access . |
6 | One week there had been fifty fridge doors outside his office , another week forty or fifty bicycle frames , although Robert had not so far caught sight of a single chain , tyre , wheel or handlebar . |
7 | I will suggest in this section of the essay that the reason why the antithesis between liberal principles and contract theory is so frequently overlooked lies in a second level of debate which the discussion of liberalism masks . |
8 | I had once taken hold of a piece of rock , and was about to trust my whole weight upon , it , when it loosened from its bed , and I should have been sent headlong to the bottom had I not instinctively snatched hold of a tuft of grass , which grew close by it , and was so firm as to save me . |
9 | These features take on particular interest when combined with the findings of Squire ( 1964 ) whose study of readers not only found evidence of a considerable need on the part of adolescent readers for association and empathy with the characters in a work of fiction , but also a clear correlation between emotional involvement with a story and the formulation of literary judgment . |
10 | Indeed , Freemantle not only provided Leapor with a receptive audience for her mature work , but actively promoted it . |
11 | Clearly such references are not merely longwinded substitutes for a name : they draw attention now to this , now to that aspect of the same person , and so build up a many-sided picture of each character . |
12 | ‘ We 've just about got time for a quick swim before breakfast . ’ |
13 | WordPerfect is also a subscriber to the competitive upgrade system — see the box — and will often be found offering what is normally high priced kit at a rock bottom price to persuade you to move to their products . |
14 | During the summer months it was possible to get a much more highly paid job as a housecleaner , a ‘ barker ’ or a bingo-caller or a taxi driver , and so the winter job of working in a factory was a ‘ stop gap ’ . |
15 | This time , however , conservative , bourgeois , and intellectual circles were said to be voicing ‘ still carefully expressed fears about a certain legal insecurity in future ’ . |
16 | Following what has become known as the " Halévy thesis " , historians have more readily seen Methodism as a force for stability against " the threat of revolution " than as one which worked for it . |
17 | Banks — in Belfast last week to give a reading from ‘ Complicity ’ ( Little Brown , £15.99 ) — has once again struck gold with a psychological thriller that draws the reader in from the first grisly murder on page one . |
18 | Therefore , where the vendor and purchaser are both wholly owned subsidiaries of a third company and the vendor sells assets to the purchaser at an under value , it is suggested that to the extent the value conferred on the purchaser comes out of the vendor 's capital as opposed to distributable profits , then this is treated as an unlawful return of capital by the vendor to the third party holding company . |
19 | People like Michelle probably never set eyes on a dentist normally . |
20 | For a fee , firms — often orally promised exclusivity in a certain area — will be placed on the list . |
21 | If you have n't even got room for a single lean-to garage , you could always consider building a carport . |
22 | Humphrey 's research on workers in the Brazilian motor industry in the 1970s shows that , in this particular case , a group of relatively highly paid workers in a modern sector of the economy did not behave as a labour aristocracy , but took on a vanguard role in providing political leadership for the working class as a whole ( Humphrey 1982 ) . |
23 | In this analysis Freud thinks he has shown how even organized groups like a church or an army are held together . |
24 | In a letter to the BR chairman , Sir Bob Reid , the party 's transport spokesman , Murray Falconer , wrote : ‘ By not putting forward already established plans for a Dornoch firth rail crossing , BR is deceiving the people it should be serving … |
25 | The most commonly known way of a baby becoming infected with HIV is through the womb . |
26 | The most commonly quoted definition of a fund is found in GASB ( 1990 , Section 1100 ) : |
27 | Foreigners have too often seen Japan as a monolithic society where individualism is frowned upon and conformity all important , where the tendency is towards harmony and consensus and a healthy element of conflict decidedly absent , and where the role of the group is all-pervasive . |
28 | Tom had never before ridden pillion on a motorbike , but Andy the neighbour had a spare crash helmet . |
29 | They have concentrated almost exclusively on public housing and have never really challenged owner-occupation as a form of tenure , or the quality of housing and its organisation and control . |