Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Does he agree that the law should be changed so that the police have a duty rather than just a power to act under section 39 ? |
2 | But sooner or later the need to use some aspect of statistics becomes obvious . |
3 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
4 | The Congress , which partly superseded the former USSR Supreme Soviet , is elected for a five-year term and convenes once or twice a year to decide on major constitutional , political and socio-economic questions . |
5 | The valuation of trading stock will normally take place only once or twice a year to coincide with the date of the end of the builder 's financial year or half-year , although larger companies may prepare quarterly accounts . |
6 | As part of the improved conditions Bilal 's partner started taking us through the kitchen once or twice a week to sit with them and get a bit of sun . |
7 | However , to maintain this amended behaviour pattern , it may be necessary to repeat this training once or twice a week to ensure that it is permanently reinforced . |
8 | The group will meet once or twice a month to discuss business coming before the council and to decide on a collective attitude . |
9 | Was it more than just an in-joke to make George 's chauffeur go under the name of Chomsky ? |
10 | In a sense they , they were back now in , in the situation that they , they needed support from the peasantry quickly and surely the way to do that was to offer them land , to give them land reform because rent reduction interest ra interest rate reduction is not enough . |
11 | More and more the struggle to express it intensified . |
12 | Yes , every now and then the temptation to do something sort of very cool and very sort of ten point Univers and you do it for a bit , and you 've done it and then you use some proper faces instead . |
13 | These rights included not only an ability to continue using the property as before but also the right to rebuild or extend it , provided the original building was not exceeded by more than ten per cent . |
14 | It is worth noting , however , that consent to a political authority entails a promise to obey it ( as well as perhaps an obligation to support it in other ways ) . |
15 | It is as if governments , having been given the gifts of technology , set them loose without an idea of how or even a wish to restrain them . |
16 | There is too much busyness in schools , staff need ‘ dream time ’ too and also the security to try out ideas without becoming nervous about making mistakes or being afraid of failing . |