Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , however , intended as a guide for the connoisseur , but rather as a plain man 's helpmate to getting the best possible fish for the least outlay . |
| 2 | When we landed at Owi he had seventy gallons left — enough for a full hour 's flight throttled down . |
| 3 | As well as his own impressions ( and further reading ) , it draws on the comments made by his colleagues on the field trips and especially during a whole day 's discussion that we were privileged to have , at Uig Community Centre on 2 October 1980 , with many of those most closely involved in the development of the Western Isles . |
| 4 | Not in these days , for smoking in , but just a casual yet elegant loose jacket with a tie belt made in straight pieces like a very simple dressing gown — a truly marvellous garment to relax in after a hard day 's work and very good for either men or women . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're both obviously suffering from jet-lag , and we 'll feel a lot better after a decent night 's sleep . ’ |
| 6 | However , single-person households with , for example , an income consisting only of a single person 's state pension are much more likely to be found in the older age groups than in the younger ones . |
| 7 | However commonsense has prevailed and in Re Transatlantic Life Assurance Slade J. felt able to hold that ‘ the wording … is wide enough in its terms to empower the court to order the deletion of some only of a registered shareholder 's shares . ’ |
| 8 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 9 | There are high ceilings , tall windows , moulded cornices and a splendid original staircase with a mahogany handrail sweeping down into a carved lion 's head . |
| 10 | You send P14s together with a completed Employer 's Declaration ( P35 ) to the Inspector of Taxes . |
| 11 | So Lord Campbell of Alloway is trying to go it alone with a private member 's bill in the House of Lords . |
| 12 | There was a stand of bronze inlaid with silver , looted perhaps from a rich merchant 's house , and a cut of marble propped on an empty brazier and supporting the physician 's jars and boxes and bottles . |
| 13 | By the time we get to the jarv tracks I am over it , putting it down to a poor night 's sleep and a wearing day that have combined so that I am feeling the cold more than I normally do . |
| 14 | So what happens if you have , just supposing you went down to a crazy way o of means testing . |
| 15 | This is down to a local council 's Engineers Department who provide the street names for new developments . |
| 16 | I think this is very bad , I think that I would like to see an expansion of the , of the intake and a broadening of its social base , and by the same token I would like to see erm it possible for more adult students to come in , perhaps on a part-time basis erm into the universities . |
| 17 | so to a certain extent th the human that was introduced in the last few |
| 18 | I 'd like to take up a couple of points if I may about getting some erm we were talking before mentioned children coming in on a regular basis er it 's called living . |
| 19 | The centrepiece of Joseph Ettedgui 's latest emporium is this complex glass stair held together by a delicate spider 's web of steel rods , split pins and steel rings . |
| 20 | CHANNEL 4 steals a march on GMTV 's debut tomorrow by serving up their own breakfast show tonight as a New Year 's Eve special . |
| 21 | any lock which is detailed under 2 above for a main entrance door(s)/final exit door(s) together with |
| 22 | But let's look first at the visible problems , realising the need for fun , not for a fruitless day 's digging or waiting around for ferrets that are none too likely to return to the surface once allowed underground . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't possibly do more than an hour , not after a full day 's rehearsal . |
| 24 | If one were to step backwards onto a hard dog 's foot , the dog may give out a yelp but will return immediately to the handler , who , it is hoped , would bend down and apologize for his action . |
| 25 | In time it became customary to grant more than one reversion to an office , so that a queue of expectant administrators could be seen waiting to step successively into a dead man 's shoes . |
| 26 | Erm thus to a great extent erm ending the erm er the prospects of Turkish success . |
| 27 | This always included milk and green bananas , though the latter do not feature prominently on a wild orang 's menu . |
| 28 | Miss Maynard , a maternity nurse said to be the best on a well-known agency 's list , was due to arrive at Hillmarden House on October 20th and stay for six weeks — a little longer than the usual period . |
| 29 | In intuitive terms , we might also say that what follows + but + is not on a separate speaker 's topic , but continues the talk ‘ about ’ 'my drink' . |
| 30 | Unlike the previous exhibitions in the series , this is the first devoted not to a royal court 's culture but to a culture based on a city 's commercial strength . |