Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence given by the HM Inspectorate ( Scotland ) to the 1968 Select Committee is however complete enough and shows a good spread of backgrounds . |
| 2 | Somebody comes in and runs a separate form puts all their customer and all they 're doing is when the orders change they just put the and it prints out notes and labels and if you 've got hundreds of them it saves a job in time and money and the girl . |
| 3 | History of this sort , which offers to explain the relations between properties of societies , has been enormously successful in the past thirty years or so and provides a clear conception of how the underlying interest of holism can guide social enquiry . |
| 4 | She turns away and lays a gentle finger on Rainbow 's still trembling cheek . |
| 5 | They say the nearest alternative school is too far away and has a poor reputation . |
| 6 | When a glass cutter wants to cut glass , he does not bother to cut right through but makes a shallow scratch on the surface after which the glass breaks easily along the line of the scratch . |
| 7 | This form of specialisation is attractive to potential clients , particularly where the executive search consultant has undertaken many assignments successfully and has a functional discipline that works across a diversity of industries . |
| 8 | The HD-DOMS-to-Objectstore interface is claimed to be the first Common Object Request Broker Architecture-compliant interface available commercially and provides a shared repository for object types , object methods , and the instances of those objects . |
| 9 | This figurine , aptly nicknamed ‘ The Poppy Goddess ’ , dates from about 1350 BC and makes a clear connection between the manifestation of the deity and the taking of opium . |
| 10 | The fertilised egg does not develop into another jellyfish directly but becomes a free-swimming creature quite different from its parents . |
| 11 | The figure of the child surrounded by the warmth and comfort of the lap of the ‘ big woman ’ is a memory of things past and provides a rich contrast to the earliest works in the exhibition . |
| 12 | The complacent citizen looks up and sees a distant jet 's contrails , whooshing along in impressive white streams . |
| 13 | When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance . |
| 14 | Do not be surprised though if , following one of these episodes , she suddenly picks herself up temporarily and shows a marked increase of physical activity and busyness , which may include such things as arranging to have some redecorations done in her home or changing all the furniture around . |
| 15 | In the nave , the upper part above the ground arcade is a little later and has a decorative triforium and arcaded clerestory . |
| 16 | Toby Sykes putts boldly and hits a mighty tee shot but too many over-delicate chips , two of them into bunkers at close range . |
| 17 | While the clock is chiming , there is also a 50% chance per character per round of being attacked by another object in the room : the rocking-horse bites , a chair leg strikes at a shin , a table drawer flies out and strikes a vicious blow in the stomach , a toy soldier stabs at an ankle , and so on . |
| 18 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |
| 19 | The keyboard is well laid out and has a positive feel , very much like my desktop PC . |
| 20 | Because uncontrolled spurting haemorrhage is unlikely to stop spontaneously and carries a high mortality , patients with this problem ( whatever their age and state of health ) should be considered for urgent surgical intervention . |
| 21 | The improved accuracy of the laser measurements reveals that along an isotopic chain the radius of the nuclear charge does not vary smoothly but shows a saw-tooth effect with a nucleus with odd mass number often lying below the straight line between the two adjacent nuclei with even mass number . |
| 22 | ‘ 'E usually goes out an' gets a daily paper about this time , ’ Mrs Beavis informed Dolly , ‘ and an evening paper later . |
| 23 | Miss Smith , who is in the Domestic Science Department , actually visited the Lascaux Caves two years ago and has a complete set of slides . |
| 24 | the headmaster tomorrow he comes down here and has a good look round |
| 25 | Sean Connery enjoys himself hugely and brings a welcome warmth to balance Harrison Ford 's cartoon machismo . |
| 26 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 27 | It is already home to three artists working in the studio upstairs and has a large cafe cum exhibition space and a poetry room . |
| 28 | She times the ball beautifully and has a lovely touch on the greens . |