Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said it was clear that the government had only joined as a last resort to try and solve the country 's economic problems . |
| 2 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 3 | As for the famous stinging tail , it 's only used as a last resort . |
| 4 | Its use in self-defence is entirely secondary and only employed as a last resort . |
| 5 | This was to prove of considerable value to the Palace , because there was a young lad there who benefited greatly from the nurturing that an experienced campaigner like Jimmy Wilde could provide , before being eventually transferred to a 1st Division club for a record fee — Arthur Hudgell . |
| 6 | In general , they found that parents regarded care on a voluntary basis as helpful and positive — a service to families in times of difficulty that should be more readily offered , not treated as a last resort . |
| 7 | They were finally lifted in a second House of Lords ruling in October last year . |
| 8 | He was sitting beside me in the jump seat or that generally occupied by a second pilot because in those days there were no flight engineers on twin-engined aircraft . |
| 9 | In either case it is generally seen as a last resort . |
| 10 | To maintain this focus , the book does not dwell much on forms of expert determination where the decision is not made by a third party or the decision is interim . |
| 11 | We want to ensure that people are not landed with a second taxation system which is as unfair and unjust as the poll tax . |
| 12 | Whatever its merits , however , it will have to live in the shadow of W T Stearn , whose magisterial Stearn 's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is already out in a revised edition ( Cassell , 1992 , £16.99 , 0 304 34149 5 ) , and whose Botanical Latin has just appeared in a 4th edition ( David & Charles , £25 0 7153 0052 0 ) . |
| 13 | Costco has already put in a second application to answer some of the criticisms . |
| 14 | This was not maintained after a second night , and after the third night without sleep subjects provided with these incentives could perform no better than those not provided with incentives . |
| 15 | We see also how forgery was long resisted , then finally and fatally adopted as a last resort . |
| 16 | The audit is usually performed by a third party , primarily serving the interests of the party who delegated the responsibility . |
| 17 | Includes every cricketer who has ever played in a first class match in the British Isles . |
| 18 | Andalucia was further affected by a third outbreak in two years of African equine fever at the end of July 1989 , which threatened the lives of large numbers of horses and raised doubts about equestrian events being held in Barcelona in the 1992 Olympics . |
| 19 | If this also causes aggravation , the remedy can be further diluted in a third cup , and so on . |
| 20 | The case will be quickly followed by a second action taken against a large electronic bulletin board company . |
| 21 | It is quickly followed by a second stage , chiefly characterized by guilt . |
| 22 | Although he had already sent on Ian Wright for back injury victim Les Ferdinand , the rules of the competition still allowed for a third outfield substitution . |
| 23 | The immediate aftermath was relegation , with the lowest number of points ( 18 ) and goals ( 26 ) ever recorded by a First Division club . |
| 24 | Sessions of the Supreme Soviet and of its standing commissions were dominated by these important figures , a domination reinforced by the fact that the more humble deputies were not usually elected for a second term . |
| 25 | David was also approached by a second man but was not assaulted . |
| 26 | The company has also embarked on a second phase of building at Port Clarence , near Stockton , providing cheap housing . |
| 27 | A change is also detected from a mid-nineteenth century optimism that a free economy left to itself would eventually generate sufficient wealth to solve many problems , to pessimism about whether the British economy was capable of such sustained progress . |
| 28 | He was also charged with a second offence of running a business in a condition which exposed food to the risk of contamination . |
| 29 | Some analysts argue that the rise in wealth and the fall in savings are both caused by a third factor : people 's belief that their incomes will grow more rapidly in future . |
| 30 | The pleasurable element of surprise is at least partly lost on a second reading . |