Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pelagic zone also includes a few creatures that are land-based , but none the less make a significant contribution to the marine ecology : birds such as the puffins , gannets , boobies , auks , terns and penguins ; the pinniped carnivores — seals , sea-lions , fur seals , and walruses ; other carnivores — the sea-otter and the polar bear ; reptiles such as some marine crocodiles and the marine , herbivorous iguana of the Galapagos Islands . |
| 2 | This will , of course , only introduce a new level of complexity . |
| 3 | That analysis is so well understood in North America that their discrimination statutes merely enact a general prohibition on employment discrimination on account of disability . |
| 4 | Old phone books apparently make an ideal alternative to straw , and they 're far cheaper . |
| 5 | Sometimes we so devalue a physical approach to the world that we begin to devalue action itself . |
| 6 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 7 | It is also interesting to note that endorphins are released when acupuncture is practised and perhaps make a significant contribution to the therapeutic effects which may be achieved . |
| 8 | You will need to remove all pots and switches to do this , so make a good diagram of the wiring before you do so . |
| 9 | Two-dimensional spaces are particularly easy to visualize and so make an ideal vehicle for introducing the concepts that will be used later in discussing curvature in space–time ( three spatial dimensions plus one time dimension ) . |
| 10 | Selling to the variety multiples is more a matter of negotiation at higher levels whereby the buyer and the sales manager negotiate price and delivery and the salespeople merely provide an after-sales service at individual outlets . |
| 11 | The two books taken together provide a fascinating portrait of the break-down of conventions over the century between their composition . |
| 12 | The study of Magritte 's art , long dependent upon Suzi Gablik 's short monograph completed in 1970 , has received a sharp boost with the publication of three new books , each of which serves a slightly different purpose but only together provide a comprehensive evaluation of the artist as he has been researched by David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield . |
| 13 | 1.1 Direct and indirect restraints Most cases quite obviously involve a direct restraint on the covenantor from doing a certain thing or things . |
| 14 | I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service . |
| 15 | Amoebae not only provide an important reservoir of intracellular legionellae , increasing uptake of the bacteria in adverse conditions ; warm water systems they can also provide a continuous supply of extracellular bacteria . |
| 16 | Private Members ' Bills not only preserve an important margin of policy initiative for backbench MPs , but Westminster 's increasing role as a centre for interest lobbying also strengthens its function as the crucible of interest representation in political life . |
| 17 | Although creeks are thought to be largely areas of non-deposition rather than areas of erosion , the scour of the tide along them may cause some lateral erosion and water draining at times of very high tides from areas behind the zone of creeks may plunge into the heads of the creeks and so cause a certain amount of headward erosion . |
| 18 | As pointed out above , firstly , their budgets only cover a limited range of services and , secondly , unlike DHAs , GPs can select which patients to take on and thus include in their budget . |
| 19 | Carnivorous plants apparently hold a macabre fascination for gardeners and they 're becoming increasingly popular . |
| 20 | As with protozoan parasites , ponds naturally support a whole host of bacteria — some harmless , some beneficial ( such as the filter bacteria Nitrosomonas and Aeromonas ) , still others are dangerous to fish — though invariably only when they are weakened by other factors . |
| 21 | The department was ‘ determined to avoid sequences of letters that are obscene or insulting ’ , and so put a complete ban on WET and DRY , on PIG and RAT , on FAG and DYK , on FEM and GYP , on ODD and POT , as well of course on SEX and SIN . |
| 22 | The wardens originally received twenty shillings for their work plus expenses ; now they only receive a small allowance towards their expenses , which is paid after they have served their two year term . |
| 23 | Fiona said : ‘ With a bank account you only receive a standard rate of interest unless you have a big deposit . |
| 24 | So , take the staff comment from there and instead of putting staff down put a generalised comment on this ? |
| 25 | Of course we only support a tiny proportion of the proposals put to us , mainly because it is very difficult to create new and revolutionary approaches . |
| 26 | The Transport Department is said by the report to " have recently admitted that they only put a nominal value on public open space which would be destroyed by a proposed road scheme " . |
| 27 | The building of the now leaking sarcophagus alone cost an astonishing amount of money , on the best estimate available . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , he does report many developments in the American social scene , which obviously owe a great deal to the careful monitoring of many local newspapers . |
| 29 | As you work with more texts you can build up these specialist sluices and so create a unique resource for your own teaching situation . |
| 30 | Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop . |