Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the new system to be introduced properly involves a change of constitution and a further vote . |
| 2 | Otherwise television merely reinforces a point of view already strong among farm workers — that there is a wide and unbridgeable gulf between people who live in the countryside and those who live in towns . |
| 3 | The Queen obviously has a sense of humour , as was evident from her hamming it up for the cameras . |
| 4 | This man Gennaro obviously has a lot of influence even among the less desirable characters in this city , or at least in this part of it . |
| 5 | As 9 is one that obviously needs a lot of work and a lot of thought on it . |
| 6 | The volume and speed of traffic not only creates a sense of danger but makes a significant contribution to noise and air pollution . |
| 7 | ( This obviously requires a degree of communication and cooperation , an acceptance of ‘ expert ’ as opposed to ‘ position ’ power , which is not so essential in the purely ‘ legal ’ relationships of line structures . ) |
| 8 | He says : ‘ We are making more and more DCDs — Driver Controlled Deliveries — where the driver not only delivers a tanker of petrol to a filling station , but is trained to unload it into the underground storage tanks ’ This has become a necessity , as more and more petrol stations are operated by one person locked behind security windows . |
| 9 | At Westminster , the government annually presents a package of spending and revenue-raising measures which parliament , after a relatively brief period of ritual debate , duly ratifies . |
| 10 | Clint obviously derives a lot of inspiration from West Coast rock and although their look is a quarter of a century out-of-date here the gigs unveil a few Inspiral imitators . |
| 11 | As the foxy model 's cash drops to zero , so does a layer of clothing . |
| 12 | Narrating in his works quite literally becomes a kind of fabulation . |
| 13 | The room suddenly becomes a hive of activity as the team spring into action . |
| 14 | However , how long does a period of unemployment have to be before people become disheartened and experience a loss of self worth ? |
| 15 | Literally induces a sensation of ecstasy that lasts several hours . |
| 16 | Though it is unfinished , the false start Do n't jus ' … has meaning and perhaps suggests a sense of urgency and impatience . |
| 17 | The fact that the Minister of the Colonies had to examine each application personally suggests a degree of caution that verged on the obsessive . |
| 18 | By reducing the social space between the dichotomies of ordered law enforcers and uncontrolled ‘ prigs ’ , the detective necessarily returns a degree of humanity to the ‘ prig ’ which the uniform ‘ collar feeler ’ is always structured to deny . |
| 19 | The term thus represents a transfer of energy from the mean flow to the turbulence . |
| 20 | Magic thus represents a view of causation utterly at variance with the concepts of the Christian scientific West , which are now as much a part of the African 's world as is ancient tradition . ’ |
| 21 | Indeed , even without having to go so far as the Commission of the European Communities did at the hearing in arguing that registration itself already constitutes a form of establishment , it must be observed that in any event registration is a precondition for taking up and pursuing activities in the fisheries sector . |
| 22 | The drying of the hydroxyls , each of which normally has a shell of water molecules around it , leads to the shrinkage of materials like wood . |
| 23 | However , a breach for this purpose means a subsisting breach , not a " spent " breach in respect of which the landlord no longer has a cause of action ( Bass Holdings Ltd v Morton Music Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 All ER 1001 ) . |
| 24 | The troubled Royal Family desperately needs a show of unity — an occasion , however low-key , to remind us of its importance . |
| 25 | Though the moment of penetration is almost painless , the presence of the botfly causes a lot of irritation , and by the time it has been in residence for three weeks or so , the resulting lump is quite painful . |
| 26 | The city already has a shortage of hotel rooms . |
| 27 | He jumps back , but he already has a mouthful of food . |
| 28 | Past records are patchy and incomplete , and Ireland already has a legacy of pollution from agriculture . |
| 29 | Just needs a drop of oil . |
| 30 | Secondly , it is necessary to identify the leadership function which permeates all levels of the institution and thus develops a culture of creativity that discriminates between leadership and management , so enhancing both . |