Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some ads will be irrelevant : the viewer or reader is not in the target group , or has just made a purchase in that product group and does not want another just yet . |
| 2 | He had been in Britain for over twenty years and never had any problem or contact with the police except for one occasion when he was with Mum on a shopping expedition and police officers approached him and said , ‘ You fit the description of a guy that has just mugged a woman down the road . ’ |
| 3 | It is a habit that has historically enjoyed a measure of success in maintaining control over and transmitting limited knowledge to young people in large numbers in the physically restricted space of the school classroom . |
| 4 | In contrast with Bali , the Fipa as described by Willis provide an example of a hierarchical and centralized society that has successfully generalized a norm of peaceful interaction originating at the local community level . |
| 5 | The 5.3-litre engine and 3-speed automatic gearbox have gone replaced by the 6-litre V12 and 4speed gearbox that has already done a lot to transform the XJ saloons . |
| 6 | Keegan refuses to publicly condemn a competition that has already provoked a welter of criticism but has asked the Football League to re-examine the format of using Italian referees in England and vice-versa . |
| 7 | One firm that has recently installed a CAD system is the Somerset shoemaker Clarks Ltd . |
| 8 | This is a severe example of a kind of reviewing that has consistently created a line of demarcation between British and European ( or American ) taste . |
| 9 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough complete their North Division One programme at home to Widnes without lock Steve Howe , who is moving to Nottingham and has yet to make a decision about his playing future . |
| 11 | The Canadian government had until 26th August to appeal against the ruling and has already lodged an appeal . |
| 12 | Linton has developed Fresco with portability in mind and has already tested a version that runs on Microsoft Corp Windows NT , apparently his main target for technology . |
| 13 | Fowler Welch was only founded in 1987 and has already achieved a turnover of more than £5m . |
| 14 | Erin Sloman is Reader in Artificial Intelligence in the University , and has already contributed a programme earlier in this series . |
| 15 | This chapter has traced the main phases in the history of International Relations as a discipline and has thereby set an agenda for the rest of the book . |
| 16 | The £10,000-a-day model , above , has had a chain of rosebuds tattooed around her ankle and has also accepted a diamond ring from the Guns 'N Roses singer . |
| 17 | Intel has a pact with Fluent Inc , developer of software used by aerospace , automotive and chemical firms , and has also co-developed a prototype program called LS-DYNA3D to run on its Paragon XP/S supercomputer . |
| 18 | Iwerks Entertainment Inc , a Burbank , California company that includes Sun Microsystems Inc among its backers , says it plans to open movie park entertainment centres that will combine large-screen formats , simulation and virtual reality technologies to create a futuristic cinematic city : it plans to open the first Cinetropolis in August at the Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard , Connecticut , and has also signed an agreement with the Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp to launch a network of Cinetropolises throughout the Far East and Asia ; Cinetropolis will be a virtual city of cinemas featuring five separate sites : an Iwerks Video 360 circular theatre an Iwerks 870 giant screen theatre , an Iwerks Virtual Reality simulation theatre , and a live performance theatre , all built around a street scene featuring bars , restaurants , retail stores and promotional marketing space . |
| 19 | The bureau has been involved in several local residents ' campaigns for improved amenities and has also produced a report on racism in North Tyneside , aimed at persuading the local authority to look at its range of services within the borough . |
| 20 | The student is expected to acquire knowledge and has also to prove a capacity for wide reading and understanding , an up-to-date awareness of the state of both debate and development in educational ideas , a capacity to criticize in a constructive way and an overall capacity to link those skills with collecting and analysing data and with the planning of projects . |
| 21 | The Terrence Higgins Trust Advice Centre can offer advice and assistance with all these questions and has also published a leaflet containing advice about life insurance and mortgages . |
| 22 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
| 23 | Chris has worked hard spreading the work and has also started a Class in Newbury , an area completely new to Medau . |
| 24 | From early next year she will be appearing on Channel Four 's Food File programme and has just completed a video about healthy eating the Mediterranean way . |
| 25 | Barbara Renshaw is a production scheduler with ICI Agrochemicals , Surrey , and has just started a career break . |
| 26 | The Minister tabled the statutory instrument when the House was not sitting and has just delivered a speech lasting 40 minutes . |
| 27 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 28 | However , he is now back in top form and has just won a gold medal at the International Open championships in Paris . |
| 29 | Privately-held ShareVision , San Jose , California , developed and has just launched a videoconferencing product that enables Macintosh users to communicate using video , speech , graphics and data anywhere in the world over a single standard phone line . |
| 30 | He had a large kidneyectomy for a slow-growing tumour in March last year and has since developed a secondary in his right lung . |