Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now . |
2 | The Idris operating system can also run on as many Transputers as necessary while enabling part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network . |
3 | The Idris operating system can also be run on as many Transputers as necessary while allowing part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network . |
4 | While other European countries ( not to mention the United States ) were struggling to comply with a 50 mg/litre nitrate limit , the minister revealed that Britain had once again discovered unique drawbacks to the proposed solution to pollution , which made the cure , as it were , worse than the disease . |
5 | A six-footer behind some-one of the same size in the driver 's seat would have to sit in a splayed knees/bent neck posture . |
6 | The government 's action was thought to have persuaded the US government to agree to a further US$50,000,000 aid package [ see p. 37311 for March 1990 withdrawal of US ambassador ] . |
7 | Or alternatively adapt Policy I five to allow for a strategic erm site or sites to be brought forward by local planning authorities in the course of their local plan work . |
8 | It has announced its intention to tender for a further 12.5pc stake . |