Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeling depressed one day he decided to explore a few of the corridors in Nightside and plant his packet of seeds to remind him of home . |
| 2 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 3 | Somebody who wo n't hesitate to shoot a few of the troublemakers as a warning to the rest . |
| 4 | I 've got to look a one of the notes here hang on . |
| 5 | Although he was only to win a third of the tickets that Rudi had won , this dog was used extensively by successful breeders , which is the true test of a great dog . |
| 6 | The recent collapse of the Communist Party , which used to win a third of the votes , has taken away the vital ingredient of fear that held the system together . |
| 7 | In order to appreciate this strong feminist stance that is being taken it is necessary to understand a few of the problems of women in the Developing World . |
| 8 | Barkley suggests that children have the opportunity to save a third of the tokens each day to go towards the special rewards on the ‘ menu ’ . |
| 9 | As a consequence , it has only been possible to describe a few of the phenomena which have been observed . |
| 10 | A proviso stipulated though , that should the working produce a profit ( nett ) of £10,000 a year , then be could at the beginning of any of the sub-terms enter as a partner and receive one-third of the nett profit instead of the aforesaid one-quarter ; and to pay a third of the expenses . |
| 11 | The trials of Bulgaria 's former dictator or a handful of Ceausescu 's secret police serve to scapegoat a few of the ringleaders and put the issue to rest . |
| 12 | Is there any chance you could run a page or so every now and then to explain a few of the terms that crop up in the reviews ? |
| 13 | In this chapter , we intend briefly to survey some of the cultural and technological correlates of a society 's attitudes towards child upbringing generally ; and , more specifically , to examine a few of the ways in which the individual methods which parents adopt in the handling of their small children are defined or modified by the intricate pattern of cultural pressures to which they find themselves subject . |