Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little goes that way and then a very small amount goes that way . |
| 2 | Already the Society has 29 priests and over a hundred seminarians . |
| 3 | There are very pressured days , says Jackie , when she has several visits as well a clinic , when she goes up every front path praying both mum and babe will be problem-free . |
| 4 | There are ( thankfully ) fewer ‘ guitar ’ sounds this time and quite a few spacey ‘ pads ’ . |
| 5 | He gets annual increases but never a big salary jump , which he would if he were promoted . |
| 6 | But the National government was locked on course for appeasement and , with the parliamentary majority which it enjoyed , there seems little doubt that even a powerful political campaign by the Labour Party , in league with other anti-fascist groups , could have changed its policies . |
| 7 | Hang on … the transmitter weighs 65 milligrams and even a sherpa bee can only lift 50 milligrams . |
| 8 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 9 | The Act lists basic questions to be asked but permits census-to-census variation and often a census will concentrate on some topic of current interest . |
| 10 | Clause 23 and Sch 4 give every employee who works eight hours or more a week the right , within two months of starting work , to a written statement of the main terms and conditions of the employment , including details of pay , hours of work and holidays . |