Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun] [coord] [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 ( thankfully ) fewer ‘ guitar ’ sounds this time and quite a few spacey ‘ pads ’ .
4 He gets annual increases but never a big salary jump , which he would if he were promoted .
5 Hang on … the transmitter weighs 65 milligrams and even a sherpa bee can only lift 50 milligrams .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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