Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission says evidence shows that even a modest toll of 1.5 pence a mile for cars and 4.5 pence for lorries could cause one tenth of motorway traffic to divert to other roads . |
| 2 | This shows that even a single symptom ( regularisation errors in reading aloud ) can arise in different ways in different patients . |
| 3 | Theodore 's career reveals that even a good bishop could be powerless in a city where there were too many other interests . |
| 4 | COMPUTER users , both professional and amateur , dread power cuts because even a short interruption can lose all the data in the machine 's memory . |
| 5 | Beluga whales emit distress calls when even a conventional icebreaker is 80 k ( 50 miles ) away , and flee when such vessels approach within 40 k ( 25 miles ) . |
| 6 | This ensures that even a detailed discussion of the evidence is selective . |
| 7 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 8 | The view of the Pleiades is much more breathtaking with my 7 × 50 binoculars than with the lowest power I can use on my large reflector , because the small field of view with the telescope means that only a small part of the cluster can be seen at any one time . |
| 9 | All of this means that only a small fraction of all T cells will respond to any given antigen ( see figure , top ) . |
| 10 | Using radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry , which requires much less material , means that only a tiny amount of the charcoal underdrawing is required for an accurate dating to be obtained . |
| 11 | ( 6 ) Note 3 to Rule 10 provides that once a firm intention to make an offer is announced , the target company must on request provide the offeror as soon as possible with all relevant details of its issued shares and , to the extent not issued , its allotted shares , and details of any conversion or subscription rights or any other rights pursuant to which shares might be allotted or issued unconditionally during the offer period . |
| 12 | This contrast is a familiar one in the sociology of policing and the subject of much comment , all of which argues that only a small minority of policemen and women define their work in terms of social service . |
| 13 | The RSPB claims that even a small oil spill in these areas could have a disastrous effect on wildlife . |
| 14 | The rather flat negative slope with which the aggregate demand curve is normally drawn insidiously suggests that quite a modest reduction in the absolute price level — 10% perhaps — will give a significant positive boost to aggregate demand . |
| 15 | This ‘ molecular bridging ’ approach was successful ( but inefficient ) when viral particles were coupled to human MHC class I and class II antigens 27 , but not to the human transferrin receptor 28 , and suggests that only a limited number of cell surface antigens can function as surrogate receptors for MoMLV particles . |
| 16 | Pressnell suggests that only a brilliant speech by Keynes prevented its rejection in the Lords.The loan was damaging to British pride , while among its terms the insistence on sterling convertibility within a year of payment of the first instalment was particularly ominous . |
| 17 | That party knows that only a higher court is likely to push forward the boundaries of some legal rule . |