Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 2 | It is not only the victims of mental or physical abuse who grow up with a faulty self-image . |
| 3 | This database , however large or small , can then be used to select very quickly certain employees who match up against a particular job profile . |
| 4 | Despite the hard words exchanged across the Chamber from time to time this evening , it is plain that there is complete agreement on both sides of the House that those who arrive here with a well-founded fear of persecution should find a safe haven . |
| 5 | And there 's a fascinating article in this , the current edition , the January edition it is now , because they go so far in advance , of She magazine , which says that er , it 's a desperate plight sometimes , when you have people coming for Christmas who fall into several categories like lazy slobs , who do absolutely nothing , and misers , who turn up with a stale box of chocolates , and never take you out for a meal in return for your hospitality , and the amorous couples who er , embarrass you by er , er , noisily retiring to their bedroom , if I may put it that way , and then the guests who turn up in mid-row , and bicker systematically over the whole of the festive period . |
| 6 | The household , the group of people who live together in a separate living space , is the main link between population and housing . |
| 7 | Reluctant participators who start off with a limited range of interest and involvement in management are unlikely to find it easy to commit themselves to new and broader aims . |
| 8 | There is something intolerant and ungenerous about both the confessional and HCF models outlined above which fails to affirm the insights of those who start off from a different " confession " of whatever complexion this might be . |
| 9 | We will help those that we have to help legally , or perhaps those whom people want to help , but we will not have foisted upon us those who come here for a good time and a good life . |
| 10 | As in the UK , researchers who need more for a specific project can also go to funding agencies which can be public , such as the German Research Society ( Deutsche Forschungs gemeinschaft or DFG ) , or private — the Volkswagen research fund is the biggest of these . |
| 11 | Such rewards are offered as prizes in a competition to those individuals or groups who perform best against a specific set of objectives . |
| 12 | To British voters , especially those who identify strongly with a political party , ‘ energetic ’ or ‘ decisive ’ probably imply approval : for them , images are at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |