Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty for the Company in England was that establishing someone who had crossed to North America took an initial investment equal to about a year 's wages , so the investors had to keep on providing supplies without seeing any sign of how the colony would repay them . |
| 2 | The water was running at normal winter level with just a tinge of colour . |
| 3 | The floor was hard paving stone , the walls lime-washed , the room devoid of even a stick of furniture . |
| 4 | The only way I can think of , or I think as far as anyone else can think of , deciding whether it has in fact been important in speciation , is to look for pairs of closely related species which differ in some striking morphological trait , but are still sufficiently similar genetically for you to be able to carry out a genetic analysis , i.e. to cross them , to get offspring , to get F two 's and it 's then possible , it 's obviously not — I 'm not going to explain the details of the technique to you now — but it 's possible to work out whether the difference is due largely , or in part , to some single large gene , or whether it 's on the whole due to quite a lot of small ones . |
| 5 | Our stress levels suddenly rise markedly when we go through a major life event such as perhaps a divorce , serious accident , or death in the family . |
| 6 | Pour the mixture into a greased and floured tin ( in the shape of a ring if you have one ) and bake at 180°C , 350°F , Gas Mark 4 for about an hour until cooked . |
| 7 | People surged forward and back ; the Man realized he was needed and turned to go out of Woil 's cage , probably thinking that if he left the door ajar for only a moment Woil was too placid and safe a bird to try to escape . |
| 8 | It also meant that in 1213 , and again in 1215–17 , the French king was able to take the war to England , a thing unheard of only a generation earlier . |
| 9 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 10 | He was delighted with all we 'd done to make the house habitable in under a week and greatly enjoyed partying with friends . |