Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such imperfections of bowel function obviously result in a poorer quality of life for the patients concerned , suggesting that the price paid for avoidance of a permanent ileostomy may be too high in older patients . |
| 2 | It is plain that the notions of a superior and a supreme criterion merely refer to a relative place on a scale and do not import any notion of legally unlimited legislative power . |
| 3 | In 1940 , Mannheim concluded : ’ Where unemployment and crime both stand at a high water mark , it can safely be assumed that the latter is largely due to the former . ’ |
| 4 | MY PEN IS DRY , I 'm staring sadly at the dawn as I hears deep , cool sigh- Please write to a lonely girl of 16 . |
| 5 | The rules of criminal law always end with an undefined and indefinable ‘ unless … ’ clause . |
| 6 | Problems in criminal law often start with an inchoate crime — conspiracy , attempt or incitement . |
| 7 | There 's an excellent bar here run by an English couple called John an Marie , who will serve you all meals from breakfast through to dinner , including such specials as a Sunday roast lunch . |
| 8 | Newly imported Angelfish sometimes suffer from a viral infection called Lymphocystis . |
| 9 | And best of all , inevitably , the celestial ‘ Car Wash Hair ’ is included here , where the band successfully sound like an entire orchestra swapping instruments mid-song , just about keeping their cool and gliding off into deep melody space , against the odds , with real elegant chaos . |
| 10 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 11 | Your students may have seen you play a sequence without sound then rewind for a second viewing , or pause to speculate about what might happen next . |
| 12 | One of these , surely , is Sweeney Agonistes where the worlds of jazz , primitive ritual , and Greek drama again combine in an anthropological perspective . |
| 13 | Safety Never look at an exposed , working , U/V tube . |
| 14 | The interest which the remains of the Anglo-Saxon past arouse in a modern scholar is an interest in strange and beautiful survivals , in which Lanfranc could see nothing but corruption and lack of learning . |
| 15 | It might be , for example , that these authors ' social concerns and their use of realism both come from a common source : increased knowledge of social reality as a result of sociological work in the nineteenth century and the urbanisation of Britain ; that is , a correlation rather than a causation . |
| 16 | Teachers ' perceptions about reading instruction often derive from a pragmatic approach rather than from a theoretical background . |
| 17 | If you want guaranteed matching between your screen image , your page printer proofs and the final imagesetter output then stick to a single standard — Adobe 's PostScript . |
| 18 | Sloppy attitudes towards this topic quickly result in a careless approach which is vulnerable to loss of margins and , ultimately , overall financial control . |
| 19 | If you wish to invite your Principal please apply for a complimentary ticket from the office should you do this please ensure that any V.I.P. you have invited is met , conducted to their seat and taken to tea and is generally made to feel welcome . |
| 20 | If the Branch is in doubt about a particular case please refer to a local Marine Surveyor or H O Accident ( Personal ) Claims & Support for guidance on whether the area involved should be deemed to be ‘ an exposed beach or shore ’ . |
| 21 | To find out what sort of bottom exists in a swim just stick on a heavy leger and drag it back towards you . |
| 22 | But such acknowledgements of the ‘ other ’ gender usually make for a fuller , more rounded , heterosexual identity . |
| 23 | Given that most aspects of humankind 's quest for entertainment and stimulation often result in a quick visit to the casualty unit , one is prone to ask whether or not this particular pursuit of the pleasure principle is bad for you . |
| 24 | In most pop music for instance , the verse sections of a song often end with a Dominant chord ( ex D7 , D11 etc. ) which creates tension . |
| 25 | Policies on ‘ race ’ and gender often work within a compensatory model of education . |
| 26 | Standing on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater , I watched the pastel purple of the Tanzanian dawn slowly change to a golden red . |
| 27 | Hence the situation we confront is one in which there are somewhat uncertain ( in the sense of being not precisely calculable ) physical limits to growth , which may be placed in a more or less distant ( but not indefinite ) future , and social limits to growth already manifest in a deteriorating ‘ quality of life ’ and its attendant frustrations , which attract increasing attention from social scientists . |
| 28 | The other two uses of the term risk both refer to a particular person 's assessment of risk , Summala uses the term ‘ subjective risk ’ only for estimates of risk made when no fear is actually experienced and uses the term ‘ ostensive risk ’ to describe situations where a person actually feels fear . |
| 29 | The majority of the Roman catholic remnant in the North still believe in a united Ireland . |
| 30 | In this way it has been shown , for example , that the muscles of the newt always come from a particular region of the early embryo , and the eye from quite a different region , and the gut from another . |