Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the results of an active media relations service is likely to be requests for spokesmen for radio and television programmes , and special events and launches could lead to live coverage or even to a programme being made on the subject . |
| 2 | Whatever its defects , the value of the SGA 1979 lies in its general applicability to all products and consumer transactions as well as in the fact that the consumer 's rights are not dependent on the existence or otherwise of a guarantee . |
| 3 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |
| 4 | It could be through an art-form or simply by a love of nature . |
| 5 | At first they spent their Saturdays and an occasional evening with a group of friends : shopping , at parties , going to the cinema or occasionally to a disco . |
| 6 | He knew that he was going to have to give himself one night 's sleep at least , one night when he would n't be bent into the back of a freezing car or upright on a chair . |
| 7 | Given the alternative of storage internally in the mind or externally in a file ( paper-based or computer-based ) external records are much superior for literal reproductions at least in western societies ( there is anecdotal evidence concerning illiterate traders in other cultures who seem to have remarkable memories for detailed facts and numbers connected with their personal business ) . |
| 8 | Auditors certified the amount of the net deficit of a company under the terms of an agreement for the sale and purchase of that company , but stated that they were unable to determine the adequacy or otherwise of a provision made by the directors in respect of potential legal claims against the company . |
| 9 | Flight tests were conducted by F/L Ian Little , initially under tow behind a Jeep and later behind a Tiger Moth . |
| 10 | Hanging accessories , known as ‘ D ’ rings , are best fixed to the hardboard with rivets , which are secured by pushing through the ring and then through a hole made in the hardboard , before being split open with a hammer . |
| 11 | It comes out of your mouth and instead of a mask over your face , your this tube connects directly to the ventilator and the anaesthetic machine . |
| 12 | The Court of Appeal stated that it was impermissible to make a finding of 100% contributory negligence , as the Act states that the plaintiff must suffer damage partly as a result of his own fault and partly as a result of the defendant 's fault . |
| 13 | If he knew what I wanted he 'd be out of the car and away in a flash of shock . |
| 14 | Several people complimented her on the beauty of the surroundings , because it was her picnic and so for a while Wales was her dining-room . |
| 15 | Of course there is also pantomime and now in a museum ! |
| 16 | ICI Chlor-Chemicals takes salt solution from its brine fields and turns it first into chlorine and then into a host of downstream products . |
| 17 | You have a term and then in a middle of the term you have a half term do n't you ? |
| 18 | It had happened before — a surge in mortgage lending , which led first to a boom and then to a bust . |
| 19 | What is indisputable is that as an undergraduate and then as a research worker for Child Poverty Action Group , far from regarding such evidence as ‘ defeatist talk ’ you not only accepted it but added to it . |
| 20 | She recognised him at once from the blunt-nosed profile and pepper-and-salt hair en brosse and the large tinted lenses of his glasses , and the way he hooked his head to one side and forward like a boxer butting . |
| 21 | To say that a given rule is valid is to recognize it as passing all the tests provided by the rule of recognition and so as a rule of the system . |
| 22 | Except for one girl who ran towards the rock where Angus was leaning , not just on the rock but also on a sealskin . |
| 23 | H. L. Gee knew it when he said that Edinburgh is ‘ perhaps never seen to greater advantage than late on a midsummer evening , the stones crimson in the setting sun , western windows ablaze with fire ’ . |
| 24 | You can adapt the menus for eating away from home , i.e. at work or even in a restaurant . |
| 25 | If , therefore , it is not clear whether a restriction applies to any transfer or only to a transfer to , say , a non-member , or to any type of disposition or only to a sale the narrower construction will be adopted . |
| 26 | Five , six and seven year olds are perfectly capable of working on drama for an hour and a half or more at a time , but they need very clear tasks , strong images and narratives which are intriguing and above all dramatic . |
| 27 | It should include : a review of the physical condition and general suitability of the house alterations , adaptations and aids home support services the advisability or otherwise of a move financial needs Major upgrading of a substandard house may exacerbate dementia ; decisions need to be made in each case as to what improvements can be made with minimal disturbance to familiar surroundings . |
| 28 | Sometimes a doe will extend a dead end within a burrow and construct her breeding chamber ; more usually she makes a small hole either out in open terrain or sometimes in a hedgerow . |
| 29 | NEXT time you have a craving for yet another chocolate bar or long for a stream of passionate sexual encounters , be careful you 're not nursing a potential addiction . |
| 30 | Well these days a lot of women decide to have children er , o outside er erm , certainly outside marriage and indeed outside a couple , and that is possible , do you not approve of that ? |