Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 2 | Whether for an hour or even a full day , once you step on board it 's all hands on deck as crew members don their lifejackets and take to the seas in the adventure of a lifetime . |
| 3 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 4 | Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude . |
| 5 | And there clearly are situations in which the collective opinion of a majority or even a dominant minority puts an unacceptable and sometimes intolerable pressure on the dissenting or deviant minority or individual . |
| 6 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 7 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 8 | Tropical species often use open sites , under a branch or even a large leaf . |
| 9 | Best of all were the knitted patchwork fragments , lash-stitched together as a coat , a skirt or even a zip-fronted poncho . |
| 10 | erm It was really one of the guidelines , it was the , if we considered doing that then I do n't think we would have had a four nation programme or certainly a five nation programme at the start , I do n't think we would 've er stayed together , it was really one of the basic requirements not to have that capability . |
| 11 | Some guides are indeed very brief , suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen . |
| 12 | Is there a bottomless pit as suggested in the drawing or just a further depression that can be filled with a little more investment ? |
| 13 | For some women at this stage , cooking can become an absorbing hobby rather than the necessity of life it was when there were others to feed — a social pleasure or simply a personal indulgence . |
| 14 | Is she a shepherd or just an old crook ? |
| 15 | When the fitness craze first took hold , both in Britain and in the United States , some people threw themselves into an orgy of aerobics , weight training or jogging with the result that quite a large number of them suffered injuries of one sort or another . |
| 16 | A light sampling approach is employed with the result that only a few students , in each of a representative sample of schools , are required to complete tests . |
| 17 | Some of this pollen is inevitably brushed off when a bee visits another flower , but bearing in mind that only a few grains are needed to bring about cross-fertilisation , and that a bee on a single journey may collect two million , it is clear that the price a plant pays for this transport is a very high one . |
| 18 | In FI he 'll be remembered more as Mr Nice than as a great driver : he won his championship in a car that probably a half-dozen drivers would have driven equally competently and successfully , and in that one year lost the one man who could really push him to greater excellence , Ronnie Peterson . |
| 19 | Do not underestimate the effect that even a small operation has on your body and your nervous system . |
| 20 | They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it . |
| 21 | In no way do they have a mandate to wipe out a whole stock and possibly a whole species simply for their convenience in carrying on with an unsophisticated fishing method . ’ |
| 22 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 23 | There is no serious dissent from the general proposition that we should have a system which combines a thorough examination of all individual claims , a clear exposition of the criteria against which they are being assessed , all proper speed and then a clear decision , whether positive or negative , and an effective right of appeal before removal for those whose claims have been rejected . |
| 24 | In two of the three morbidly obese subjects , there was an absence of the early urinary APGPR immunoreactivity peaks in concentration and excretion and only a slow rise in urinary APGPR concentration at four to six hours . |
| 25 | Bear that in mind and also an important part of communications that 's why there 's always so many problems about which is right . |
| 26 | Er in December nineteen eighty eight er I was a police constable , I was stationed at I was er a firearms instructor in the operations department and also a tactical advisor . |
| 27 | The progress department is sometimes part of the production department and sometimes a separate entity . |
| 28 | Modern technology has seen to that , giving them a machine to make their early morning tea and even an electronic handset to save them having to get out of their chairs in the evening to change the television channel . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's an exciting challenge , and I am confident , given time , thorough research and perhaps a little bit of luck , we will find them . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The journey to the hacienda is difficult by car and quite a long way . |