Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was always a subsidiary social and political objective behind Philipps 's reforming zeal , to combat crime and disorder through a reimposition or at least an encouragement of religious discipline . |
| 2 | You can seek help with it in a number of ways : there are your own staff and possibly other work colleagues ; and there may be a personnel department or at least a person with some training in this area . |
| 3 | They appear in the form of a pair of vermilion ‘ chops ’ on our family note-paper and on quite a number of original Chinese paintings inscribed to us by the artists . |
| 4 | The dividing wall holding this tank only attracts sunlight from one side and for only a couple of hours a day , and only at the height of summer . |
| 5 | A railway company came to Wall 's aid and before long a trial was held under floodlit conditions . |
| 6 | Whilst the purchaser may wish to elicit the vendors ' considered expectations before giving any indication , it is doubtful that much progress will be made in satisfying the above objectives without the purchaser giving a suitably caveated valuation range or at least an indication of the band of earnings multiples/net asset premiums it may be prepared to apply . |
| 7 | Whereas a system by thirds means that it 's unlikely that the council or at least a lot of councils , will suddenly have a quick switch around and you 'll get a greater continuity of policy . |
| 8 | You might think there was something wrong with you if you did not enjoy this form of dedicated slavery but at least a woman had someone to share it with : her husband — and that third party in almost every educated parental home , Dr Benjamin Spock . |
| 9 | They were told to keep the volume very low , there was no proper lighting rig and at 10.45pm an announcement was made while they were on stage : ‘ Last orders at the bar now please ! ’ |
| 10 | And clearly I would say that rather than to cross it in that column shown to the A sixty four north that Mr shows , it should be the converse and at least a tick , if not two . |
| 11 | With his hear pounding in his chest and with barely a glance at the dreaded Bogeyman 's door , he raced along the landing and down the main stairs . |
| 12 | In the larger towns many parish priests were singing the majority of their masses for the dead with no family member present and with only an altar server to chant the responses . |
| 13 | Mr. Collins asserted that they had either such a right or at least a right that Lautro should consider whether to hear them . |
| 14 | These were essentially fighting men , or milites strenui , making a career of arms and receiving the sword-belt from a superior lord , preferably a king or at least a count . |
| 15 | This emphasis could be justified on the grounds that economics or at least a version of it — lies currently at the heart of government discourse on higher education , but it also reflects the fact that there is more to go on , in terms of information and analysis , with this aspect of the undergraduate curriculum than with the other seven . |
| 16 | In ideal circumstances a son or daughter may be able to provide a granny flat or at least a bedsitting-room which the older person can call their own and where they can have some personal furniture and possessions as well as privacy . |
| 17 | A young woman going to buy material for her Salwar Kamiz in Bradford or Newham would almost invariably be accompanied by her mother or husband or cousin or at least a friend . |
| 18 | The curlicues massed at his collar and from here a series of well-defined ginger ridges ascended to his nude pate . |
| 19 | Mrs Gray was a tall , fairish woman with a slight stoop or at least a tendency for her shoulders to bow forward round her chest . |
| 20 | The second attribute is that each paragraph should have as a first sentence a brief statement or at least an indication of what the paragraph is to consider . |
| 21 | The parrot-in-the-chimney affair quite definitely cooled both parents down a lot and for over a week they were comparatively civil to their small daughter . |
| 22 | Firstly Muslims ( like Christians and unlike Hindus ) have set prayers which should be said during the day , so that Christian prayers can be regarded as a threat or at least an alternative to Islam , and secondly , while Hindu and Sikh parents often regard Christian prayers for their children as so much water off a duck 's back , Muslims , again like Christians or religious Jews , object to any other religious influence on their children . |
| 23 | Many still stand happily alone but they all know that without an ethernet or some other network port or at least a modem , they are very low technology in the world of the network . |
| 24 | I remember then with great affection and with quite a lot of pain . ’ |
| 25 | What follows is an examination of structure and of how an awareness by the teacher of its significance can help him find the game in the drama . |
| 26 | And each time we visited the mountains , we would find the Syrians not an inch nor even a metre but at least a mile nearer to Beirut . |
| 27 | Nevertheless I consider it essential that we try and reach an agreement or at least an understanding before the report is considered by the Finance Committee . |
| 28 | Hedges have been pulled out , stone walls pulled down , all for the sake of productivity and with not a whimper of opposition from successive governments . |
| 29 | Television had brought golf to the working class and for just a moment television gave us an idea of what it meant to them . |
| 30 | Sir Derek 's preference is to bring in some friendly Continental company such as Daimler-Benz of West Germany as a substantial minority shareholder , leaving Ferranti with a share quote and at least a semblance of independence . |