Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numbers not only give managers a better sense of their company 's impact on the environment ; they provide a baseline against which to judge waste reduction . |
| 2 | The church attracted quite large congregations and the Sunday School not only offered pupils a full day trip to the sea during the summer but also splendid Christmas treats , thus somewhat upstaging the Anglicans who had a half day trip to the New Forest with an ordinary Christmas Tea . |
| 3 | The Company 's Managing Director , Elaine Reeves , will be there personally offering customers a free hair analysis . |
| 4 | In particular , libraries may be able to offer dial-up video conferencing , once such facilities become cheaply available , so offering users a complete package of information and communication services under one roof . |
| 5 | By apparently offering parents a greater choice of schools , these provisions — as indeed those establishing grant-maintained schools — seek to increase their power as ‘ consumers ’ . |
| 6 | I think that many of us would prefer to see falling rolls as a chance to reduce class size , thus giving pupils a better chance of carrying out practical work in pairs rather than in groups of three or even four . |
| 7 | He 's not dirty at all — he just gives defenders a hard time . |
| 8 | He untangles his father 's early life — tangled chiefly by Brynner himself who always told interviewers a different story — from Switzerland to the farthest reaches of Russia and then to Paris as a teenager in the Thirties , where he joined a Romany gypsy troupe . |
| 9 | Goals from Joe Robertson and James McGinty yesterday earned Rangers a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle , while Celtic beat Queen 's Park 4-2 in the tournament in which the clubs now field their youth sides . |
| 10 | A course in the history of science would lead those students of the humanities to a better understanding of the nature of science ; it would also give scientists a better understanding of the place of science in the history of culture . |
| 11 | Iraqis traditionally offer guests a small glass of very hot tea and drink it three or four times a day themselves . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ Things have progressed so quickly since the initial idea last year that we are now seeking bookings a good bit earlier than expected . ’ |
| 13 | Similarly , ideas of self-interest or of ‘ real interests ’ often give explanations a teleological character . |
| 14 | ‘ The Woolwich can now offer homebuyers a structural survey report . |
| 15 | Fifth , the initiative ignores reality by failing to explain how it plans to track Windows — he thinks that Microsoft will doubtless make Windows a moving target by adding value — doing things such as bundling in Access , its new database management system . |