Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some of the above circumstances , it may be necessary to ask the seller to provide a plan , either personally or through a surveyor or agent . |
| 2 | David Samuel Purvis ( 41 ) , tiler , of Drumreagh Crescent , Newmills , admitted driving while unfit due to drink ; failing to provide a specimen of breath ; driving carelessly and without a licence and insurance . |
| 3 | These are businesses which have grown naturally because of a need that we have recognized and it is reasonable to suppose that if we have done the job right , and tested the external market to see if such services are not available to our satisfaction elsewhere , we would start with some sort of competitive edge . |
| 4 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 5 | I thought it was better going to drama school direct rather than via a university and if you 're going to act I think that 's the way . |
| 6 | But this implies that if we regressed C t on the three variables and entered separately , rather than as a sum as in equation ( 3.18 ) , we should observe that the coefficients estimated on these three variables are approximately all the same , as they are all estimates of α t , provided that we have specified the model correctly . |
| 7 | The SACHR felt it should be used as an incentive to good practice rather than as a weapon after an employer had been found guilty of a criminal offence ( discrimination ) . |
| 8 | Contrary to normal practice , ‘ the most discussed football official of recent years ’ , as the Daily Mail described him , had his team training at Highbury in the week before the final , rather than at a country or seaside resort ( Brighton was later to become the favoured Cup training ground ) . |
| 9 | This is not an absolute rule : for example , it may be easier to construe as an offer a price list or catalogue issued by a manufacturer rather than by a wholesaler or retailer . |
| 10 | What they meant by that was that managers would do the kind of thing I 've just described like y'know transmit an ambiguous message orally rather than in a memo and visa versa . |
| 11 | Research has shown that 80 per cent of the population would prefer to live in the country rather than in a city or urban town . |
| 12 | Being nervous and taking risks are two of the main things you will have to face as an aspiring actor , and that first time you read a play with a group of strangers , rather than in a classroom or among friends is when you confront your first hurdle . |
| 13 | The phrase quoted is hardly attested elsewhere except as a fourth-century and hellenistic Asia Minor formula , used by the cities under the Persian and Seleucid kings and satraps . |
| 14 | Where this is so the question must be asked , what was the real or predominant purpose of the combination , and it is to be answered broadly as by a jury or judge of fact . |
| 15 | Despite a large helping of hokum , Warlock ( 15 Medusa 18 Oct ) makes the supernatural transition from 1691 to 1988 fairly successfully and with a touch or two of knowing humour . |
| 16 | She felt him tense , then he was tipping up her face and kissing her very slowly and with a thoroughness that left her head reeling . |
| 17 | But being a gentleman in England was not just a matter of giving orders ; it required considerable wealth , spent lavishly and in a way that commanded respect . |
| 18 | The sample is a low pressure gas excited thermally , electrically or by a microwave or radio-frequency discharge , and acts as the light source . |
| 19 | " Mother Benedicta told me yesterday that in a year or two I 'm to go to the village of Yelton . |
| 20 | The same failure to push out of defence quickly and as a unit when clearing their lines , which gives the goalkeeper a clearer view and often wins an offside decision , helped Gannon score a well-taken winner , also from outside the penalty area . |
| 21 | So we get involved quite a lot in looking at teaching in various parts of the university where people want us to , very often involving the students as well as the other teachers in looking at a particular course and seeing if there are ways in which perhaps it might be taught differently or in a way that worked better . |
| 22 | Crisis loans are to help pay for things needed urgently because of an emergency or disaster . |
| 23 | The loss of the Herald of Free Enterprise led to the collapse of Flexilink 's campaign but the industry has regained confidence since 1987 , partly because of a conviction that the government wants it to survive as a competitive spur to Eurotunnel . |
| 24 | The centre is open every afternoon after school between 3.30pm and 5pm and on a Wednesday and Friday evening between 6pm and 9pm . |
| 25 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 26 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 27 | Ensure that , if you are retained to conduct contact with prospective purchasers in your country , the contact process is handled expeditiously and by a partner or senior professional . |
| 28 | Cabo Virgenes , which is today surmounted by a lighthouse that flashes a powerful beam every five seconds , as well as with a foghorn and a radio direction beacon , is perhaps the most navigationally important point on the Atlantic coast of South America . |
| 29 | There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives , as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution . |
| 30 | If you are acting for a mortgagee as well as for a buyer or borrower , then you prepare the mortgage deed at the same time as the transfer deed . |