Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also worth noting that if leather corals are disturbed , especially by introducing them into an unfamiliar aquarium , the polyps will retract and it may take several days for them to reopen . |
| 2 | And of course you risk yourself still further by positioning yourself under an overhanging edge — you could finish up at least partially buried if there is a cave-in . |
| 3 | Again , like Marx and the elite theorists he conceives the state largely , if not wholly , in terms of domination ; and this ‘ realist ’ view distinguishes him sharply from those social scientists who , while differing about what the role of the state should be ( how interventionist or laissez-faire ) , agree fundamentally in regarding it as an autonomous and neutral body , which arbitrates among competing claims and expresses the real consensus in society that underlies particular conflicts of interest . |
| 4 | Clare 's newfound , short-term leisure meant that she now enjoyed cooking instead of seeing it as an added , rushed , three-times-a-day chore to fit in around earning her living . |
| 5 | Apart from providing her with an excuse to respond to his card , the idea in itself was a perfectly good one . |
| 6 | Temporary mains-voltage lighting ( and the transformer for low-voltage lighting ) can be protected either by plugging it into an adaptor RCD , which goes into the socket outlet first , or by plugging it into an RCD socket , which can easily be fitted to replace a normal socket outlet . |
| 7 | Consent can adversely affect the normative situation of the agent either by placing him under an obligation or by derogating from his rights . |