Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are over 20 million individual shareholders in Japan they only account for a quarter of the total shares held . |
| 2 | I only change into a fighter in the last ten minutes before I get into the ring . ’ |
| 3 | A region dominated by branch assembly facilities and devoid of senior decision-makers , in contrast , is likely not only suffer from a sense of remoteness from those who control its destiny , but will also tend to lack social diversity and cultural vitality . |
| 4 | well there the sort that you only want about a couple at a time at the most |
| 5 | A long wait for a patient with bladder outflow obstruction for a specialist opinion is both undesirable and unacceptable . |
| 6 | ‘ It has been a long wait in a queue behind many other people with the same idea who wanted new homes in their neighbourhoods , but it has definitely been worth it . |
| 7 | It has been proved that even a short stay helps not only the carers , but the patients , who greatly benefit from a change of scenery and the use of the many facilities we have here . ’ |
| 8 | Moreover , the higher taxes that are an inevitable counterpart of more government services not only act as a disincentive to saving and investment , but also " overload " the economy and crowd out opportunities for economic growth at the same time as the opening up of export markets and the defence of the home market is made ever more difficult by the inevitable inflation . |
| 9 | A dog — or better still — a gaggle of geese not only act as a deterrent to a prowler , but also provide an excellent ‘ alarm ’ . |
| 10 | According to Odent , fathers not only groan with a miscellany of aches and pains before , during and after the birth of a child , but also put on weight beforehand , then top it off with post-natal depression . |
| 11 | Fired off in rapid succession questions merely sound like an inquisition with the result that you will be creating anxiety , not ideas . |
| 12 | African tree hoppers gather in groups at the top of plant stems and together look like a spike of withered flowers . |
| 13 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
| 14 | Remember that when a probate or letters of administration constitute one of the title documents it 's unlikely in any event to be handed over , so look for a covenant for its production and if one is n't abstracted , make a requisition on the point , although you should note covenants for production are not necessary in deeds giving rise to first registration . |
| 15 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 16 | Somehow it does n't seem right to count your calories during the week and then suddenly explode into an orgy of indiscriminate gorging when guests come and you are supposed to be the one in control . |
| 17 | Oh , yes , they they obviously go through a stage of trying to make sure that erm , theoretically it is correct , |
| 18 | In the same field lies 1 Geminorum , not much use as a comparison for Eta because it is too faint ( 4.1 ) . |
| 19 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 20 | ‘ These people deliberately target places where people only go for a bit of entertainment . |
| 21 | So Dave said well let's , you know , you sit and eat , and eat , he said let's get up Christmas present , have a couple of Christmas presents , going swimming ten till twelve , perhaps go for a walk over the common or something , |
| 22 | However , if you merely ask for a repetition of the number , it still may not be clear if it is fourteen or forty . |
| 23 | So think of a question for each of them then and write then down what you might ask them . |
| 24 | And as they only exist , these many worlds , in dreams , so they only exist in a work of art . |
| 25 | A shortage of cash does n't necessarily equate with a shortage of style . |
| 26 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 27 | She had been adopted as a small child by the counsellor 's wife , now dead — so said my companion , adding that it was well known that she would marry Victor , and so come into a deal of money . |
| 28 | For Augustine , mystical experience operated in the gap between the Creator and creature , enabling man to recognise his own true nature and so come to a knowledge of God — a process possible only because of the Incarnation , the love poured out from the being of God to his creatures which revealed how He could be known . |
| 29 | Although these activities only relate to a fraction of the total number of UK library authorities , it may be hoped that they foreshadow a revival of interest in an essential and much neglected component of the book provision process . |
| 30 | Once we have discussed some of the different ways of thinking about law which are raised by the contributions in this section , we will try to place these within a wider framework and so work towards an assessment of the potential role of law and lawyers within the peace movement . |