Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I mean we 're only talking about half an hour or so er at some time around about eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning .
2 In a sense , therefore , circumcision actually creates a more powerful gender distinction rather than just deriving from such a distinction - but here again one gets wrapped in inevitable strands of circularity .
3 Sweden , he said , is already moving towards such a posture .
4 At the base of the chamber is a half channel , often consisting of half a piece of drain pipe with half channels coming in from branch drains .
5 Athelstan , now listening with half an ear to Sir John 's recitation , looked out of the window and wondered what had happened to Benedicta and Lady Maude .
6 A marriage celebrated between two persons , one of whom is at the time validly married , is in any case void ; and any person knowingly entering into such a marriage is guilty of bigamy .
7 The tropical and sub-tropical ice caps are now melting at such a rate that they will soon be gone , says Thompson : " Consequently , the climatic and environmental records from these regions , which may contain key information for understanding our climate systems , will be lost permanently . "
8 That would have lost them the election , even supposing that such an announcement would not also have alienated any working class Labour supporters .
9 Are these projectural figures which he showed us the cash flow chart over there looking like half a pyramid ?
10 It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . "
11 Hungary 's population is actually falling by 7,000 a year , according to this year 's State of the World Population Report from the United Nations Population Fund .
  Next page