Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still its GUI libraries give a good showing . |
| 2 | According to his contemporary biographer , Richard Sibbes [ q.v. ] , the dominant influence on his early years was his uncle , Sir Henry Yelverton [ q.v. ] , who persuaded him to set aside his early inclination to become a divine and pursue his studies in the law . |
| 3 | The deep-grained uncompetitiveness of the British economy , most notably its persistent failure to produce a sufficient supply of needed skills , has to be part of the explanation of such a trade imbalance . |
| 4 | Even now his nightly routine includes a couple of hours badger-watching . |
| 5 | Here our ethnocentric values receive a further jolt , since these pastoralists literally divide their sheep from their goats , associating sheep with men and goats with women . |
| 6 | She said , ‘ I think maybe my old man had a stab at it . ’ |
| 7 | Here , as at Liberi , he was happy , and we hear nothing of any initiative on his part to bring his exile to an end or to settle the issue — chiefly his frustrated desire to hold a council — which had precipitated his exile . |
| 8 | The Russian wanted to say , ‘ I 'm sorry , it was all my fault , ‘ but just then his left foot felt a ledge and he was able to take the weight off his fingers . |
| 9 | Maybe your local baths have a similar scheme . |