Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If British Rail is under pressure to increase the frequency of its service , there is a case for a coordinated transport system operating bus and rail services , If there is a need for transport when it is not convenient to run rail services , or if only a certain number of trains can run on a line because goods trains and passenger services can not operate at the same time — although perhaps British Rail should be more innovative in its mix of passenger and freight services perhaps it is a good idea for British Rail and the bus services — as they are today , not as they will be affected by the Bill — to get together . |
| 2 | And or perhaps a real sort of top hairdresser , they might have them they sometimes have bits and |
| 3 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |
| 4 | She said she was very impressed by staffing levels at the hospital and that even a local surgery had computer equipment . |
| 5 | From Woolworths , we will hear that the Dixons management have brought their troubles on themselves , that their attempts to cope with the downturn have been lamentable and that only a new team — with a more analytical approach than the pile-it-high philosophy which did Dixons so proud when times were good — can engineer the necessary closure of small high street outlets in favour of a move to larger ones on the edge of town . |
| 6 | In the case of the incubator thesis , there is evidence ( certainly from London — Nicholson , Brinkley and Evans , 1981 ) that few sections of industry seek out inner-urban locations , and that only a small number of companies migrate outwards in the classical fashion . |
| 7 | Over 100 environmental groups , representing interests as diverse as the World Wide Fund for Nature , Earth First , the Women 's Environment Network and the ( N. American ) Algonquin Nation , agreed that present logging practises were wholly unsustainable , and that only a significant reduction in the consumption of pulp , paper and timber products would create conditions for a shift to sustainable forestry . |
| 8 | And if now a whole institution , as Wolverhampton Polytechnic has done and Essex Institute well might , resolves to modularise its whole course provision , it starts with a portfolio of courses which looks virtually complete . |
| 9 | Ah ah , and and also a good problem solver as well . |
| 10 | Such an attitude , though unfavourable to the concept of a universal church , could be of great benefit to cathedrals , monasteries , and parish churches , because it provided them with protectors , and because often a high standard of religious observance could be stimulated by family pride . |
| 11 | And because only a small amount of Gel absorbs a large amount of shock , low profile mid-soles can be used with no loss of cushioning . |
| 12 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 13 | And whereas neither a first-rate performance of a symphony nor a miserable one will change what the composer wrote , the performance of a business continually creates new and different scores against which its performance is assessed . |
| 14 | But these were rare occurrences , and when later a longstanding relationship developed it brought frustration and irritation rather than contentment . ’ |
| 15 | But because only a small part of the mutation load is likely to be due to alleles with major effects , this gives little error . |
| 16 | But since only a limited amount could be achieved within the overloaded RHA capital programme , it was decided to select two for a closure programme within the strategic planning period ( 1983 to 1993 ) . |
| 17 | But as only a small percentage of the US tuna fleet captures dolphins , Boxer argues that her Bill will actually give US tuna processors a competitive advantage in the US market , because foreign fleets are more likely to use methods harmful to dolphins . |