Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , enterprises may agree to refrain from raising prices prior to an election or from publicly criticizing a policy with which they disagree in return for approval for expenditure . |
| 2 | This gives you so much more flexibility to have people to stay , to rent out a room if you become hard up or to simply have a room to move into while you decorate your main bedroom . |
| 3 | In addition , or on inland waters a dayglo orange flag is sufficient , which can be waved to indicate to onlookers that you are in difficulty . |
| 4 | It 's difficult not to get involved in , or at least take a view on , the current Great Educational Examination Debate that 's sweeping the UK — the standards being achieved , or not achieved , as the case may be ; the fairness of a system that employs different examining boards with different syllabuses and differing subject ingredients and , importantly , with varying amounts ( from zero per cent to 100 per cent ) of coursework that may benefit from parental/teacher ‘ assistance ’ in varying degrees . |
| 5 | I think you should try to get a table up there , or at least fix a leg on that one . |
| 6 | And there comes a point where you have to call an end or at least announce a limit to sacrifice . |
| 7 | The advantage of this is that when you start gigging , you have someone out front who knows your songs , and who can either mix your sound or at least keep an eye on the house engineer . |
| 8 | She challenged the opposition leader to join her in urging them to accept the ‘ generous ’ pay offer ranging from 9 to 16.3 per cent over 18 months ‘ or at least to have a truce over Christmas ’ . |
| 9 | With these species , go for calmer water ( perhaps opting for the air-powered foam filter ) and consider planting natural plants in pots , or at least add a layer of Duckweed , Azolla , or other floating plant at the surface to encourage bubble nesting in Gouramis . |
| 10 | Although the extraction of semantic information from dictionary definitions may be considered an objective in itself , many researchers pursue a specific application , or at least have a range of applications in mind . |
| 11 | I hoped to speak to Victor , or at least have a word with his father . ’ |
| 12 | Er fairly recently we were asked to tender for erm a new station at Rickmansworth for Crossrail and one of the prerequisites of that job , er which was a ten million pound project , er one of the prerequisites of that job , was that we should either be certificated or at least have a quality assurance erm system in place . |
| 13 | There often appears unconsciously held suppositions that superior literary writings will deal with issues divorced from ordinary concerns or at least adopt a perspective of the ordinary which is shared by the social elite . |
| 14 | For other instant transformations you could jazz up an all-white kitchen say , by adding red and white tiles and red handles , or by just painting a stripe all along between drawers and cupboard doors . |
| 15 | The latter reality , behind the ‘ surface ’ reality , is readily experienced , being entered when we are ‘ transported ’ by a particular musical experience , by a breath-taking piece of prose or poetry , or by just having an upsurge of feeling of being right with the world . |
| 16 | Details about this and about how to obtain an application form are given in the section of this book ‘ Applying to Edinburgh ’ ( page 24 ) . |
| 17 | Opposition groups criticized the move as inadequate , and accused the regime of trying to control the debate on the issue by restricting access to the media , and of only feigning an interest in democracy . |
| 18 | To achieve this , the manager needs a knowledge of the record industry , music publishing , concert promotion , tax and of how to run a business ; as well as how to keep the act 's family happy . |
| 19 | He quickly crossed to the peak-time Burke Report , and from there landed a plum assistant producer 's job on the pop-science flagship Tomorrow 's World . |
| 20 | and from there to send a telegram to Sir Charles |
| 21 | And in so doing a range of choices about what life could be at work — vision , if you will — have to be denied . |
| 22 | I 've always loved you , from when I first saw you in South Africa , and without even knowing a thing about you , since you could never bring yourself to utter a word when I was around . |
| 23 | It is enough to know that the children are able to experiment freely with space and shape , and without necessarily feeling a need to talk about it . |
| 24 | ‘ So I 'd like to use the art world to put my next album together and to possibly fund a tour . |
| 25 | A project to photograph the birds as they raised their young was launched , and at once became a passion with the younger boys . |
| 26 | But his father was overjoyed to see him , and at once threw a party . |
| 27 | That way you would be in the UEFA Cup where there is no preliminary round and at least have a chance of getting a lucrative pay-day against a big club . ’ |
| 28 | It achieves this by being a quick survey and appraisal of the history book and by immediately establishing a perspective from which you can view the book . |
| 29 | Where a company is registered in Scotland a summons may be served on it by leaving it at , or by sending it by post to , its principal place of business in England or Wales addressed to the manager or head officer and by further posting a copy to the registered office ( s 725(2) and ( 3 ) Companies Act 1985 ) . |
| 30 | My problem in Dalmellington was not so much getting a drink , but in actually devising a means of drinking it . |