Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If one looks at that erm built area where we are now that looks perhaps like a heron on a perch , and looks immediately east of that , you have Strensall Common , most of which is a restricted area .
2 But to be forever in child-bed , surrounded by countless sons and daughters , many of them ill ; to run a self-supporting household with endless heavy domestic chores ; to be victim to a view that a woman 's one means of self-fulfilment must be through the home — all that adds up to a state of affairs not to be envied .
3 ‘ That was seventeen years ago and she has n't as far as I know been seen or heard of since ; surely that adds up to a disappearance ?
4 For this exercise , the procedure being examined is that carried out within a section , and the procedure owner is taken to be the person who could authorise changes at this level ( eg by the introduction of pro-formats for day-to-day recording of mileage etc ) , in this case the head of each section .
5 Then you have say this goes round to a light bulb amps
6 This goes up to a resolution of 1,024 by 768 in non-interlaced mode , at a flicker-free 72Hz vertical scan rate .
7 This kicks off with a bog-standard 25MHz 486 and goes all the way up to a 66MHz 486 DX2 .
8 Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) .
9 on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing .
10 Yeah I mean this looks almost like a school but I mean
11 This adds up to a threat to the source of Japan 's post-war strength .
12 This adds up to a loss of £9.57 .
13 This stemmed largely from a lack of political analysis and clarity in relation to nationalism and feminism on the part of Southern feminists .
14 This spilled over to a fall in the reservation prices .
15 And this came about through a sequence of catastrophes , movements of people , and trade .
16 But this came out in a stumbling , heavy voice ; he still could hardly believe it all .
17 Some speak resentfully of a takeover by the Wessis , with themselves marked out for the role of second-class citizens .
18 And I think this done away with a lot of entries and keeping people away from meetings .
19 This equates well with a quality assurance management system in which the procedure level is reserved for critical business processes .
20 In keeping with their true natures , some look out for a dealer who has passed it , and beg him to sit it again , for them .
21 This happened more as a result of the need for specialised care and education for citizens to be managed by the state .
22 ‘ I thumped one of them then another turned up with a gun .
23 This leads on to a discussion about the way in which new occupations associated with the new technology are likely to emerge .
24 This leads naturally to a comparison of the two methods .
25 This leads naturally to a review of the nature and potential of collective actors and the field of action in which they might be engaged .
26 This leads directly to a situation that you should avoid .
27 ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly .
28 And this grows out of a sense of confidence and love for what is rightfully one 's own .
29 ‘ He is an old woman , ’ she replied , and half turned away with a swish of her sea-green silk dress .
30 The vogue for this owed much to a bastard Darwinism ; Latin nations were less taken in by it than were Slavs and Teutons .
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