Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [det] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Big Blue has said that its interest lies in exploiting computer technology and developing digital film ‘ software ’ rather than creating movies , we can not imagine IBM buying half or more of an enterprise and then remaining a passive investor . |
| 2 | A LOT OF the enquiries that we get are on the lines of ‘ will a Series III such and such from a LWB fit my SWB Series II ? ’ |
| 3 | According to Kuhn , an analysis of the characteristics of a crisis period in science demands the competence of the psychologist as much as that of an historian . |
| 4 | ‘ Thousands of kids wo n't have as much as that in a life-time . |
| 5 | Oh mum me do it , me are gon na do that and that in a minute |
| 6 | This is the time of year when the end of last season 's growth slides imperceptibly into the beginning of the next 's , with more or less of a halt depending on the weather . |
| 7 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 8 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 9 | Now they would pay no more than that on a meal for two . ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes there is more than that to a lynching , as the work of Lino Jose Durrewald showed . |
| 11 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 12 | Inside the cabin , the Golf is now looking fairly outdated but the instruments are still easy to use and effective , four adults can be carried in reasonable comfort and the huge boot will swallow more than enough for a weekend away . |
| 13 | Appalled by the Flight 103 disaster , perhaps more than most as a result of his recent experiences , but still entirely unaware of any possible connection between his Cyprus assignment and the bombing , Coleman appeared with Tom Brokaw on NBC 's ‘ Nightly News ’ without realizing that , inactive or not , he was still expected to clear such engagements first with the DIA . |
| 14 | It is a category , as we have seen , which encompasses a range of disabilities from Down 's syndrome ( whose victims may even learn to read or write ) to microcephaly ( where the manifestations of life are no more than those of a vegetable ) and these differences are usually of account . |
| 15 | He was in good shape and in good heart , and although it was known that he did not run up to his best at Cheltenham , the conditions would suit him much more than those of a year ago and few opposed him . |
| 16 | THE two bosses who cut their own pay to less than that of a trainee to preserve jobs set a fine example in these tough times . |
| 17 | Salaried partners Every salaried partner whose name appears on the firm 's stationery without distinction from the equity partners is a " principal " for the purposes of indemnity insurance whose personal responsibility for ensuring that the firm and all its members comply with the Indemnity Rules is no less than that of an equity partner . |
| 18 | Therefore , it is quite possible that the actual amount of stamp duty paid may be considerably less than that on a share sale . |
| 19 | If the iceberg is too big , you might find yourself trapped underneath a moving mountain , bumped and towed along with less and less of a choice of where to go . |
| 20 | As more and more survive and are kept alive beyond the utmost limit of working life , the economic or social function of the individual provides less and less of a motive or framework for his survival ; and when we ask Why ? we find ourselves thrown back upon purpose in a sense which is neither economic nor social nor even secular . |
| 21 | It can also happen due to build-up of tolerance , when you need more and more of a drug to get the same effect . |
| 22 | At a time when Slow Play is beginning to become more and more of a scourge , it is also worth noting that the golfers needed just two hours and 45 minutes to go round , which included a break for as glass or two of Bollinger at the turn . |
| 23 | But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury . |
| 24 | It 's likely in consequence to become more and more of an irrelevance , and that seems to me profoundly sad — especially given the examples it was established to uphold . |
| 25 | ‘ But touring with ‘ Out Of The Cradle ’ it would be great to do some of the show on my own and some with a band . |
| 26 | It could either provide that all married women should hold their property as their separate property — thus giving to all married women the right to dispose of their property and to make contracts binding it which formerly could only be given to them by a will or a settlement ; or it could adopt the more straightforward course of making the capacity of a married woman to own property , make contracts , and incur liability for torts the same as that of a man . |
| 27 | While this sort of requirement is a condition precedent to the contract rather than an expert clause , the status of the certificate is the same as that of an expert 's decision : see also 6.3.4 . |
| 28 | be conditions precedent than true expert clauses , but the status of the opinion is the same as that of an expert 's decision : see also 6.2.2 and 7.4.4 . |
| 29 | You can tell the buzzard is a soaring bird by its wing shape , which is very much the same as that of an eagle . |
| 30 | It is identical to the individual , and the ability of such an enterprise to enter contracts or to be bound by duties or obligations is the same as that of an individual . |