Example sentences of "[det] [subord] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are able to do this because with a large number of depositors it is highly unlikely that they would all want to withdraw their deposits at the same time . |
| 2 | Thirty one patients withdrew during the trial : four because of adverse events ( one receiving fluticasone propionate , three receiving prednisolone ) , 24 because of lack of improvement ( 12 in each group ) , one receiving fluticasone propionate because of poor compliance , one who did not complete the trial , and another because of a positive pregnancy test ( both receiving prednisolone ) . |
| 3 | While scepticism may be present in such societies , it takes a personal , non-cumulative form ; it does not lead to a deliberate rejection and reinterpretation of social dogma so much as to a semi-automatic readjustment of belief . |
| 4 | The Advocate General in that case was clear that the social policy objectives of the Directive required that it be applied to a non-profit making foundation as much as to an ordinary business . |
| 5 | Mr Morton and his colleagues will have to answer some awkward questions , not least from small investors , many of whom bought into the company attracted by the perks and the sense of excitement as much as by a detailed understanding of the economics of the enterprise . |
| 6 | You can enjoy the water in a small dinghy as much as in a luxury yacht . |
| 7 | And frequently , at the end of his life as much as in A Free Man 's Worship , you find him talking about nature in these highly personalized terms . |
| 8 | Ring them up and say ‘ I hope you do n't mind me messing you about like this but I 've been thinking over your kind offer , and I realize I could fit it in after all because of a sudden change of circumstances at home and my mother 's coming down to help me out — oh , and if there 's a spare ticket — ’ |
| 9 | Is that because of a heightened awareness of the dangers of tube travel , or do statistics bear out the intuition that death by subterranean dismemberment is one of the current favourites ? |
| 10 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |
| 11 | If you withdraw it before then , you may still get more than with an ordinary bank or building society . |
| 12 | To the extent that freedom of expression figured at all , it was no more than as an implicit principle sitting silently in the gaps between the words . |
| 13 | There 's nothing to be scared of , any more than in an old church . |
| 14 | It may also express other varieties of emphasis — for instance , contrast — but this is in no way required of it any more nor less than of a prenominal adjective . |
| 15 | Point counting can be done by preparing transparent overlay coordinate grids at various sizes ; eye strain is found to be less than with a petrographic microscope . |
| 16 | The procedures are basically the same as for an ordinary appeal but you will have to pay a fee — usually about £38 . |
| 17 | At this stage the procedures are generally the same as for an ordinary cause and you have 366 days , or 367 days if it is a leap year , to ask the court for an extract decree to be issued . |
| 18 | Mr Taylor-Young also says that costs are basically the same as for an advisory service so unless the client has time and is very keen to be in charge , it is advisable to opt for discretionary management . |
| 19 | But this too has problems , some of which are the same as with a statutory cash ratio : |