Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For several hours they appeared to make little progress ; they were traversing a barren region of fine sand and yellowish clay , broken only by a few stunted , prickly bushes . |
| 2 | Sun Microsystems Inc has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and Distributed Computing Environment boxes on the bids : the Common Open Systems Environment will at least get it back in the running for a $20m deal at Boeing Co that requires Motif and Sun insiders reckon that the company will now include Motif in its price list almost immediately — the best guess is that SunSoft will offer reasonably priced Motif upgrades for Solaris 1 . |
| 3 | Sun Microsystems has been closed out of a few significant contracts lately because it could n't tick off the Motif and DCE boxes on the bids . |
| 4 | Sometimes he is just a secondary figure floating in the novel 's bloodstream , as at the fête where he has got roped in with a few other young men to be a marshal and make sure everything goes smoothly . |
| 5 | According to Grosskurth ( 1984 ) , some innovative schemes along these lines have already been set up by a few progressive British local authorities , but it seems that they are as yet rare , and reach only a minority of the people in need . |
| 6 | His books have sold more than sixty million copies , but today 's anniversary is being marked quietly by a few devoted readers . |
| 7 | ‘ I think Chris and Tina were freaked by the experience and have gone home with a few grey hairs . |
| 8 | The Tories have more or less run out of good ideas which inspired them in the early Thatcher years , and are left only with a few bad ones : the creation of new , ever more incompetent ‘ private ’ monopolies ; the vindictive pursuit of aged war criminals ; the idiotic struggle to knock a penny off income tax , which will benefit nobody , when so much more could be achieved with a little imagination — by abolishing all discriminatory rates , abolishing capital transfer tax and other taxes on savings , allowing domestic wages ( as all other forms of employment are allowed ) against personal taxation … |
| 9 | The second is put down by a another sacked minister , Mr George Walden , who opposes the bill in principle . |
| 10 | By contrast , despite earlier speculation that it would be supported by ex-Cabinet ministers , Heseltine 's nomination was ultimately signed only by a former junior minister and a backbencher who had never held ministerial office . |
| 11 | ‘ He was shoved around by a few other prisoners , ’ said a guard at the Bois d'Arcy prison , outside Paris . |