Example sentences of "actually [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In that task I am assisted by a team of six managers , all of whom are professional nurses and district nurses or health visitors and they of course are there to advise me on professional issues , and to share with me the management task of using the resources of Oxford City in the way that we feel is best appropriate , and in doing that , I think one of the important things for us to do , I do n't think we do it quite as well as we should , is to work more closely with the local council , and to look really at what the needs of our local communities are for health , and to try and make sure that the feelings that might well be expressed by individuals , either individually , or through caring associations , or through other statutory agencies , or through voluntary health organisations , are actually given a chance to be there , and to influence our , that official policy and constituents , and to , to influence the planning process .
2 Oh , I see she has n't actually given a talk , but she 's going to .
3 People who do this are actually given a training , this does n't hurt the baby , they do n't mind , their bones are very soft you 'll look at your baby , all of you can look at babies that you 're caring for and you hold them and you see well is that leg longer than the other ?
4 On the eve of France 's defeat , he had actually joined a group of this kind , the " Amis de Temps Présent " , some of whose members subsequently played a significant role in the Christian resistance and in the formation of the MRP .
5 Whilst line officers pressed for greater autonomy on their own operational turf , these years actually witnessed a strengthening of the prerogatives of political officers , not their diminution .
6 the same time as we go to Cyprus and he has n't actually booked a flight yet but he 's got the villa cos Aily a few doors along , remember she 's got a villa in erm
7 and we had like the ta trestle tables in all these alcoves and people came and actually booked a meal
8 In those at Hebron and Nablus in mid-1981 the Fatah/Islamic Bloc coalition actually won a majority over the NGC supporters .
9 The Halifax is but one among many lenders , the second biggest society , the Nationwide actually reported a fall in prices in September , on the very day the Halifax said they 'd risen .
10 I thought he 'd actually caught a defender as he headed it but er he has n't really got a good contact on the ball .
11 The social and political implications of Gandhi 's quest for Truth will also be dealt with in later chapters and for the moment we shall confine ourselves to such questions as how he goes about acquiring glimpses of absolute Truth and how he knows that it is absolute Truth he has actually caught a glimpse of .
12 Many years later , married and with small children , I was to live in a house with a garden which had a gate into Green Walk , the only place where I 've actually seen a nightingale .
13 If , for instance , if extremely problematic strapping , splints or plaster of paris treatments are used and treatment should be started as soon as possible after birth , so the sooner you notice these things the better You 've all had your hospital experience , has anybody not actually seen a child with erm club foot ?
14 In most places of the world New Zealanders are known as Kiwis , yet very few New Zealanders have actually seen a kiwi , especially in its natural habitat of the forest floor . ’
15 ‘ I have been around certain bands and been in bands and I 've never actually seen a groupie .
16 Neither Floy nor Snodgrass had ever actually seen a horse , let alone ridden one .
17 I 've never actually seen a horse until yesterday . ’
18 I 've seen the odd snip of it like on telly , but I 've never actually seen a programme .
19 So halvard , if youve actually seen a lot of him in action ( on the pitch ) then fair enough … but i would nt believe the hype mate .
20 But I mean he was very interested and when I said that we 'd actually done a recycling directory and that I was thinking
21 Sean ( Hallam ) Blowers chips in : ‘ The brilliant thing about Backdraft was that no-one had actually done a film about firemen before . ’
22 In addition to finding that many Boroughs actually made a profit from council house rents , and thus subsidized ratepayers , they found that the highest transfer from rates to council housing was no less than 443 per cent above average .
23 Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity .
24 Only one state , Chile , has actually made a declaration under Article 16 .
25 The majority on this diet , however , actually made a point of saying they never felt hungry , were able to eat similar foods to their family and never felt deprived .
26 Wells was requested to take the oath on whether he had actually made a statement , as the police seemed to have no record of it .
27 if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance .
28 I want to thank also er the different organisations , cos you made an absolute profit for the G P O , er erm British Telecom , they must have actually made a bomb in Leicestershire over the last few days .
29 For the purpose of saving her , Ransom ( veteran of the journey to Malecandra in Out of the Silent Planet ) is actually made a Ransom for her , a sort of Christ figure sent to wrestle with the wicked scientist Weston who tries to bring about the Fall on the newly inhabited planet Venus .
30 In the event , however , Labour actually suffered a swing against it compared with 1986 , lost a net total of 20 seats and , in some boroughs , even performed less well than at the 1987 general election .
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