Example sentences of "a [adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I definitely think we 've found a niche , not just in a business sense , but in the sense of providing a much needed service to dog owners , and I think we all need some helpful service nowadays , rather than being told to go elsewhere . ’ |
| 32 | This policy gives them a much needed spread of risk of buyer and of export market and gives the policyholder the best ‘ rate on line ’ : ie the percentage ratio between the amount of premium and the level of cover provided . |
| 33 | Epping Forest , a vast tract of woodland made available to the people of London by Queen Victoria , provided a much needed source of refreshment . |
| 34 | To support the operation , in 1977 BOC purchased 30 per cent of the shares in the company , so giving me a much needed source of cash . |
| 35 | Comic disruption becomes a much needed gesture of resistance to prevailing conditions in America . |
| 36 | It provided a much needed patch of light in an otherwise sombre room lit only by two silk-shaded sidelamps . |
| 37 | Trees can make a difference in an urban garden , helping to break the line of overlooking windows and add a much needed haven for wildlife . |
| 38 | Eighteen months on from that flotation , Olsen has ordered five one-milliontonne tankers from the Belfast yard , which provides a much needed baseload of work . |
| 39 | We are grateful to Ken Byron for setting up a much needed journal in Drama and Dance Education . |
| 40 | Obviously such strict separation of functions results in a much reduced level of conflict between pedestrian and vehicle and a consequent lowered accident rate . |
| 41 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |
| 42 | There was a nicely judged degree of contempt in her voice , Loretta thought ; it implied that the speaker had quickly got Puddephat 's measure , and did n't intend to waste any more of her time on him . |
| 43 | The programme , which presently consists of some 350 projects , now moves further away from the old underlying research approach — concerned primarily with excellence — towards that of a purposefully managed portfolio of quality technical investment projects supporting AEA 's business aims . |
| 44 | When a foot is damaged , the volley of nerve impulses produced by the damage and arriving in the spinal cord sets up a long lasting increase of excitability which shows up as an exaggerated flexion reflex , among other changes . |
| 45 | Bush promised legislation " this year " setting specific goals and timetables for the reduction of acid rain pollution , a long running source of disagreement between the two countries . |
| 46 | Sam King in Sounds said : ‘ No concessions at all — the bass is as bossy as ever , a constantly straining leash of rhythm , while Gedge 's guitar is as irritating as it 's always been . ’ |
| 47 | Lenin clearly accepted the need for administration and administrators , but by a democratically controlled set of routine offices rotating widely among the population rather than by a ‘ special stratum of the population ’ . |
| 48 | However the changes that have taken place in society in recent decades , resulting in the rapid growth of youth unemployment , have also resulted in a greatly reduced importance of certification at 16+ for selection purposes . |
| 49 | The ultimate aim was to replace a highly differentiated workforce by single-status , multi-disciplinary process craftsmen responsible for all appropriate ancillary , maintenance and quality inspection functions . |
| 50 | Simplicity , however — at least the sort that scores in argument or fiction — can be a highly achieved state of mind , ‘ costing not less than everything ’ , and only highly complex beings arrive at it at all , or need to seek it out . |
| 51 | I believe it would be more accurate to say that by using a solicitor , you 're dealing with a highly trained specialist in conveyancing and related matters , who , if not a property specialist in terms of marketing , may well employ one , a description which applies to no estate agent , let alone a ‘ handful ’ . |
| 52 | The situation with schistosome sex determination is quite different in that it is the female that is heterogametic ( ZW as opposed to the male ZZ ) and the primers used amplify a highly reiterated set of tandem repeats on the W chromosome ( 4 ) . |
| 53 | It may not be possible to adequately define ‘ damage ’ to the environment , or even to detect it , when the environmental impact of a genetically engineered bacterium may be as undramatic as replacing a naturally occurring species of bacterium . |
| 54 | I told him it was not due to a new found burst of skill , but the need to conserve energy . |
| 55 | Among the apostles Peter held a generally recognized position of leadership : the gospel tradition preserves explicit commissions given to him by Jesus ( Matt. 16 : 16–18 ; Luke 22 : 31–2 ; John 21 : 16–17 ) , and his prominent role is conceded in the Pauline letters . |
| 56 | In Britain , where suspicion of the army as a possible instrument of tyranny together with a generally rising level of prosperity made recruits unusually hard to obtain , this element was prominent . |
| 57 | ‘ Completely flat-chested , you see , ’ Anna 's father said , indicating the saint , and offering a jaggedly opened tin of caviar and a kitchen spoon . |
| 58 | The snapshot technique involves injecting the animal with a radioactively labelled version of glucose , 2-deoxy-glucose ( 2DG ) , that ‘ sticks ’ in cells . |
| 59 | The foyer was crowded but it was true that there was not a smartly dressed woman in sight . |
| 60 | Finally , one of the best kept secrets of the decade until its unveiling in 1988 was the Redland self-discharge aggregates train , a permanently coupled set of hopper wagons with a conveyor belt running underneath and a special unloading vehicle at one end . |