Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After half a minute 's silence she added that her life in the pensione was nevertheless temporary as she hoped to gain a full-time position in a private school shortly and accommodation was provided with this particular job . |
| 2 | Faith is better caught than taught and the example of a parent is a strong influence even while teenagers seem to be rejecting what you taught them . |
| 3 | It is essential , for instance , that environmental standards for industry are set at a European level so that companies do not compete by seeking out those locations with inadequate environmental protection . |
| 4 | In the 1990s , British youth culture increasingly looks to a European milieu rather than North America . |
| 5 | For example , MacroMind Director is a highly successful animation tool for the Macintosh which provides a scripting language so that interactivity can be built in and also allows control of external devices such as videodisc players . |
| 6 | What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all . |
| 7 | Farther north in Europe , the later Carboniferous is marked by a progressive drying out and loss of marine influence . |
| 8 | There was an ominous whooshing sound and a loud crash nearby and Anne hastily dashed back to the scullery . |
| 9 | The probability of becoming a longterm user was higher for duodenal ulcer patients than for gastric ulcer patients , and higher for those who had the initial diagnoses based on a radiographic examination rather than endoscopy . |
| 10 | Mosley 's own preoccupation among the BUF 's immediate policies was the raising of a protectionist barrier so that goods which could be produced by British labour from British materials should be prohibited imports . |
| 11 | She never seemed to completely shake the dumb blonde image , perhaps because her squeaky little girl voice operated to remind us all along that she was a Working Girl rather than Woman . |
| 12 | This seems an odd way of going about things , but the advising panels do carry a professional adviser so that talent is not merely being judged by local civil servants . |
| 13 | THERE looked a slim possibility yesterday that Owners Abroad might escape the clutches of rival travel group Airtours , just a few hours ahead of the close of the £290 million bid battle at 1pm today . |
| 14 | In one sense the headage payments are sometimes regarded as a social subsidy yet as Figure 2 illustrates they lack stability and responsiveness in regulating agricultural incomes and must therefore be considered also as vehicles for regulating agricultural production . |
| 15 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 16 | This impression was tragically confirmed a few hours later when news came through that HMS Sheffield had been sunk . |
| 17 | Peas will take a few minutes longer than beans to soften . |
| 18 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 19 | Nobody there , but he could n't be more than a few yards away and Forester 's fingers would n't obey him enough to get the buckles properly secured . |
| 20 | I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet . |
| 21 | The state of emergency was lifted a few days later after pollution levels had fallen . |
| 22 | A few days later before Anne went to work her mother asked her to go for bread . |
| 23 | They had thus sighted the continent a few days later than Bellingshausen 's sighting in longitude 2°15' W. Bransfield 's manuscript chart is in the hydrographic department of the Admiralty . |
| 24 | Paris could hardly believe its ears a few days later when Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau entered the Salle Pleyel , exactly 40 years after his Parisian début , to sing Die Schöne Müllerin with ( once past the buffeted consonants and fatal eruptions of ‘ Das Wandern ’ ) a mezza voce intact , and a sensitive response to the warmhearted suggesting from the piano of Christoph Eschenbach , that one could hardly believe possible ( and more astounding still in that immense hall ! ) . |
| 25 | These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar . |
| 26 | A few days later when Tess came back from looking for work , the children came running out and danced round her . |
| 27 | Andrew Fowler was caught a few days later when police discovered the caravan at the girl 's former home . |
| 28 | It was only a few years ago that cheques and cash were the only means of payment available . |
| 29 | Oh Mrs , she said she 'd be , she would do them but she 'd felt absolutely terrified at the prospect because she had a a few years ago cos Gerry never had trousers with turn ups . |
| 30 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |