Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson could spend ten times as much money signing half a dozen acts and never achieve the same effect . |
| 2 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 3 | Reaction diffusion could provide a series of chemical waves generating first a wave with a single peak , followed by one with two peaks , and then one with three peaks . |
| 4 | It had been reported to the Committee by schools operating such a series of tests that the motivation of their pupils was increased because tests at different levels provide both an incentive and evidence of progress over several terms . |
| 5 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 6 | Having lacked the opportunity to create a new constitutional framework afresh from first principles , Britain now stands out as one of the few nations lacking such a document . |
| 7 | It is a common problem along this stretch containing such a fine head of roach but the lulls in the catch rate rarely last longer than ten minutes . |
| 8 | Dementia and/or confusion was by far the most common condition requiring such a move ( 50% ) . |
| 9 | I could hardly have expected to hear a complete stranger making such a blatant and … and totally unwarranted assassination of my character . |
| 10 | He waited there on top of the high dune watching half a dozen matches come through . |
| 11 | The cause for the closure … arsonists who early last Sunday week set fire to a pile of books in the main school building causing half a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 12 | However , in the search for origins employing such a term as Welfare State may obscure a real understanding of what the individuals at the time intended or what they created . |
| 13 | And , oh , Ellie , if you had n't been here , I 'd have gone down the aisle looking such a fright … ’ |
| 14 | The NSF argued that the law requiring such a statement did not apply to Antarctica , but the judges disagreed . |
| 15 | Where he was injured as a result of equipment having such a defect , he had the onerous task of suing the manufacturer of the equipment under the defective products rule . |
| 16 | The majority of the vineyards are located to the north and north-west of the village commencing half a kilometre north-west of Ambonnay itself , where the land rises to about 20 metres . |
| 17 | Is my hon. Friend aware that that bizarre proposal , tucked into the back end of a newspaper on25 January by an Opposition spokesman , would cause total chaos and huge problems for companies making such a change , particularly small companies ? |
| 18 | On an average day Mark and his entourage would cover 18 to 20 miles with Tara carrying half a ton of equipment on her back . |
| 19 | fourth , a patient on a machine making such a request is a comparatively rare phenomenon . |
| 20 | So assume the councils ' needs stay at £40 billion ; it is hard then to see any single tax footing such a large bill . |
| 21 | He could understand — so he said to the top brass after the Frenchman had departed — why the French took exception to an Englishman holding such a key position in Europe . |
| 22 | Thongsouk Saysangkhi also reportedly tried to establish a ‘ social democrat club ’ to promote the idea of multi-party democracy and , with other dissenters , wrote an article supporting such a political system . |
| 23 | This would require a massive body taking such a path to follow a space-like geodesic . |
| 24 | In its latest Mortgage Monthly , Adrian Coles argues that rates are at their lowest for 14 years making this a good time to plunge into home ownership . |
| 25 | Nearly all clinics providing such a service insist on this . |
| 26 | However , no evidence favouring such a contention has ever been produced . |
| 27 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 28 | Psychics describe the aura as a rainbow emanation radiating half a metre or more around the body , more or less ovoid in shape . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may , on an application made to it in that behalf by : ( a ) the executors , representatives or disponees of any person who held a licence in respect of premises situated within the area of the board and who has died before the expiry of the licence ; or ( b ) the trustee , judicial factor or curator bonis of any person holding such a licence who has become bankrupt , insolvent or incapable before the expiry of the licence ; transfer the licence to the applicant if the applicant is in possession of the premises . |
| 30 | But in a sense , too , she knew that Louise was not wrong to worry about Harry committing such a blunder , for Harry , moving in the social circles in which he would move , if he survived the siege , to the day of his death , would almost certainly suffer the inconveniences of having such a wife , would regret his marriage , and perhaps in due course would come to believe that his life had been ruined . |