Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these commentators Wilde represents both a cultural ‘ decay ’ and a resurrection of ‘ pagan viciousness ’ and ‘ primal errors ’ ( pp. 98 , 134 ) . |
| 2 | In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that . |
| 3 | Germany receives about a quarter of Russia 's annual gas exports of about 100 billion cubic metres . |
| 4 | Since , women 's break in labour-market experience constitutes only a small part of their life-spans , other factors must help account for their disadvantaged position . |
| 5 | The polymorphism that is found within white clover populations in the field represents therefore a subtle ( or ? random ) variety of unique associations of apparently selectively important properties . |
| 6 | In polygamous monkeys each male has only a few females , but with species such as fur seals , the harems can be huge — up to one hundred females . |
| 7 | ‘ Ian looks quite a good keeper all-round . |
| 8 | I think centenary park has quite a ring to it . |
| 9 | Maria has quite a long job . |
| 10 | A hundred watt light bulb has only a hundred gallons a minute going through , okay ? |
| 11 | So is Viasa , a Venezuelan airline in which Iberia has both a 45% stake and management control . |
| 12 | Already reeling from the loss of skipper Jonathan Davies , Griffiths was rocked by the news that Kevin Ellis has only a 50–50 chance of being fit . |
| 13 | Because they are mouthbrooders it does not matter if a male holds only a small or temporary territory , as the eggs are safe in the female 's mouth . |
| 14 | The PC has only a limited amount of memory in which to store all the possible patterns , and , in fact , can never ‘ remember ’ the wide variety of shapes that even a young child will have seen . |
| 15 | Unlike industry rivals such as Guinness , Highland has only a relatively small export business — about a third of its sales . |
| 16 | Should the discussion stray just once from generic to specific advice , however casually ( ‘ the Borsetshire Union has quite a good deal on offer at the moment ’ ) , investment business has been carried out . |
| 17 | The highest level contains only a single location point for each occurrence of the item in the assembly . |
| 18 | Howe still needs a goalkeeper on loan because David Seaman has only a slender chance of returning on Saturday and his two deputies are injured . |
| 19 | We have finally come to realise that the fine texture of a beautiful English rose skin needs only a translucent wash of colour to promote its much-envied natural radiance . |
| 20 | Schedule 4 to the rules contains both an application and an affidavit ( Forms 6.4 and 6.5 ) , see Appendix C , forms 9 and 10 . |
| 21 | HALF the world is starving , Britain is reeling with unemployment and crime , yet a race horse receives over a thousand get-well cards . |
| 22 | Wilson points out that the designer side represents only a fraction of the fashion industry 's £6.5 billion turnover . |
| 23 | What he thereby misses is that post-modernism represents simply a new façade or twist to architectural style as ideology discussed earlier . |
| 24 | A pianist plays twice a week in the small , genteel bar and the large lounge . |
| 25 | This outlay represents around a fifth of what it would cost to dispose of the waste locally . |
| 26 | The farmworker receives only a pittance in pay-off — perhaps £2,000 in redundancy pay — whereas the owner of the land may receive thousands of pounds for several years . |
| 27 | Score card has always a target of four thousand pound . |
| 28 | Lombard North Central plc is one of the country 's largest finance houses and its legal department has about a dozen lawyers , both solicitors and barristers . |
| 29 | The building industry has today an appreciably larger number of men at work than in the years immediately before 1939 , though probably rather a smaller percentage of the total are building new houses . |
| 30 | Professor Uitsmijter has quite a deft touch in translation . |