Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This represents perhaps an indication of the forced nature of the experience — forced by the combination of the sensation of immobility of REM sleep in association with the rich visual experience offered by the overactive hindbrain . |
| 2 | While he was doing a little more manipulation of the bones before the plaster set , she got ready an injection of antibiotic and he took it from her with a nod of approval . |
| 3 | AMD offers only an entry level design tool — a personal computer-based system called Palasm — preferring to concentrate its efforts on chip design . |
| 4 | Style offers only an illusion of democracy , an illusion , indeed , that in a capitalist society is a necessary part of the leisure process . |
| 5 | One important question in this area awaits a final answer : if , on its proper construction , the statutory authority exempts the undertaker from Rylands v. Fletcher liability and imposes only an obligation to use due care , upon whom does the burden of proof lie ? |
| 6 | But the bulk of it was done by way of the tutorial , a weekly session in which the pupil read aloud an essay of some three thousand words to his tutor and they then discussed it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Gloucestershire clothiers in 1756 " laid the chain four or five yards longer on the bar " and stopped altogether an allowance of two shillings the price which they had been paying for " stopping " ( repairing ) the cloth . |
| 9 | If the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax due on assets which the settlor puts into the settlement the Revenue have taken the view that the settlor has thereby an interest in the income or property of the settlement , and that the income of the settlement should be treated as his for income tax purposes under [ TA 1988 Part XV ] . |
| 10 | USL is apparently unwilling to budge on standard pricing , knowing full well that SCO is trying to pull together an agreement for SVR4 by the time of its showpiece SCO Forum in Santa Cruz this week . |
| 11 | Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing , in terms of numbers and police efficiency ? |
| 12 | Since he has only an option and does not legally commit himself to buy the goods , the contract is not one of sale , Helby v. Matthews ( 1895 H.L. ) . |
| 13 | a body corporate ( other than open-ended investment companies ) to persons it reasonably believes to be members or creditors or holders of other investments issued by it ( or another group company ) and it contains only an invitation relating to that investment |
| 14 | The current Soviet contention is that ‘ the USA has worked out a plan of knocking together an Indian Ocean Defence Organisation , INODO , that will include [ at least ] Pakistan , Egypt , Somalia , Kenya and Oman ’ . |
| 15 | Many a manager has ceased to be a leader and has been sucked into the bureaucracy of his organization , effectively ( in many cases ineffectively ) becoming just an administrator of the cumbersome systems within it . |
| 16 | The zip gaped open an inch at his waist , which was cinched in far too tightly by a fake crocodile belt . |
| 17 | Marc wore a non-commital expression , and as soon as they were seated he reached inside an inner pocket and drew forth an envelope . |
| 18 | My guess is that most have been discarded once an aircraft goes out of service , or even worse , confined to the skip when a travel agent or airline goes out of business . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Albion Bank has both an asset and liability . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | IDEAL HOME 's Assistant editor Helen Barnett spent a day relaxing at Henlow Grange Health Farm in Bedfordshire where she tried both an aromatherapy and a reflexology massage . |
| 23 | Any sane and workable approach to life obviously has to contain both an attitude to individuals and an attitude towards the whole . |
| 24 | There will be no climbing or hill-walking involved and you 'll only need about an hour to complete it and hand in your finished Puzzle . |
| 25 | If the timing were tight he might not need even an hour . |
| 26 | However , certain topics cut across these various disciplines and frequently it is necessary to cover them extensively to provide even an appreciation of the topic . |
| 27 | BAS , though a chartered , autonomous scientific body , is becoming increasingly an instrument of government policy . |
| 28 | That 's considered quite an honour . |
| 29 | It was considered quite an innovation when , after the First World War , the " progressive officials " of R. & R. Clark decided on " a combined " Annual " " in 1921 , " instead of one section having a smoker all on their own and the other a high tea and gossip " , as the ST[ put it . |
| 30 | Yusupov had prepared an unusual opening variation : taking only six minutes over the first 14 moves , while Karpov used almost an hour . |