Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far in each case where an error 's been proved , the banks paid back the money overcharged . |
| 2 | For example , the assignee may be absolved through the operation of the bankruptcy laws : the classic case where an original lessee may have to pay . |
| 3 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 4 | In another case where an applicant had been refused any access to accounts , the Commissioner 's assistance resulted in a solicitor 's letter being sent to the union . |
| 5 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 6 | Guttersnipe is loth to kick a man when he 's down but is this episode not an outstanding example of divine retribution for Cheggers Plays Pop ? |
| 7 | If you 've got a slightly different attitude also an attitude . |
| 8 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 9 | It is an important matter because clearly if er if the matter er if the suspicion er turns out to have been reasonable but not to bear t further examination then an accountant er could find themselves in great difficulty er both with regard to pecuniary difficulty and also professional difficulty and it 's something the minister needs to look at . |
| 10 | The Act gives certain powers to the High Court where an application is made for an order for evidence to be obtained in England , and the court is satisfied that the application is made in pursuance of a request issued by or on behalf of a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in another part of the United Kingdom or some other country , and that the evidence sought is to be obtained for the purposes of civil proceedings which have either been instituted before the requesting court or whose institution is contemplated . |
| 11 | This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned , despite my having completed my packing and loaded the ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock . |
| 12 | A conman has stolen antique rings and savings from a ninety year old woman just an hour after she was discharged from hospital . |
| 13 | Tower play : The Beautiful People in Baywatch ( Saturday , UTV , 5.40pm ) find themselves in the centre of a hostage drama this week when an escaped prisoner holds Summer and Stephanie . |
| 14 | Sometimes , to exercise this quality consistently an unconscious hand may have to be taken in creating a crisis ! |
| 15 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
| 16 | If banks choose not to be tempted in this way then an appeal to their civic duty is misplaced . |
| 17 | When I was half way up an escarpment , I saw a signpost at the top , too distant to read . |
| 18 | Now the Chancellor is at this time usually an ecclesiastic , commonly a bishop , and , as such , interested in , and , at least in his own opinion , a good judge of questions of morality or ‘ conscience ’ . |
| 19 | When a length of wire is suspended in a magnetic field , the wire will move at right angles to the magnetic flux whenever an electric current is passed along it . |
| 20 | At intervals , Fusil flagged away each quintet up an innocuous-looking farm track . |
| 21 | Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out . |
| 22 | She found a dark crevice up an entry leading to a court , and crouched down , head on knees . |
| 23 | The second reason why an apparent consent or refusal of consent may not be a true consent or refusal is that it may not have been made with reference to the particular circumstances in which it turns out to be relevant . |
| 24 | I revised my estimate of the Mother that evening when an elderly man arrived , one of whose arms was in a sling . |
| 25 | He walked through the white corridors , past the notice boards with their offers of small rooms and old cars , past the coffee bar where people sat at tables , past a hole in the white floor where an old chair stood sentry over an opened conduit in which a torch shone and a man crawled , and as he left he looked at his watch : |
| 26 | It 's a constant amazement how an apparently harmless piece of rubbish can become an animal 's enemy . |
| 27 | He says she 's an exceptional player so an exception should be made . |
| 28 | Experience has shown that a grasp of a foreign language , even at a very basic level , is of great benefit both an a practical level and as a boost to confidence to those participating in visits abroad . |
| 29 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
| 30 | The wall should be a load-bearing wall preferably an outside wall . |