Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It might be rash to conclude that all that represents a rejection of radicalism ; better , perhaps , to say that it is the sense of radicalism itself that changed .
2 Robbins ( 1963 ) presented dual-subject courses ( joint honours , combined studies , etc. ) as a variant on the single-subject pattern for those students who do not want such a specialized higher education , but that represents a university view , and a dated one at that .
3 That represents a growth rate of 1,000% !
4 That represents a growth of expenditure in those sectors of roughly 80 per cent .
5 In real terms , that represents an increase of 2.4 per cent .
6 Even for Holland , that represents an area only twice the size of Schipol airport .
7 As well as being the sort of motion that brings local government into disrepute , I also believe that this is the sort of motion that , that displays a lack of tolerance that should concern us all .
8 They start to overlap with each other and that produces an overall , general curvature . ’
9 She adds : ‘ That encourages a woman to be hopeful things will improve but , unfortunately , there is no way of knowing how he will react to anything . ’
10 Apparently that drives a couple of bones into the brain .
11 There were at least three overlapping sets of arguments underlying the drive away from segregation at eleven-plus : each represents an advance upon its predecessor and towards some pure ideal of comprehensiveness .
12 If an individual works longer hours than he or she would wish to do in the absence of taxation , that involves a loss of welfare .
13 Moreover , it may at any time be varied or revoked by an ordinary resolution even if that involves an alteration of the articles .
14 Every person each plays a part in the familial deterioration , but no one can , ‘ help the things life has done to us .
15 With that goes a rejection of the corrupted language and thought of the old politics .
16 That goes a bit haywire then .
17 With that goes an awareness of time leading to simple enjoyment and tranquillity .
18 Obviously that constitutes a threat for the future .
19 Another serious offence is buggery ( intercourse per anum ) , but that constitutes a crime whether committed consensually or non-consensually , and it is the non-consensual form which ranks as a serious sexual assault .
20 Underneath the veneer of participatory management , it is business as usual — and business as usual represents a threat to America 's long-term capacity to compete .
21 Each produces an operating account and a balance sheet .
22 His nine-page catalogue from 1838 contains a wealth of information for the funerary historian , listing 111 coffins of thirty differing types , twenty sizes of shroud ( each available in four different qualities of material ) , fifteen types of ruffling , winding-sheets , mattresses , coffin furniture and palls .
23 was er whether the please ensure erm looking at carriageway major repairs you see area two tended to ninety three thousand pounds and that covers a lot of things which might include .
24 What I do n't wa , I know it 's handy sometimes you think , ah that covers a lot of things for me and you may have come across something yourself I 'll the there is a key , there should be a key to those things in my cupboard , those lifelines things not the same as cha , I 've got all sorts of ideas that you might pick out and say right we can use that as a lesson you might even just say well sod copyright I 'm gon na photocopy that and I 'll use it !
25 The Offences against the Person Act 1861 contains a number of crimes concerned with the administration of noxious or toxic substances .
26 First , the Agriculture Act 1986 places a duty on the Minister of Agriculture to :
27 At birth , the heart races along at 140 beats a minute , but by the time we reach adulthood the rate has dropped to 70 beats a minute .
28 That causes a problem .
29 If they 're not very careful , the family will lose out every time and that causes a lot of problems in our society .
30 Once you 've seen it , you 'll want to change your mind , they always do , and that causes a lot of extra bother . "
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