Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , given that an average presentation may require 20 to 30 of these , that represents a substantial investment . |
| 2 | That represents a great advance and we believe that , in the long term , something valuable will come of that . |
| 3 | That represents a seventeen percent increase . |
| 4 | I use the phrase ‘ She did not say ‘ Yes ’ she did not say ‘ No ’ and that represents a hazardous situation . |
| 5 | Of those just below forty thousand were solved … that represents a clear-up rate of roughly twenty percent … and that 's ten percent below the national average . |
| 6 | In official games , Platt has been on the mark twice in 13 appearances for the Italian giants and that represents a dramatic decline in his career ratio . |
| 7 | Has that formed a satisfactory basis for planning ? |
| 8 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
| 9 | That made a pleasant change . |
| 10 | One surprising factor is that given a new case is only around £50 there is nothing stopping you from moving everything into a new box if the old one is n't big enough to take a standard size motherboard . |
| 11 | If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies |
| 12 | This presupposes that given a low level of development of the productive forces , and a correspondingly low level of consumption by producers , a significant rate of growth not only depends upon the rate of investment but also upon an increase in the consumption of the direct producers . |
| 13 | But our experience has shown that given a modest toolkit and a few carving gouges , persistence and enthusiasm for the project , almost anyone can achieve a highly satisfactory result . |
| 14 | The so-called roads , three in number , are scars visible around the valley , each maintaining a level contour and therefore obviously formed by water . |
| 15 | Thus it is possible to hit a spiritual " rock bottom " in addictive disease while still having employment , family and possessions : each person 's disease and recovery is unique to him or her . |
| 16 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 17 | It 's so refreshing to see a motley crew of urchins , trendies and ravers like Sunscreem making total unself-conscious idiots of themselves on a stage instead of prancing and preening like twats . |
| 18 | Clean changes were possible given a little patience , but moving from first to second was reminiscent of shovelling coal — sometime the lever slid into place , sometimes it jarred my whole body . |
| 19 | Despite their wealth , each receives a hefty cash handout from the Civil List . |
| 20 | It should be possible to agree a fixed rate repayment for a couple of years , and many companies offer special rates for first time buyers . |
| 21 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 22 | However , each represents a recognisable stage of achievement , so that the student can build progressively towards a range of demanding and useful competences . |
| 23 | I have stated those two positions very crudely : in fact both are extremely complex and each represents a sophisticated view of the world . |
| 24 | Each represents a calculated angle which can be discriminated by a subject with normal vision at a specific distance ( 60 , 36 , 24,12 , 9 , or 6 metres from the chart ) . |
| 25 | She 's already described how she was able to think about wiping off fingerprints shortly after his death ; that denotes a cool customer who does n't often lose control . |
| 26 | This is not a symbiotic relationship because that involves a continuing separateness of identity throughout the period and process of partnership but it is an integrated relationship in which the enterprise — venture or project or more general association — is on a level of continued mutuality of interest and concern . |
| 27 | With great respect , to begin with , that involves a fundamental re-examination of this and other offences under the Theft Act . |
| 28 | Swing low , sweet Chariot is left unaccompanied , but that involves a disturbing oddity of pitching at the start . |
| 29 | In replication , the two strands separate ; then each re-forms a new copy of its original partner . |
| 30 | THE THREE party leaders faced their most hostile audience of the election campaign last night when they each endured a 20-minute television grilling from 500 voters . |