Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So cos it has n't got a sign in front of that A so it 's a plus A. We 've got a plus times A minus which is A minus . |
| 2 | The effect of task difficulty in terms of whether a purely lateralised effect or a bilateral effect ( symmetrical or asymmetrical with respect to the two hands ) is observed thus appears to depend upon the nature of the two competing tasks . |
| 3 | The haughty face was older , harder , but it was the same man she had dreamed of as a very young teenager . |
| 4 | And around this wraith there gathered forces of darkness , Lee thought , as if a strongly penised Satan , black-bodied , black-blooded , black-souled , had disseminated himself into threatening clouds . |
| 5 | It was as if a little wild doe had come to me , all quivering with a half-mistrust . |
| 6 | Good-nights were exchanged and he left the shop with a feeling of satisfaction , as if a rather difficult task had been successfully accomplished . |
| 7 | On the other hand , those might turn out to be right who think that man is responsible for but a very small part of the destruction of fish that is constantly going on ; and in that case a boat starting with equally good appliances and an equally efficient crew would be likely to get nearly as good a haul after the increase in the total volume of the fishing trade as before . |
| 8 | If they came from a garden centre , take the container off each root-ball , cut any long , coiled-round roots off level with the soil-ball , and plant without otherwise disturbing in a hole sufficiently deep to ensure that the surface of the soil-ball is level with or a little below that of the surrounding soil . |
| 9 | The day of the flight dawned bright and sunny , frosty to start with and a little hazy looking into the sun , but good VFR weather . |
| 10 | … as CNAA degree work expands in a college concurrently with the growth of a college academic community capable of accepting further freedoms and responsibilities , there may well come a point where much of the detailed work now necessary can be dispensed with and a somewhat different relationship established between college and Council . |
| 11 | Erm the other one is Roman , which is one that some of you , I hope , will be a bit familiar with and a highly cultivated kind of literary tact . |
| 12 | I retreated from this scintillating conversation and helped Oliver and Cathy clear up in the kitchen , and shortly before eleven we slid to a halt in the port that was halfway across Canada on some rails parallel with but a little removed from the station buildings . |
| 13 | With nickel-plated handlebars , new pedals , a new saddle , a basket to carry things in and a brightly coloured net over the rear wheel to stop my skirt getting tangled in the chain , the finished bicycle would look brand new . |
| 14 | He won the gold medal there thanks to and a rather curious operation of the rules . |
| 15 | Despite Ferrari , the race went on , and a memorable race it was , with thunder-clouds overhead , a wonderful high-speed circuit to urge drivers on and a hugely combative field in which Hunt , who held pole position , went into an early lead , was swept aside by John Watson in a Penske , with Ronnie Peterson in his March coming up almost right alongside the leaders , eventually overtaking both . |
| 16 | The two had barely exchanged a word in the last twenty minutes except for a short and inconclusive argument as to whether a particularly powerful explosion had been the oil bond store or the workshop of Kerible the Enchanter . |
| 17 | The agreement has received a cautious welcome from environmentalists , some of whom , however , are sceptical as to whether a purely voluntary approach can be effective . |
| 18 | See if you can get a similar report significantly quicker elsewhere and then make a decision as to whether a less powerful but quicker report will do . |
| 19 | Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part . |
| 20 | Once again Henry was struck by the enormity of supermarkets … those millions of dead animals , butchered , arranged in parcels , labelled with a SELL BY or a BEST BEFORE date , grouped , not by species or sub-species , but by parts of the body . |
| 21 | Brilliant brilliant play by and a really superb header by to make it three one . |