Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most organisations owed money would rather make such an arrangement , and have their money back eventually , than run the risk of saying goodbye to the money altogether . |
| 2 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 3 | A patient period of fund-raising ensued using all sorts of ideas to bring money in to enable such an ambitious project to commence . |
| 4 | He is very busy , and can only spare half an hour . |
| 5 | It is perhaps arguable , though , that we should recognize structures based on assignment of equation where the two intensional elements are properties ; thus a sentence such as small is beautiful might be represented as : ( 36 ) small is beautiful On the other hand , it may be that the human mind only represents such an equational assignment to itself by first making an entity-concept out of the ideas on each side . |
| 6 | Maybe we 'd only do half an hour before sloping off but , bit by bit , we were able to put a set together . |
| 7 | Staring listlessly at herself , Hilary suddenly felt such an overwhelming longing to hear their voices again , make it right , that , without stopping to consider it further , she ran quickly upstairs to get her purse . |
| 8 | When life is hectic and you 've only got half an hour in the evening to snatch a meal , a heartwarming bowl of Campbell 's condensed soup with some crusty bread makes an ideal supper . |
| 9 | Then I 've only got half an hour and I wan na go through my tap . |
| 10 | well I do n't know , I suppose they sort of well , they the same time paint work and they go thundering down the corridor and go charging in there and , oh back at training on there you know come on , come on we 've only got half an hour |
| 11 | I 've left my computer programme going , God knows what it 's gon na do I 've only got half an hour to finish it ! |
| 12 | Nor will public opinion elsewhere in Europe long tolerate such an arrangement . |
| 13 | The Colonel could only spend half an hour with us . |
| 14 | It is commonly assumed that the strategy of ‘ area bombing ’ — indiscriminate attacks on largely civilian target ‘ areas ’ , usually in city centres — failed in its express aim of undermining and destroying the morale and will to resist of the German people and instead merely stimulated such an intense hatred of the enemy that the bonds between regime and people were strengthened , not weakened . |
| 15 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 16 | Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position . |
| 17 | We only get half an hour |
| 18 | erm and the beauty of it is , it only takes , from here it only takes half an hour to get there |
| 19 | but it skims across the surface of the water and it 's very quick , it only takes half an hour to go from Ramsgate to Dover . |
| 20 | It only takes half an hour to go to Austria does n't it ? |
| 21 | He 's got a two inch gap out of his arm , he 's got tooth and claw marks to his arms and a long gash half an inch deep to his knee . |
| 22 | It would be easy enough to break such an arrangement . |
| 23 | Not only does such an arrangement disrupt the child 's schooling — although arguably it has already been badly disrupted by the child 's absenteeism — but it can often also be a traumatic experience for the child , entrenching the resentment and disaffection which were among the major causes of the child 's truancy in the first place . |
| 24 | They say it was only a part of it , you know , because we only had half an hour , did n't we , there and then |
| 25 | However the vast numbers of international treaties alone makes such an expectation unrealistic . |
| 26 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |
| 27 | She 's refused to go to the baths since she had that cold , but I think she was clever enough to make that an excuse . |
| 28 | And do not think such an object can be disguised for that is manifest nonsense as you have only to try to discover . |
| 29 | If the Court of Session could make an order of the same nature , it was better to resort to its jurisdiction ; if it would not make such an order , the English court would hesitate the more before seeking to make an order to be effective in Scotland . |
| 30 | Not surprisingly , in our judgment , the barrister would not make such an apology or explanation to the jury . |