Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patients then received either a single injection of 6 µg/kg pentagastrin ( peptavlon , ICI Pharmaceuticals , UK ) subcutaneously or an intravenous infusion of 0.6 mg/kg/h over one hour . |
| 2 | Only where an exact copy is required is it important to have an exact match for timber . |
| 3 | The above is , however , a generalisation and sales subsidiaries may require a larger investment than many companies can afford , especially where an after-sales service has to be offered and where the stocking of a large volume of spare parts is necessary . |
| 4 | This can be successful especially where an imaginative approach to development is adopted . |
| 5 | At the end of August 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier on the field ; so suddenly that an elderly spinster had to furnish him with stars unsewn from her father 's uniform . |
| 6 | It can not be stressed enough that an adequate system for financial control must be a priority matter for the haulier . |
| 7 | If there 's one thing better than an icy plunge it 's a decadent soak in a scented bath . |
| 8 | ‘ Better than an old woman has a right to feel . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Better than an empty belly . ’ |
| 10 | In the circumstances , however , the period of remand should clearly be as short as possible so that an early decision may be made on the full evidence . |
| 11 | Another consequence of the new policies has been the decision to charge user fees for state education , so that an increasing financial burden falls on families . |
| 12 | The Enterprise Centre 's role is to act as a catalyst to encourage further development of live project work so that an increasing number of students get an opportunity to tackle this special combination of project work and contact with industry and to co-ordinate the evaluation of the ‘ Live Projects ’ scheme . |
| 13 | Seats were available for matinee performances so that an overnight stay was not essential . |
| 14 | It stimulates the development of rational thinking , of critical and creative abilities so that an educated person is able to employ any knowledge and skills she may have in a variety of ways and contexts . |
| 15 | In some cases unofficial ‘ bargains ’ may be made so that an outside body will agree not to lobby MPs to oppose the legislation in return for government acceptance of certain proposals . |
| 16 | The association with a traditional barn incorporating porches has been skilfully exploited in order to broaden the width of the building at its centre so that an enclosed entrance porch and a generous ‘ dog-leg ’ staircase , giving access to the first floor , could be included on one side , while the equivalent projection on the west side houses an oriel window serving the dining-room which gives a commanding view over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 17 | The task may be simplified for trainees if they are given a hard copy of the 15 documents so that an appropriate system for naming the files can be selected ; file extensions , eg. LET , MEM , REP , may be used to assist identification . |
| 18 | Where he does so the court associate must , at the conclusion of the trial , record that opinion in his certificate so that an appropriate reduction may be considered ( Ord 35 , r 10A ) . |
| 19 | Mr Falconer and the requisitioners of the resolution believe that Article 93 is ‘ inadequate in view of our huge shareholder register ’ and that ‘ some less wise future Board could block a nomination , by filling the Calling Notice with other items , so that an extra line meant an added page , with heavy costs the requisitioners would have to meet ’ . |
| 20 | We are also expanding capacity , especially through Greater Glasgow health board which is using the private sector so that an extra 120 patients may be treated . |
| 21 | The teacher working with this pupil tells how children would ‘ … exchange one mistake for another and incidentally change the syntax so that an appalling mess developed ’ ( Meek et al. , 1984:189 ) . |
| 22 | The cost of hot water is reduced in relation to the capital expenditure which can be undertaken , so that an efficient boiler system is more costly to install than a simple immersion heater , but cheaper to run . |
| 23 | In a second collection ( 1577 ) Le Maistre keeps generally to a simpler polyphonic style , while the enormously influential Fünffzig Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen ( Nuremberg , 1586 ) of Lucas Osiander ( 1534–1604 ) were specifically ‘ set so that an entire Christian congregation can join in the singing throughout ( durchaus mitsingen ) ’ , in four-part block harmony with the melody in the highest part and firmly marked tonal ( V-I ) cadences on what may surely be called ‘ dominant ’ and ‘ tonic ’ : |
| 24 | The great advantage of such trials is that they resolve uncertainty so that an effective measure is more likely to be adopted and an ineffective one more likely to be abandoned . |
| 25 | In order to evaluate whether the enhanced home support of the action scheme was successful in sustaining at home some people who would otherwise have been likely to enter institutional care , it was necessary for the action to take place in a prescribed geographical area , so that an equivalent , matched area could become a control area . |
| 26 | The tactics workers adopt are often versatile and frequently covert , so that an intimate knowledge of a particular place of work might be needed in order to be aware of resistance going on . |
| 27 | The investigation had revealed that , due to low activity rates , an EPH would gain only limited benefits from computer support of isolated functions , and it was necessary to exploit the relationships that existed between the functions so that an integrated package could be developed . |
| 28 | It may function as a store of wealth , so that an individual or society can put away the wealth it may generate as the surplus between production and consumption . |
| 29 | A hatch in the floor-plates before him irised open , revealing a shaft ; up from which rose a steel framework suspending within it a transparent clingtight one-piece tunic elegantly embroidered with fine silvery wires so that an exposed human nervous system seemed to be hanging there , a semicollapsed anatomy of nerves . |
| 30 | Admittedly a society can not without self-extinction dissolve into units smaller than minimal families , so that an untrammelled egoism is possible only under limited conditions . |