Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AROMATHERAPY can do a little or a great deal for you , depending on how much effort you are prepared to put into safeguarding your health and increasing your vitality . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | [ music ] But as this music fades into the Interlude the E/F figure is suddenly no more than a detail in the seascape , a gull 's cry perhaps or a slight turbulence on the water [ 3 ] . |
| 4 | Law as integrity is also a non-skeptical theory of legal rights : it holds that people have as legal rights whatever rights are sponsored by the principles that provide the best justification of legal practice as a whole Pragmatism , on the contrary , denies that people ever have legal rights ; it takes the bracing view that they are never entitled to what would otherwise be worse for the community just because some legislature said so or a long string of judges decided other people were . |
| 5 | As such , a student may take one or two modules only or a whole set of modules specifically grouped together to meet the needs of a particular industry or employer . |
| 6 | At its most basic , the message sent from a small dashboard display would give information about the make and model of car , its registration number and position — but there 's no reason why it could n't also relate that the driver was a woman alone or a disabled person . |
| 7 | in or a hundred and forty nine ninety nine or whatever it was , I ca n't remember in erm Argos |
| 8 | Just as I am sure twenty-seven victories seemed utterly insufficient to Jackie — and had he not retired , he was certainly fit enough and a good enough driver , given the right cars , to which he would have had total access , to notch up another fifteen or twenty — I am sure that his first million seemed a trifle . |
| 9 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 10 | Though long since disused the canal is presently being restored somewhat and a pleasant canal-side walk has been built . |
| 11 | The in wide-out close principle has particular importance at the bottom mark , since the following leg is to windward and a bad rounding can result in dirty wind at the outset . |
| 12 | In the spring of 1938 the old doctor who had attended her died suddenly and a young man took over the practice . |
| 13 | The rain came suddenly and a hot wind , as if someone had opened a furnace door , hurled it against the car . |
| 14 | The door opened suddenly and a furious Algernon emerged to find James leaning over the stair rail listening quietly . |
| 15 | Nails and Hoomey wriggled free and made off like hares and by the time the opposition had refocussed on Seb as main aggressor rather than Jazz a police car was cruising to a standstill alongside and a new element was introduced . |
| 16 | Our first steps off the Spyway road took us through green and pleasant farmland where playful sheep frolicked alongside and a lone tractor droningly went about its work . |
| 17 | The breakfront version is useful ; this has cupboards below and a deep shelf at waist height to hold drink trays , stereo turntable and so on . |
| 18 | Their front end has a mouth below and a few light-sensitive spots above so that the animal can be said to have the beginnings of a head . |
| 19 | Just a tired row of shops opposite and a seedy-looking pub on the corner and a disused laundry with boarded-up windows and a For Sale notice . |
| 20 | There was a ramshackle club-house with its roof falling in and a rickety stand which rocked in the wind . |
| 21 | She peeped in and a friendly voice greeted her . |
| 22 | ‘ It represents a new way of thinking about the media world we live in and a new way of learning the skills of active engagement and critical reflection with all forms of modern media — television , video , film , radio , print , and the glue that binds them all together — advertising , ’ says Sister Elizabeth Thoman , Executive Director of the Center for Media and Values . |
| 23 | For a couple of years the low cliffs of unconsolidated coombe rock and brickearth were eroded at the rate of 3.5–6m ( 12–20 ft ) per year before they were boarded in and a new groyne system established . |
| 24 | ‘ John was trying to buy two cans of beer from street vendors and was haggling with one of the women , when the other joined in and a real barney developed . ’ |
| 25 | The battle was also a landmark in the conduct of the war , for henceforth both sides dug in and a complex line of trenches soon stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier . |
| 26 | A black and white fluffy cat in and a German pointer . |
| 27 | So I boiled them in pan for the dog and I put some taters in and a few peas and carrots sort of thing and some Oxos and made him a r a right good dinner . |
| 28 | I also get a couple of good standby wines for friends and neighbours who might drop in and a super-cheap bottle or two of red ( try the supermarket £1.99 offers ) to make some delicious , warming mulled wine . |
| 29 | The old open fireplace had been boarded in and a single gas fire now burned in the hearth . |
| 30 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |