Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [vb base] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wirral 's heroin ‘ epidemic ’ ‘ incubated ’ unnoticed and in documenting this fact we can do no better than quote an epidemiologist ( Hughes 1977 ) working within a similar heroin outbreak in Chicago during the early 1960s : ‘ In this epidemic there was a tragic time lag between the contagious stage during which heroin use spread and the stage when the epidemic 's full impact was felt and reacted to by the host community . ’ |
| 2 | Such an equivalence suggests , perhaps wrongly , that most candidates in comprehensive schools will be expected to do no better than score an F or a G in their GCSE . |
| 3 | He took some time because he jacked up the chair on books to make good the missing leg , rather than have an unsuspecting colleague collapse . |
| 4 | Nihilism , however patrician , and aestheticism , however gilded , jar today , so that rather than provide an essay on art for art 's sake , or a game on life succumbing to art , Prowse emphasises the morality tale , the Faustian parable , the meditation on degeneracy and corruption . |
| 5 | For example , they call on the widows of policemen to check that the RUC Welfare Branch has visited , as well as trying themselves in more informal ways to help the grieving process , check that pensioners who are alone are safe , as well as take an interest in the youngsters new to children 's homes . |
| 6 | The new series ( title yet unknown ) will enable members to comment reflectively on their work as well as give an account of its various outcomes . |