Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |
| 2 | The first stage in the transfer is a preselection process , involving informal discussions with tenants where they may make their own alternative suggestions , which eventually produces a single applicant to go forward to the final stages . |
| 3 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 4 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 5 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
| 6 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 7 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
| 8 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
| 9 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
| 10 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
| 11 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
| 12 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
| 13 | The extent to which either the adult or child within plays a significant part in our lives depends greatly on our own upbringing . |
| 14 | I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person . |
| 15 | The long-term asymptotic rise eventually adds a further increase of 2.1x10 -6 Hz to the rotation rate . |
| 16 | But whereas calypso now only rarely contains a political message reggae almost always does . |
| 17 | Bore-hole water rarely contains a large quantity of suspended solids , but , if it contains iron or manganese in solution , the removal of these entails the production of a precipitate that has to be removed by methods similar to those given above . |
| 18 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 19 | Herein lies a central dilemma . |
| 20 | The colour black in all such cases was considered especially lucky because this was the colour associated with the occult practices , but herein lies a transatlantic contradiction for , in America , it is the white cat that is lucky and the black cat that is unlucky . |
| 21 | Herein lies a big problem for managers who must take steps to ensure that everyone understands the need for involvement — To this end a series of seminars and talks should be arranged in order to explain the issue , seek ideas and the commitment of everyone to meeting the challenge . |
| 22 | If the innocent party purports to " accept " such performance , he effectively accepts a new contract . |
| 23 | this soon tangles itself in a web of white noise and frantic improvisation which eventually has a hypnotising effect on the audience . |
| 24 | Nina eventually has a nervous breakdown , but after a brief stay in hospital she returns to Gael . |
| 25 | The next cell ( 82e ) is empty , but 82f has a disturbing occupant . |
| 26 | Thus where during the trader 's unsolicited visit an offer is made which is accepted only later , the customer effectively has a longer cooling-off period . |
| 27 | By issuing shares , a company obviously receives a financial benefit , for which the shareholder obtains in return an interest and a marketable asset . |
| 28 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 29 | In this , the estimation not only involves a cross-area element , it also embraces a considerable areal disaggregation , from an average ward size of 7.7 km² ; ( range 0.74–38.7 km² ; ) down to the individual kilometre square . |
| 30 | Isolating stallions from other horses obviously plays a large part in the aggression and even viciousness some stallions display towards mares . |