Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been observed that moderate alcohol drinkers ( two glasses of wine , beer or whisky a day ) have higher levels of HDLs in their blood ; so it seems that a small tipple each day may actually be good for you . |
| 2 | At the slightest sign of originality in approach or technique a director might well be regarded as a menace and any departure from the hoary formula adhered to by the executives could be considered highly presumptuous . |
| 3 | It is to be further noted : ( a ) That the extent of the duty of good faith will vary according to the nature of the contract ; ( b ) That the duty of good faith will be broken if an employee makes or copies a list of the customers of the employer for use after his employment ends or deliberately memorises such a list , even though , except in special circumstances , there is no general restriction on an ex-employee canvassing or doing business with customers of his former employer . |
| 4 | Minimum investment is £1,000 or £40 a month . |
| 5 | Grand Met said that tenants could negotiate a discount of £30 or £40 a barrel . |
| 6 | They might not be doing your figure or teeth a lot of good , but there is no proof that they trigger acne . |
| 7 | We 'd get £50 or £60 a night — which might not sound like a lot but that 's still what young bands get for the same gigs today . |
| 8 | A generation that 's gone to prison more often than it 's gone to schools or cinemas a generation where family life is not known where the horrible migrative system destroyed any idea of family life how do we reconstruct ? |
| 9 | They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in . |
| 10 | US Sun Chemical Corporation exploited the weakness of the pound yesterday and snapped it up for just under £15m , or 167.5p a share . |
| 11 | Cover can be increased automatically at 5% or 10% a year to give protection against inflation . |
| 12 | No teacher will wear or display on his person or car a badge which indicates support for a pressure group ( like CND or Greenpeace ) . |
| 13 | I buy those packets of small reels of thread which are often only 50p or £1 a pack . |
| 14 | On its preferred scenario C , the board 's argument is that Sizewell will save it £47 million , £76M , or £102M a year ( NECs of — £43 , — £69 , or — £93/kilowatt/ year , depending on the extent of nuclear capacity assumed in the plant background mix ) . |
| 15 | Laura had many principles over which she would never compromise , one of which was the importance of giving each guest or employee a room of his or her own ; even two women would never be expected to share . |
| 16 | Bargain Hunter ( £1.95 on bookstalls , or £21 a year from 081 309 6576 ) includes charity shops and government auctions , but only in London . |
| 17 | Less frequent travellers can have a transatlantic pager for £48 a week or £144 a month . |
| 18 | Rob did not subscribe to the popular image of a bomber pilot , did n't talk about wizard prangs or pieces of cake , or sport a handlebar moustache . |
| 19 | There was only one form of public transport , the carrier 's horse and cart that went once or mice a week to the town , and even then with little room or encouragement for passengers . |
| 20 | Of course , watching or half-watching a debate is not the same thing as taking part in one , and it might well be argued that level or style of participation does not demand enough of the individual citizen . |
| 21 | When this was the case , the owner had no option but to accept his loss or institute a court case . |
| 22 | Waters Lunniss , the stockbroker owned by the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society , will allow up to four members of a family with the same surname to pool all their shares and pay commission of only 1½ per cent or £10 a person , whichever is greater . |
| 23 | The minimum is £50 or £10 a month . |
| 24 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 25 | To find a given subject you can just double click on the appropriate word in the word list , or type a word into a search box to bring up a number of related articles . |
| 26 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 27 | I was spending £2 or £3 a day on chocolate . |
| 28 | The latter were set at 90 dollars , or £pound18 a month for able seamen and firemen . |
| 29 | The amount of money paid out depended on how many hours , days or weeks a prisoner had been helped or sheltered for . |
| 30 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |