Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |
| 2 | Most classes last for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half . |
| 3 | MacCormick suggests that it matters little , when faced with ‘ possible unjust exercises of the power of modern states organised under and in the name of ‘ law ’ … whether or not these represent a corruption of law in its ideal essence or simply an abuse of public power . ’ |
| 4 | All the children we spoke to about reviews found them either an unnecessary irrelevance or else an extremely threatening or distressing event . |
| 5 | Basically it means that the nervous system which passes through the wrist in the carpal tunnel has been stressed and the best cure is rest , or in the case of trigger finger , an injection or even an operation . |
| 6 | The co-option of an industrialist or businessman may be a statement about school being a place for training the future work force or just an attempt to involve someone with business acumen to sort out the LMS accounts . |
| 7 | However , whether it is a full spin or just an incipient one is academic if the glider stalls a few hundred feet up . |
| 8 | Is she a shepherd or just an old crook ? |
| 9 | There are many medical treatments for incontinence , which include medicines , exercises , ‘ retraining ’ the bladder and occasionally an operation to repair the bladder . |
| 10 | It is from Paul , and Paul alone , that a new religion begins to emerge — not a form of Judaism , but a rival and ultimately an adversary to Judaism . |
| 11 | Higher birth-rates among ethnic-minority groups , urban house-building projects , the running down of the new-towns programme and perhaps an improvement in environmental conditions in the cities may all have contributed to this . |
| 12 | Bear that in mind and also an important part of communications that 's why there 's always so many problems about which is right . |
| 13 | Modern technology has seen to that , giving them a machine to make their early morning tea and even an electronic handset to save them having to get out of their chairs in the evening to change the television channel . |
| 14 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 15 | Further examination revealed a hard swelling at the base of the penis and the question of a foreign body was raised with Mr P. He strongly denied inserting anything into his urethra and so an X-ray was taken . |
| 16 | Likewise in ( 36 ) saw evokes not mere visual perception but rather an inference which the speaker has drawn about the character of the people in question on the basis of what he has been able to observe of their behaviour or even of their appearance , and so could be said by someone who had only seen a photograph of them . |
| 17 | They suggest that the deterioration may be even greater than was apparent from our study as they found not only an appreciable and continuing decline in sperm concentration but also an increased percentage of morphologically abnormal and immotile sperm . |
| 18 | A recent large randomised study in India found no such effect but rather an apparent slight excess of deaths in the supplemented group . |
| 19 | To make a contribution towards this end requires not only knowledge of alternatives and commitment to putting them into practice but also an understanding of how social policy is made and implemented . |
| 20 | Scrapers : Another basic aid but nevertheless an indispensable tool particularly for heavy cleaning . |
| 21 | Is there a phone number in the ad or just an address ? |
| 22 | You may have vaginal thrush or perhaps an ‘ anaerobic ’ vaginitis , a very common infection which can be caused by various microbes , not necessarily sexually transmitted . |
| 23 | Despite the tears , Athelstan still wondered if her adultery made her an assassin or perhaps an accomplice to murder . |
| 24 | The selection of eighty-one canvases and other works of art has been made by Nicholas Serota , director of the Tate Gallery and long an admirer of Ryman 's work , which he showed at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1977 , and Robert Storr , Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art , New York . |
| 25 | The rise of mass education saw a decline in social mobility and merely an inflation in employers ' demands for qualifications . |
| 26 | Even so , where money changes hands , it is part of an exchange and thus an expression of the social relationship which exists between the two individuals concerned . |
| 27 | I traded the £15 machine for a punchcard model , soon adding a ribber and later an intarsia carriage and colour changer . |
| 28 | Paddy Murphy and Jimmy Keenan both looked good on the sand but unfortunately an interesting choice of footwear ( none at all ! ) led to Dugdale 's retirement with some of the best blisters I 've even seen ! |
| 29 | A laky , housebound bow but formerly an avid attender of the sale , telephoned the church with an ‘ order ’ for Scots Magazines , Annie S.Swans , Bible Stories and jigsaws . |
| 30 | The social worker within a local authority is never professionally involved with a family simply because it is a family but only when family considerations impinge upon the welfare and interests of some member of a client group — usually a child but perhaps an elderly or disabled adult . |