Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the age of 3 years most children can voluntarily initiate emptying a full bladder and later a partly full bladder . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've had a lot of positive feedback from the people of the Borough and even a letter of thanks — something which is almost unheard of in our business ! ’ |
| 3 | In no way do they have a mandate to wipe out a whole stock and possibly a whole species simply for their convenience in carrying on with an unsophisticated fishing method . ’ |
| 4 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
| 5 | She must send Mrs Rundle a card and perhaps a present but she had no money . |
| 6 | We have written very carefully descriptive material of what is really happening in the experiment and then a very succinct set of instructions — do this , do that , turn the left hand knob . |
| 7 | There is no serious dissent from the general proposition that we should have a system which combines a thorough examination of all individual claims , a clear exposition of the criteria against which they are being assessed , all proper speed and then a clear decision , whether positive or negative , and an effective right of appeal before removal for those whose claims have been rejected . |
| 8 | Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed . |
| 9 | He watched the emotions play over her young face ; the stir of anger , the hint of disappointment and then a smile settled , hesitant , ravishing in its innocence . |
| 10 | when he was an Advocate and then a QC and Kate Mitchell , who works for Christies , because David succeeded her father , after his death , as Professor of European Governmental Studies before he , David , was recently promoted to the EC Judiciary . |
| 11 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 12 | A few hundred years of Imperial rule and already a coterie surrounded the throne which , by its very nature , endangered the survival of the Imperium . |
| 13 | In two of the three morbidly obese subjects , there was an absence of the early urinary APGPR immunoreactivity peaks in concentration and excretion and only a slow rise in urinary APGPR concentration at four to six hours . |
| 14 | Charles Eaton , director of the pilot needle exchange programme and now a city health official , agrees : ‘ There is no evidence from any syringe exchange scheme anywhere in the world suggesting that they encourage people to inject . |
| 15 | Since it is clear that the vocation of hermit was officially recognised in the fourteenth century , the account of Richard 's pursuit of his calling points to parental opposition and possibly a reluctance on Richard 's part to commit himself to any officially supervised licensing . |
| 16 | By 1800 less than a third of English imports came from the continent and only a fifth of her exports went there . |
| 17 | During the 19th century , however , it fell on hard times , and was turned first into a warehouse and then a restaurant . |
| 18 | I duly knitted two backs , marked the shape of the front neck and also a slight ‘ dip ’ on the back section and stitched two lines with the sewing machine using a long stitch . |
| 19 | I exist with a primary school football team and th the two skills that they 're able to develop , the powers of concentration and hopefully a sense of fair play . |
| 20 | Er in December nineteen eighty eight er I was a police constable , I was stationed at I was er a firearms instructor in the operations department and also a tactical advisor . |
| 21 | The progress department is sometimes part of the production department and sometimes a separate entity . |
| 22 | In family 5 the mother 's brother had previously been confirmed by muscle biopsy and so a biopsy on the infant was thought unnecessary . |
| 23 | A big erm pitcher full of tea and then a basket tied on my back with the sandwiches and and the cake of scone my mother used to back more often . |
| 24 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 25 | He needs an impressive victory , for manager Mickey Duff is already planning bigger things , such as a European title fight in the near future and possibly a world challenge by the end of 1992 . |
| 26 | There are families in whom the two conditions coexist raising the possibility that they share a similar genetic predisposition and possibly a common transmissable agent such as a mycobacterium . |
| 27 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 28 | PURCHASING Orford Ness , the coastal shingle spit once used for atomic weapons research and now a wildlife haven , will cost the National Trust £3.11 million , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's an exciting challenge , and I am confident , given time , thorough research and perhaps a little bit of luck , we will find them . ’ |
| 30 | Not all information will be regarded as of equal weight and therefore a truly total assessment is unattainable . |