Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | They seemed to be mostly line-and-wash with an occasional burst of colour , and even when I got close to them I found I had to concentrate to see what they were about . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't you think he looks rather divine as an officer ? ’ |
| 3 | Unlike the natural sciences , which deal largely in results , the social sciences are rightly concerned for practice , perhaps because results are rarely possible in an exact mathematical sense . |
| 4 | Our task was to persuade teachers that classroom discussion of linguistic terms could be stimulating and creative , even if a long account of children 's talk looked a little strange in an official Report directed to the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | Because the hypergastrinaemia in H pylori infection is predominantly due to an increase in the antral gastrin form , gastrin heptadecapeptide ( G17 ) , we infused G17 intravenously and determined the effect of eradication of H pylori on acid secretion , parietal cell sensitivity to gastrin , and the metabolic clearance of G17 . |
| 6 | Doctrinaire Anglicization marked some of these changes , but Somerset 's enduring reputation was rather that of an autocrat , as appeared from his conflict with leaders of English-speaking opinion in the colonial community , George Greig , John Fairbairn , and Thomas Pringle , who successfully used the governor 's quarrels with two reprobate settlers to demand press freedom . |
| 7 | Merrick was Kent 's most prolific wicket-taker last summer with 61 and Penn , who took 52 , the most economical with an average of 25.44 . |
| 8 | The ban on all sales and supplies to Iraq and Kuwait specifically included arms ; it excluded medical supplies and , in wording made less specific following an initiative by Ethiopia , the supply of food in humanitarian circumstances . |
| 9 | Jade was apparently right for an emperor , jade and pearls for an official of grades 1–3 , jade and gold for those of grades 4–7 , gold or silver for gentry and silver for ordinary folk . |
| 10 | This relatively weak coalification is obviously due to an early ‘ Pre-Permian updoming ’ of the Westphalian and to a late subsidence in very recent times which caused a very young re-coalification that is not yet in equilibrium with the present depth and temperature . |
| 11 | STAR Trek star Patrick Stewart was so upset by an episode dealing with torture he studied harrowing tapes of interviews with victims . |
| 12 | Kingdom membership was only possible through an act of God . |
| 13 | Suddenly from behind that bush he hears a rustle and some movement , obviously that of an animal . |
| 14 | The deep red , main crop rhubarb — although much coarser with an often stringy skin — has a clean , tart flavour . |
| 15 | As it was , I believe my judgement proved quite sound on the question of timing ; the fact that things turned out as they did is entirely attributable to an error of judgement in another direction altogether . |
| 16 | For example , the Winter of Discontent was not only destructive in an economic sense . |
| 17 | The most obvious consequence of removing the hippocampus in the rat is that the animals have an immense difficulty in refraining from responses that lead to punishment , a deficit in passive avoidance apparently due to an inability to inhibit inappropriate responses . |
| 18 | An element within the Preprotachykinin A ( PPT ) promoter is highly homologous to an element from the rat type II Na channel promoter . |
| 19 | I feel for him , for he is a man who has never lived the life of a man , but only that of an overgrown schoolboy . |
| 20 | My late arrival was entirely due to an unenjoyable ride on British Rail . |
| 21 | But if you are currently aching to play our exciting , educational , fun-for-all-the-family boardgame , Landslide ( order an extra copy now for your friend or household pet ! ) , but are unable to do so due to an embarrassingly die-free domestic situation , all you have to do is write a letter to me , addressed to Oi ! |
| 22 | It is apparent that the aversion developed only poorly with an exposure-test interval of 3.5 h but that conditioning proceeded more readily ( latent inhibition was attenuated although not abolished ) when the interval was increased . |
| 23 | The matter is , however , far from conclusive and the presence of the southern building on a different alignment , much nearer to an east-west axis , with the entrance at the west side , raises the possibility that a small Christian shrine was built to sanctify the site ; , but this , according to the rather tenuous argument over the coins , did not take place until the end of the century . |
| 24 | She thought about the Josephs , apparently guilty of an especially heartless and greedy crime , and wondered how they had got drugs into the United States and whether they would ever do so again . |
| 25 | so fifty to an hour would be |
| 26 | These provisions vary depending on the nature of your work — a building site is obviously different from an office . |
| 27 | Observe , for instance , the ungrammaticality of ( 2 ) , and , while ( 3 ) is acceptable , it is only acceptable with an interpretation that bears no systematic relation to the sentence in ( 1 ) : ( 2 ) *how does muzak drive them ? ( 3 ) how will the mixture turn the buttons ? |
| 28 | The humility of the common object is especially clear in an area of mass material culture such as furnishing . |
| 29 | If tension was so high in an area not stricken by famine , it may be assumed that as much or more violence occurred in regions like the Ukraine and Tambov guberniia , which were nearly as badly off as the Volga . |
| 30 | This is often not quite so unpleasant as an aa flow to move across ; instead of loose angular cindery material , the surface consists of big , angular , smooth-sided blocks of solid lava , much more agreeable to touch and walk over . |