Example sentences of "[that] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't
2 I mean that rather a nice Chinese restaurant in the high street does take away .
3 During the last years of the war it was noticed that rather a high proportion of soldiers were failing to be cured by the standard doses of M & B 693 , as the sulphonamide was called , and this was the first clue to the potential in the gonococcus for developing resistance to antibiotics .
4 Indeed it was still argued that determined efforts should be made towards monetary union so that eventually a common currency could be issued by a European central bank .
5 An increase of at least 10 per cent will be demanded by union representatives , who will argue that only a substantial rise will improve morale .
6 In the preface , the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed .
7 However , it is not true that only a superficial representation determines the interpretation of a surface anaphor , or that the final interpretation is always the one that the superficial representation licenses .
8 Further validation is needed , says the NII , before it will accept CEGB assurances that only a limited number of rods will experience significant ballooning .
9 Though in this form the list looks a long one , it must be remembered that only a limited number of schools have introduced more than a few changes .
10 Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea .
11 Occasionally Harvard dealers would have colleagues shout out that only a limited line of stock was left .
12 Michael Meacher and Frank Field have stressed that only a limited circle of people were actively involved in formulating the industrial policy proposals , and that beyond this circle , understanding of the proposals was rather minimal .
13 Davis and Moore assume that only a limited number of individuals have the talent to acquire the skills necessary for the functionally most important positions .
14 The hon. Member for Ogmore said that the opinion polls demonstrated that only a limited number of people would be interested in total deregulation .
15 This ‘ molecular bridging ’ approach was successful ( but inefficient ) when viral particles were coupled to human MHC class I and class II antigens 27 , but not to the human transferrin receptor 28 , and suggests that only a limited number of cell surface antigens can function as surrogate receptors for MoMLV particles .
16 There was a certain warmth and cosiness in this great dilapidated old house that only a gentle soul could create .
17 This was so in Bedfordshire , for example : in 1952 the District Council carried a motion deploring ‘ the withdrawal of the services of a full-time officer of the WEA from Bedfordshire when so large a proportion of branches in the area are so recently formed and still in need of assistance and encouragement that only a full-time organiser or tutor-organiser can give ’ .
18 The second factor that argues against the theory that only a low increase in inflation will result from devaluation is the attitude of the workforce , where wages account for 60% of unit costs .
19 The other motivation for European Union came from the newly-freed countries of Central Europe themselves , who favoured it in the knowledge that only a strong Community , closely knit in a European Union , would have the resources and united will to assist them towards eventual EC membership .
20 That party knows that only a higher court is likely to push forward the boundaries of some legal rule .
21 ‘ It is scandalous that only a tiny fraction of cars in the UK have catalysts fitted .
22 Deep in the shade of the forest , few flowers are formed and pods are even rarer , for another peculiarity of cocoa is that only a tiny proportion of flowers — less than one per cent — are successfully pollinated .
23 There have been numerous suggestions of increased numbers of racial attacks , many supposedly attributable directly or indirectly to the BNP 's presence , although racial attacks in many parts of London are , and have long been , so numerous ( and usually unreported ) that only a tiny fraction even of the most serious could ever be laid at the BNP 's door .
24 Using radiocarbon dating by accelerator mass spectrometry , which requires much less material , means that only a tiny amount of the charcoal underdrawing is required for an accurate dating to be obtained .
25 The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these viruses are found in the ‘ wild ’ , perhaps as few as 50 .
26 Yet it remains true that only a tiny fraction of legal matters end up in court .
27 It is well known that only a great dancer-artist can suggest the development of the sixteen-year-old Aurora , happy at her birthday , into the dreamy figure the Prince meets in the woodland glade and on to her final entrance as a triumphant princess fully awake to her responsibilities as Queen-to-be .
28 In discussing the findings the author concludes that while a number of people do have cause to complain about their medical examination , these results indicate that only a small percentage have problems .
29 She emphasised that only a small proportion of the 30 million eggs eaten daily in the UK would be affected .
30 This contrast is a familiar one in the sociology of policing and the subject of much comment , all of which argues that only a small minority of policemen and women define their work in terms of social service .
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