Example sentences of "[adv] an [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that it is often difficult to determine how long an individual has been drinking . |
| 2 | Royalties on record sales govern how much an artist earns from his or her recording career . |
| 3 | With this in mind perhaps an emphasis needs to be placed on the more practical application of embalming and a greater value placed on course examinations and assessment . |
| 4 | A pharmaceutical salesperson will discuss with doctors the problems which have arisen with patient treatment ; perhaps an ointment has been ineffective or a harmful side-effect has been discovered . |
| 5 | Obviously an individual does not have the freedom to work . |
| 6 | So an animal needs to distinguish between a dangerous predator on the lookout for a meal , and a harmless one just passing by . |
| 7 | So an apple contains 50–60 kilocalories , not 50–60 calories . |
| 8 | But less-than-proper advertisers offer real dollar notes to Yellow Pages , so an accommodation has to be reached . |
| 9 | All expenses are paid by the band 's members as with any hobby , so an accountant does n't need to be involved , although there are certain precautionary steps which should be taken at this early stage . |
| 10 | So an appeal has been launched to raise £1 million to build a new , larger Elgar library and museum on nearby land . |
| 11 | What is missed by those who follow Nettl 's view , is that a number of Marxists would probably agree , in the sense that the idea of the state as merely an agent distorts the observed contradictions within the bourgeoisie , and assumes a purely passive role for the state in capitalism . |
| 12 | This stems from the fact that the less an expert discloses of his work , the less anyone can find fault with it . |
| 13 | Thus an ability represents what a person can do now , whereas a capacity is essentially a potential . |
| 14 | Now , however , consider what happens if we take pragmatics to be the study of the contribution of context to language understanding : suppose normally an aunt gives her nephew T , but on an occasion switches to V , then in order to predict the intended ironic or angry meaning , a pragmatic theory must have available the detailed recipe for usage that tells us that V is not the normal usage , and thus not to be taken at face value . |
| 15 | Soon an object reaches meteorite size , and then finishes up as a planet-sized object , all within a few thousand years . |
| 16 | Nonetheless an effort has been made in the final chapter to draw some conclusions about the contemporary impact of changes that have occurred . |
| 17 | er , and if ever an incident happens in our part of Leicester , and there 's a police statement about it , it 's usually quoting him . |
| 18 | Once an individual obtains meat he attempts to protect it and eat it privately . |
| 19 | At the moment , in contrast , a domicile of choice is lost once an individual ceases to be present in the host country and the domicile of origin revives . |
| 20 | Finally , there is the danger that once an organisation disbands its own workforce it may be exploited by monopolistic outside suppliers . |
| 21 | Once an SPR has been submitted , all users who may be affected by it are informed , via the mail system , of its existence . |
| 22 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
| 23 | Thus undergraduate physics is always being decapitated — once an aspect grows to be important , it is lopped off and becomes an engineering subject ( electronics , semiconductor devices , fibre optics , acoustics , quantum electronics , electron microscopy , etc. , etc. , etc . ) . |
| 24 | In a similar manner to the procedure for SPRs , once an SSR has been fully entered into LIFESPAN it should be submitted for distribution to all affected users . |
| 25 | In a similar manner to the procedure for SPRs , once an SSR has been fully entered into LIFESPAN it should be submitted for distribution to all affected users using option 4.3.0 . |
| 26 | Once an imbalance occurs between the number of males waiting to acquire units and the number of units that can be taken over or entered , the system could go into a series of oscillations which would be self-perpetuating , at least for some time . |
| 27 | Once an infection takes hold it is difficult for antibiotics to destroy all the bacteria , so some survive to start more trouble later . |
| 28 | My guess is that most have been discarded once an aircraft goes out of service , or even worse , confined to the skip when a travel agent or airline goes out of business . |
| 29 | Once an advertiser knows the ACORN types he wants to aim at , he has a number of options . |
| 30 | Usually an owner responds by placing the building on the market for the simple reason that most owners would rather sell to anyone than the local authority . |