Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Such techniques provide both a role-playing and control procedure which can be used to reduce the uncertainty of the proposed design . |
| 32 | As far as the new rent is concerned , options fall into four categories : ( 1 ) options to renew " at a rent to be agreed " : such options are void for uncertainty unless some provision is made for determination of the rent in default of agreement ( King 's Motors ( Oxford ) Ltd v Lax [ 1969 ] 3 All ER 665 ) or some provision is made for a minimum or a maximum rent ( Corson v Rhuddlan BC [ 1990 ] 1 EGLR 255 ) ; ( 2 ) options to renew at a rent to be determined in accordance with some stated formula , without any effective machinery for working it out : if necessary the court will supply the machinery in such cases ( Brown v Gould [ 1972 ] Ch 53 ) ; ( 3 ) options with machinery but no detailed formula : in such cases the court is likely to imply a term that the rent is to be fair and reasonable between the landlord and the tenant and will supply machinery for its determination ( Sudbrooke Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [ 1982 ] 3 All ER 1 ) ; ( 4 ) options which provide both a formula and the machinery for working it out : the draftsman should attempt to make his draft fall into this category . |
| 33 | It had been reported to the Committee by schools operating such a series of tests that the motivation of their pupils was increased because tests at different levels provide both an incentive and evidence of progress over several terms . |
| 34 | I want both a doggy |
| 35 | We propose here a name for the gene we have partly described , and for the protein products ( GGFs , NDF , ARIA , heregulins ) derived from it . |
| 36 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 37 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 38 | I say virtually a spectator role , for the teacher is likely still to endow the pupils with a role label — ‘ I have a patient outside . |
| 39 | ‘ I sense almost a vendetta in this town and I 'll never start another business in Northallerton under the heel of such a group . |
| 40 | It is frequently not permanent , however , and the exercise can usefully be repeated at intervals , say twice a year . |
| 41 | Beneath the castle he proposes to open a bay in the woods and build there a cottage that ‘ will give an air of cheerfulness and inhabitancy to the scene which would without it be too sombre , because the castle tho ’ perfectly in character with the solemn dignity of the surrounding woods , increases rather than relieves the apparent solitude ’ . |
| 42 | Second point is that Barton Willmore say again a settlement of two and a half thousand is needed in order to be viable , well a settlement of two and a half thousand can not possibly be justified under the statistics that we have heard to date , and it is ni it is noteworthy that Barton Willmore representative did not actually promote a need argument , therefore the settlement at two and a half thousand is n well the settlement at two and a half thousand is not necessary , and anything less than that is unsustainable , so therefore in my in my view that is a a further reason why it should not be contemplated as a solution . |
| 43 | And I say over a year now difficulty . |
| 44 | The most commonly seen current formulations of this model alternatively emphasize either a maximizing human nature determined by biology , or a tabula rasa wholly tractable to the collective will of society , either the ‘ selfish gene ’ , or the selfless primitive communist at one with the collective consciousness of his group . |
| 45 | Not surprisingly , therefore , whereas in 1949–50 means-tested benefits accounted for only 12.7 per cent of the social security budget , they now command over a quarter of all social security expenditure ( Reform of Social Security : Background Papers , Cmnd. 9519 , pp. 28–9 ) . |
| 46 | He thinks you want either a windscreen wiper arm or a window regulator arm . |
| 47 | You eat just a little bit more . |
| 48 | That 's it , you eat just a little bit more . |
| 49 | Under these circumstances , it is not surprising that objective measurements are not commonplace in clinical practice and remain largely a research tool . |
| 50 | I back away a bit , and kneel down . |
| 51 | Alan Clayson 's attempt to paint a clearer picture is severely hampered by Harrison 's refusal to co-operate , thus leaving Clayson to read every press clipping , interview anyone who ever knew him , and cobble together a book out of it . |
| 52 | Alan Clayson 's attempt to paint a clearer picture is severely hampered by Harrison 's refusal to co-operate , thus leaving Clayson to read every press clipping , interview anyone who ever knew him , and cobble together a book out of it . |
| 53 | However , too often , their attitudes reveal only a narrowness of mind and a sad lack of common humanity , ’ she said . |
| 54 | As children grow up , and the pedal bike becomes the motorbike , they have areas to test their skills , where tumbles cause only a bruise or a tear . |
| 55 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
| 56 | Okay and if we put perhaps a water tank here and the water 's trying to get out and we 've got these two big pipes , go through one big pipe and one little pipe . |
| 57 | Tropical oceanic waters , generally poor in nutrients and productivity , support only a fraction of the biomass found in the cold northern and southern oceans . |
| 58 | In this document , therefore , we list only a selection . |
| 59 | So the £1,000 million would , in reality , cost only a fraction of that sum and yet create greater national stability and harmony . |
| 60 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |