Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all philosophically minded people of Clement 's age , except for only a tiny handful of Epicureans , took it for granted that the order of the world reflects a designing providential hand . |
| 2 | He ca n't afford hot water , except for twice a week when he puts on his immersion heater for a bath . |
| 3 | That was no jackdaw 's call — although for just a moment I had taken it to be . |
| 4 | In 1987 imports into Britain fell by 12 per cent , although with around a fifth of the market we remained easily the world 's biggest tea importers . |
| 5 | Firstly , it is likely that the NHS will survive , albeit in perhaps a very different shape in 2000 to that in 1990 . |
| 6 | Because production is a continuous process of reinvention , entrepreneurial efforts are focused on many thousands of small ideas rather than on just a few big ones . |
| 7 | But McMahon and Greene 's model predicted that there was an ideal between these two extremes , a surface at which the runner would be deflected more quickly than on either a harder or a softer track . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was stupid of me , but I had expected so much , if in rather a vague way , that the reality was a bitter shock : I was unqualified , I had no degree , I was n't even trained as a secretary . |
| 9 | This means that you should plan to start work on a big system early in the day and keep at it until at least a complete section of the warren has been dealt with . |
| 10 | The classic reds of Bordeaux are best left until at least a decade after the vintage date printed on the label . |
| 11 | During the second six months he can , and may get a little work ; but until at least a year after the end of pupillage he will probably have to live on his parents or spouse . |
| 12 | A single node will recognise something if at least a certain number of its inputs are on , so it is basically a counting device . |
| 13 | The main constraint operating on the community relations police in West Belfast is in establishing contact with youth groups and schools in the area because of either a general resistance to the police or fear of intimidation from Republican paramilitary organizations as a result of involvement in a community relations programme . |
| 14 | ‘ Clogging ’ of these stents by material comparable with the one seen in plastic stents has not been seen , probably because of both a larger diameter of the lumen and the nature of the stent 's inner lining after re-epithelialisation . |
| 15 | At one level an attractive feature of goods subject to excise taxes is that they are relatively price-inelastic in demand , so that it is possible to raise taxation appreciably and increase revenue , because with only a modest effect on the level of consumption there is a small excess burden . |
| 16 | Whereas in Out a single dominant ideology acts as a structuring device on a wide variety of discourses in the society portrayed , in Such two discourses are selected and their interaction is staged within the mind of the protagonist . |
| 17 | Members can also choose how long they wish to stay at the ‘ weekend ’ , whether for just a morning or afternoon or for the whole day-and-a-half . |
| 18 | Close — the pupil sees the choice as between only a few alternative possibilities . |
| 19 | Over the years she had grown to love him in a familiar , comfortable sort of way , though of late a change in temperament had made him difficult . |
| 20 | Another unexpected and disturbing event , though of quite a different order , occurred one evening in 1973 when I was preparing the late night showing of 24 Hours . |
| 21 | And another highlight , though of quite a different kind , was in store next . |
| 22 | And then to withhold one 's vote as with almost a matter of habit and routine , that can not be in the best interests of the Conservative party . |
| 23 | By the end of 1954 Nato , though with not a little reluctance , was agreeing to the new strategy . |
| 24 | Indeed , it was the same social and economic variables ( low socio-economic status and powerlessness ) that ‘ explained ’ crime ( though in quite a different way — by increasing vulnerability to labelling rather than by increasing actual deviation ) . |
| 25 | There are various technical terms for these two parts , and also differences of opinion as to where a particular clause divides , but still , this much seems agreed : the clause has a bi-partite structure , and the function of the choice as to what information we put in which part is to enable us to bring different bits of information into differing degrees of prominence . |
| 26 | As to where a company resides which may be relevant for some purposes , a company or corporation resides where it carries on business and it can reside in more places than one ( Davies v British Geon Ltd [ 1956 ] 3 All ER 389 ) . |
| 27 | The question remains , however , as to when a potency level is actually reached and how many succussions are needed to reach it and also whether different dilution factors need different amounts . |
| 28 | If you do not do so , you may be left in some doubt as to when a constructive dismissal occurs . |
| 29 | Manorial court records sometimes give useful clues as to when a particular building existed ( even when it was built ) , but seldom are there clues to the sizes or layout . |
| 30 | The present author was much intrigued as to why a northern merchant family should choose what seemed to be a most inappropriate device ( unless as indicative of their aggressive commercial practices ) . |