Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us now turn to one of the definitions most favoured in the literature , albeit mostly in an implicit form . |
| 2 | There was nothing I could do for it this time' ) , but ‘ Is She Really Going Out With Him ? ’ , formerly ditched , now finds itself reinstated , although apparently in a setting designed to tease out its reluctant humour once and for all . |
| 3 | The wheel , of 16 feet diameter , and most of the machinery is still intact although apparently in a poor state of repair . |
| 4 | Unlike Princess Julie , the rest of the family spent their time in repeating malicious gossip about Eugénie 's past life , hinting that she had a more than dubious reputation , but their attitude in no way influenced the Emperor , except perhaps in a contrary sense . |
| 5 | A college lecture is usually one of a series that ostensibly covers a syllabus , printed in the college prospectus ( although perhaps in an abbreviated form ) . |
| 6 | Gurder laughed , although not in a very happy way . |
| 7 | Although not in a sense surprising , the impact of the bare facts is nonetheless considerable : for it emerged that these women spent an average of over three hours on weekdays on various caring activities compared to the 13 minutes offered by men ! |
| 8 | This does not affect the cogency of his criticism and prognostication — the cultural barbarism which he feared has perhaps descended , although not in a form which he could have envisaged . |
| 9 | For events that appear to be crises at the time ( although not in a longer perspective ) occur even in the intervening years . |
| 10 | Secondly , there is ‘ a need to be more giving ’ of oneself than normally in a psychotherapeutic or counselling relationship . |
| 11 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 12 | Any café 'll do , but you ca n't use any of them more than once in a while or they start chucking you out . |
| 13 | The size of the oligonucleotide will determine whether it occurs more than once in a sample DNA and therefore might prime DNA polymerase activity at multiple sites . |
| 14 | That is , if the same grammatical tag is found more than once in a position it is necessary only to know that the tag occurs in that position and the best scores associated with that tag . |
| 15 | A few of our players have an awful lot to prove both to themselves and to the fans i.e. Deane ( to score more than once in a game ) , Newsome ( to defend well against good opposition ) , Fairclough ( to prove to the manager that he is one of the best man to man markers in the game ) . |
| 16 | Referring to Figure 5.7 again , a part that occurs more than once in an assembly only has its new node and box stored at second and subsequent occurrences . |
| 17 | A part that occurs more than once in an assembly only has its new node shown at subsequent entries . |
| 18 | But he was there waiting and looked more handsome than ever in a grey suit with a white shirt . |
| 19 | Mr Babangida 's regime has concentrated power more than ever in a central executive . |
| 20 | The swine looked even more attractive than ever in a black open-necked polo shirt and black jeans . |
| 21 | Our mountain — Chong Kumdan — lay to the east of the Siachen , and although still in a sensitive area , was far enough from the fighting to persuade government officials to sanction our visit . |
| 22 | Although still in a state of shock , Mr Singh has now appointed himself to the full chairmanship and , along with myself , represented the club at the funeral . |
| 23 | A new ( wooden ) professional 's shop was built nearer the first tee and is still to be seen above the Secretary 's office , although now in a poor state of repair and its demolition likely . |
| 24 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 25 | Though his current technique is based on the battle against fast bowling ( he is moving back rather than across in an attempt to eliminate his Achilles heel , the lbw decision ) , he plays slow bowling with rare arrogance . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not talking about investments — except maybe in an emotional sense . |
| 27 | But all the time — from the moment I began to speak , in fact — I knew this was partly a lie : I enjoyed the intrigue of politics , the excitement , the feeling , if only in a limited way , of power . |
| 28 | It is worth trying , even if only in a very small quantity . |
| 29 | Being useful , even if only in a small way , was a marvellous booster of confidence . |
| 30 | By then the working class had made it back on to the front page , if only in a supporting role . |