Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power to grant injunctions , which now arises under section 37 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , is a discretionary power , which should not as a matter of principle be fettered by rules . |
| 2 | It is a commitment to a set of practical arrangements that should not for a minute outlive its usefulness . |
| 3 | Our struggle has taught us also that black workers must never for a moment entertain the thought of separate black unions . |
| 4 | I think we 'll along with a . |
| 5 | The merest blemish on a Rolls Royce might render it unmerchantable whereas it might not on a humbler car . |
| 6 | you 'll not in a place |
| 7 | This makes the book an easy introduction to what might otherwise to a frustrating branch of photography . |
| 8 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |
| 9 | War may once upon a time have been a reasonably satisfactory , or at least not utterly unsatisfactory way of securing certain kinds of social change . |
| 10 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |
| 11 | On occasion he tried to recruit the Pope into his efforts , and the Americans in general could never understand why the Pope-like Ayatollah ( ’ His Holiness the Imam ’ ) could not with a snap of his fingers , get the hostages released . |
| 12 | And Rosalba roused her heavy , hollow limbs and submitted to the tasks , finding in the repetitiousness of domestic labours a lulling routine that could still for a time the kind of sickness she had contracted . |
| 13 | But this novel has not just one but two barmen who could also at a pinch be hailed as lords of language . |
| 14 | A lucky lasgun shot at max could sheer through a flexible joint in armour . |
| 15 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 16 | there was something going on , whether or not there was , I do n't know I said she could n't in a couple of years time , she said I du n no , she says she 's only twenty six |
| 17 | Humanity could then as a whole be thought to be summed up in Christ . |
| 18 | You 'd never in a million years see a dancing man in a field in the country . |
| 19 | Indeed , some sorts of pollution may also for a time evade detection in the laboratory . |
| 20 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 21 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 22 | It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States . |
| 23 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 24 | Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter . |
| 25 | Having said that , I would not as a film producer be here today without sums of money like the Eady levy [ a tax on cinema seats ] . |
| 26 | Of the former figure , 4149 were compulsory while 6684 companies were would up without a court order . |
| 27 | Erm , I do n't think that er , in structural terms therefore a , a change of government would er , make a great deal , a difference , then you come to er , the general effect of a , a change of government er , I think at the moment we 're living in a situation of uncertainty and er , a clear majority erm , for any party would probably from a business point of view erm , remove the uncertain short term . |
| 28 | I think it would really in a way and yet the people in know how you sing so the whereas the maybe would n't know . |
| 29 | they tried to go out for a meal , I do n't know whether it was christmas day or boxing day down in and they could n't get n in nowhere , I said well you would n't on a boxing day ! |
| 30 | By the side you ca n't with a terrace , can you really , yeah , I think any terrace , surely would have two doors on the front , would n't it ? |