Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If property is given away and the taxpayer reserves a benefit the 100 per cent relief should still be available provided certain conditions are satisfied . |
| 2 | He covers a Department the equivalent of which in England and Wales is served by eight or nine Ministries . |
| 3 | He visits a university a month , talking to academics , and is impressed by the ‘ tremendous potential of the work . |
| 4 | If a bird is defending a territory in order to exploit as efficiently as possible the food resources on it , the bird should ensure that it defends a territory no larger than necessary . |
| 5 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
| 6 | If someone drops a pebble a metre away from a ghost crab , the crab will instantly run to the spot . |
| 7 | He writes a letter a few years later when he remembers : |
| 8 | At one extreme is the person who starts a diet every morning and has broken it by the evening . |
| 9 | Not quite so bad is the man or woman who starts a diet every Monday , is quite good until Friday , breaks out into wild eating over the weekend , and starts again on Monday . |
| 10 | A class which has a rest every 3 or 4 minutes but trains for an hour would be better off training non-stop for 30 minutes . |
| 11 | ‘ And who has a grudge the size of Mount Everest against you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This man has a brain the size of a pea , he 's a maniac . ’ |
| 13 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 14 | This can be thought of as comprising the following clauses : Roger has a dog The dog is black It is called Ben These can be combined in various ways which would " score " in a count of dependent clauses , e.g. : Roger has a dog , Ben , who is black , Roger has a black dog , who is called Ben , while the initial version does not . |
| 15 | The local Oxford group , for instance , has a meeting every six weeks with talks on medical treatments , new research findings and practical and financial aids available for home care . |
| 16 | The PLP normally has a meeting every Wednesday morning to discuss general issues and a meeting at 6 p.m. every Thursday to consider the next week 's business . |
| 17 | ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’ |
| 18 | Well I 'll I 'll tell No Geoff has a jar a week you see . |
| 19 | He quotes Thomas Jefferson : ‘ This country needs a rebellion every 20 years ' , and the USA has not had one for 200 . ’ |
| 20 | You 'll soon get used to our jargon , and the Drill-Sarn holds a parade every week for all officers in the battalion below Captain . |
| 21 | One in every four women here has an abortion every year . |
| 22 | It is easy to forget that Byrd 's music possesses a chronology no less than Bach 's or Beethoven 's , and that chronology makes a solid basis for good programming . |
| 23 | and the rain scores a bull's-eye every time . |
| 24 | In Kuhn 's words ‘ it is hard to find another criterion that so clearly proclaims a field a science ’ . |
| 25 | ( WES TO READ NEXT ) That 's the conclusion of a new report which says an area the size of four counties has been lost to development since the war . |
| 26 | Stencil , in short , pursues a quest the absurdity of which rules out the modernist option of structuring by myth . |
| 27 | Lastly , a charge affords a chargee a measure of control over the business of the debtor company . |
| 28 | According to market researchers the Gartner Group , it costs a company an astonishing £19,500 or so to run a single personal computer over a five-year period . |
| 29 | I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go . |
| 30 | The sooner boss Brian Clough buys a centre-half the better , for Keane is wasted as a central defender . |