Example sentences of "[conj] sometimes a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A machine that refuses to boot indicates incorrect power supply connections or sometimes a reversed IDE hard disk ribbon cable . |
| 2 | There is also an adult with them at all times , often a parent or sometimes a social worker . |
| 3 | They slip and slide against each other — somewhat ponderously , since they proceed at no more than a foot a year and sometimes a great deal less . |
| 4 | Just a few more vegetables or a bouillon cube , ’ he turned to Penelope , smiling , ‘ and sometimes a great deal too many potatoes . ’ |
| 5 | The progress department is sometimes part of the production department and sometimes a separate entity . |
| 6 | The addenda comprise — where appropriate — appendices , diagrams and tables , descriptions of equipment and method , acknowledgements and sometimes a technical abstract and a preface ( which is added just after the title page ) . |
| 7 | And sometimes a job-related problem may lead to a need for legal advice on something else . |
| 8 | They usually had a thick , armoured skin , as well as possessing advanced features such as predentary bone , and sometimes a complex set of teeth set in a horny mouth . |
| 9 | It was Annabel 's friendship and her acceptance by the Kirkley family that really kept her in the House of Christ the Saviour , where there was no laughter except in the kitchen with Sister Cecilia and sometimes a covert smile from Sister Aloysius . |
| 10 | Endowment policies are not always appropriately matched to the client and sometimes a low-cost endowment would suffice instead of a full endowment policy , or a term insurance policy would be more appropriate than an endowment . |
| 11 | These stories are full of affectionate humour and wit , and sometimes a little sadness . |
| 12 | Structuralist Marxism originated in France in the 1960s , especially in the work of the communist philosopher Louis Althusser , although other key writers have included Poulantzas ( who sometimes uses the arbiter model and sometimes a functional approach ) . |
| 13 | In France , the cake is called Galette des Rois ( King 's cake ) and sometimes a dried bean and pea are baked in the mix . |
| 14 | They tend to be alkaline , with soluble salts at the plant-soil interface and sometimes a brown mineral horizon below . |
| 15 | The main symptom is heartburn — a sharp pain behind the breastbone , caused by acidic stomach juices irritating the gullet , and sometimes a bitter taste in the mouth . |
| 16 | Worst of all , the heavy four-motor cars were a drain on the electrical distribution system , especially in South Shore , and sometimes a whole section would go ‘ dead ’ . |
| 17 | But there were mistakes and sometimes a wrong tune was precented which did not fit the words , and on one or two occasions the congregation took up a tune of their own which was not intended in my precenting . |
| 18 | Birds rarely employ death-feigning but sometimes a small bird held in the human hand has been seen to collapse motionless and lie very still . |
| 19 | When we went ashore , the transport was not always an air-conditioned coach but sometimes a rickety taxi , a horse cab or even a farm trailer hauled by a tractor . |
| 20 | The sergeant was buoyant and resilient but sometimes a dark mood ambushed him . |
| 21 | But sometimes a similar result can be obtained by casting the cow and rolling her over , so why not by making her run ? |
| 22 | But sometimes a double bill would show at the Ritz and nowhere else . |
| 23 | But sometimes a socialist government seems bent on pre-empting such policy moves . |
| 24 | Let her take a favourite toy or comfort object with her , as sometimes a little piece of home can make her feel more secure among strangers . |