Example sentences of "an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fanfare is an activity-based course for young learners which promotes a highly positive attitude towards learning English . |
| 2 | An activity-based course is ideal for young learners . |
| 3 | On the one hand , it is difficult to see how some of Porter 's ten cost-drivers can be used to assign costs to products in an activity-based costing sense . |
| 4 | After all , one alternative upon discovering from an activity-based costing system that many products are unprofitable is to focus on reducing their costs rather than close down their production lines . |
| 5 | The idea of changing from a syllabus-dominated to an activity-based curriculum was not welcomed by the headteacher . |
| 6 | In the event , an activity-based curriculum went ahead , albeit somewhat clandestinely . |
| 7 | ‘ As for value for money , it was n't per se my main concern but reorienting it from an activity-based approach of what the cost of something was to VFM in terms of delivery to the patient — evaluating what we were doing well in the sense you or I as doctor-patient would expect , the outcomes of value to the patient , establishing how much it costs to deliver ( something we could n't do but are better at now ) and then asking if it is reasonable value for money or , more interestingly , why it is cheaper in one place than another , benchmarking it . ’ |
| 8 | That Saints managed to cause an upset with nothing more than direct running and honest endeavour , bodes well for Great Britain , though the Kiwis can not be expected to enter the Test arena in such a generous mood . |
| 9 | A goalless first leg at Hillsborough had left the whiff of an upset mingling with the burgers and Bovril , but Wednesday cleared the air ruthlessly with four first-half goals in the space of 23 minutes . |
| 10 | Wainwright will play despite having returned from representing the Barbarians in the Hong Kong Sevens suffering from an upset stomach . |
| 11 | As well as this , I have to remember ‘ Eat regularly , you can not dance on an upset stomach . ’ |
| 12 | My Boss says a man rings in with an upset stomach and you know either he means a hangover or else his brother managed to get him a ticket for Wembley . |
| 13 | The meeting does n't finish until seven , so I sha n't be back for supper ’ , then he would have avoided a painful homecoming and an upset spouse . |
| 14 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 15 | He missed the 2-2 draw with Boro because of an upset stomach . |
| 16 | It led to an upset with a girlfriend , too , I gather . |
| 17 | Given Argyle 's appalling away form , an upset is possible . |
| 18 | DOCTOR , I 'VE GOT AN UPSET STOMACH ! |
| 19 | If he had an upset stomach , it was not something he had eaten , indigestion , but the first sign of a rumbling ulcer . |
| 20 | For example , if your love life is thriving you can manage to maintain your diet , but as soon as there is an upset , or things are not going to smoothly , then your dietary resolutions go out of the window ? |
| 21 | That 's the economy of the motor trade , apparently Henry Ford in America had an upset and er tried to beat the banks and er had loans and he was frightened that they would get control of his business and the we were told that at Dagenham . |
| 22 | They would write a note claiming , for example , ‘ Debbie was off because she had an upset stomach ’ when , in fact , the children were perfectly well . |
| 23 | Dundee opened brightly , harbouring thoughts of an upset , but when Pittman shot wide in seven minutes , their best chance of the match had been squandered . |
| 24 | One of these houses ( No.9 ) was in fact put on the market in 1991 , for an upset price of £90,000 , and was valued at £100,000 — considerably less than £106,000 . |
| 25 | by nervous fingers , how an upset teaspoon will |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't had an upset stomach since … let me see , it would have been February the twelfth , nineteen fifty-three , the occasion when I crossed to Biarritz during a storm and threw up into the Channel . |
| 27 | What she could have done without when she went into her office was to answer the phone and hear Jimmy Webb ring in to ask if she could do without him as he 'd got an upset stomach . |
| 28 | Schwer saw his unbeaten record slip away on cuts , although Burke fought splendidly on the way to an upset victory . |
| 29 | Gent adopted a change of style for the fight and almost pulled off an upset , unbeaten Wharton retaining his championship by the narrowest of margins after the brutal 12-round battle was declared a draw . |
| 30 | Johnson , the former European and British champion , never seriously threatened to cause an upset and Ransome claimed his quarter-final place 15-11 , 15-4 , 13-15 , 15-8 . |