Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 2 | There may also have been certain conditions of the advance ( eg that a woodworm infestation shall be treated before completion , that certain repairs shall have been carried out or a deduction made from the mortgage loan until they have been ) . |
| 3 | The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " . |
| 4 | It was enough that a government official in the OEOB , with its mock-French , slightly creepy grandeur , right beside the White House , had told him not to tell anybody . |
| 5 | ‘ But they realise that a partnership government would be better than a Labour government , and much better than a minority government of either party . ’ |
| 6 | He was led to believe that he would receive better than a university education with Mr. Wickstead as his personal tutor . |
| 7 | Lasers run at 300 dots per inch , about four times better than a matrix printer . |
| 8 | The dishes below are filling and delicious , while at the same time ‘ good for you ’ — far better than a chocolate bar or sweet biscuits . |
| 9 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 10 | Better than a bull fight . |
| 11 | The 15-year-old Eastbourne School fourth former , whose athletic talents were first recognised by PE teacher Simon Hanniford , won the youths 3,000 metres in 9 mins 9.3 secs 10.7 secs better than a BAF grade two standard beating second placed Gregg Scott , of North Shields Polytechnic , by 53 seconds . |
| 12 | She was also told in order to calm her down that a blood transfusion was most unlikely and she did not have to face , it appears , the possible serious or even fatal consequences of her decision . |
| 13 | Parapets gradually grew lower and lower until the trench became little deeper than a roadside ditch . |
| 14 | We need electoral reform so that a minority government with a 100seat advantage can not implement the extremist policies of the Eighties again . |
| 15 | The purpose of these ports was to spread out American naval forces so that a sneak attack could not cripple the fleet , although others suggested that their intent was actually to spread the pork as widely as possible . |
| 16 | Hinged along its top edge , it was possible to open the gun so that a film loop could be inserted round its profile . |
| 17 | So I think that er to put parental investment theory centre stage is more reliable and better than the rather old-fashioned biological approach which in talking about sex emphasise things like sex chromosomes and hormones , so that a sex chromosome in a mammal for instance was something that a male had but a female did n't and this gave rise to hormonal effects like those of testosterone erm which are thought to be very important . |
| 18 | The overall aim is to improve the education and training environment so that a teacher/student ratio of 1:12 will be realised , and that ‘ the facilities available for education and training should be no less than the best provided in higher education establishment ’ . |
| 19 | There is a self that coheres over time , so that a person p 2 at time t 2 is in some sense identical to the person p 1 at time t 1 . |
| 20 | So much so that a theatre fireman laughed so loud that he fell over , accidentally rang the firebell and brought the curtain down prematurely . |
| 21 | Then , through a series of interpreters , they called for the Nez Perce to cease making war upon other tribes , so that a trading post could be established . |
| 22 | The quantities of waste water are often great , so that a treatment plant designed to cope adequately with them may have to be large and therefore expensive to install . |
| 23 | If the filling-in soil is a little moist , so that a moisture contact is made with the wet soil underneath , there should be no need for further watering . |
| 24 | It has been suggested that the supply of slaves dried up and that slaves are by their nature infertile , so that a slave population dies out if not constantly recruited ; but neither proposition can be defended . |
| 25 | I rotated the nails so that a cheese paring of wax was scoured from the surface of the drum . |
| 26 | The pace of change varied according to the region so that a building layout considered out of date in one area might still be fashionable in another . |
| 27 | The United Kingdom introduced legislation requiring the fitting of a ‘ dim-dip ’ device , invoking safety grounds , but it was held that the EEC directives on motor vehicle headlights regulated the matter in an exhaustive manner , so that a Member State could not require a form of lighting which was not listed in those directives . |
| 28 | The French manufacturers Arva , who have been making an interesting alternative range of transceivers for some years , have now developed a system of amplifying the radio signal so that a ski patroller in a helicopter can home in on a buried skier . |
| 29 | Provide the inside with a channel so that a table tennis ball thrown in the top will come out of the front . |
| 30 | The seed of such plants loses its viability — ability to germinate — more quickly , so that a spring sowing is likely to result in fewer seedlings . |