Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout his travels he had met and been impressed by fellow globetrotters from China , and had slowly formulated a plan to create a thorough visual documentation of Chinese civilisation . |
| 2 | ( eg. a BTEC First Certificate or Diploma or SCOTVEC National Certificate Modules in relevant studies , such as in Hotel and Catering ) , or have successfully completed a Catering YTS programme or hold appropriate CGLI certificates in catering and/or accommodation subjects ) . |
| 3 | Holding a dog properly to enable a vet to make the injection requires skill and , on some occasions , a veterinary nurse may not be there to help . |
| 4 | The Bavarian position appears untenable , as the matter is surely a civil one and Article 13 expressly prohibits a refusal based on the ground that the internal law of the state of destination would not permit the action on which the application was based . |
| 5 | I eventually got a chance to read the South Wales Aggregates Working Party 's Regional Commentary which has been sitting on my desk for months . |
| 6 | The 1986 NACAB AGM overwhelmingly passed a resolution expressing concern that the proposals might change the fundamental character of the CAB service and might prejudice its independence , would cut legal services and reduce freedom of choice of legal service to the poor and would damage working relationships between CABx and legal aid practitioners , other advice agencies and law centres . |
| 7 | But baseball is sure eventually to find a way to put its financial house in order . |
| 8 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 9 | Management control thereby has a tendency to become more centralized . |
| 10 | Rarely has a film given me such a warm glow . |
| 11 | At the age of eleven he went to London to work , eventually becoming a butcher employed by Thomas Pickworth , a staunch Calvinist . |
| 12 | So in the Westinghouse case , one group of witnesses successfully claimed a privilege existing in English law , while another group of witnesses successfully relied upon a privilege existing in the law of the United States , the requesting State . |
| 13 | Naturally , what the duke had in mind was his own political interest , and his managers duly picked a man named Hamilton for the vacant charge , a gentleman whose brother was a bailie of one of the royal burghs in which the Montrose faction took an interest . |
| 14 | No , because right has a tummy bug this week and she did n't phone or nothing like to say I do n't wan na phone Margaret she do n't wan na know so I do n't know why you 're bugging her for ! |
| 15 | While the university is taken to stand at " the apex of the educational edifice " , its position there is sufficiently elevated to cause the writers of the Report to retreat ( in this instance only ) into a narrow conception of their frame of reference , thereby justifying a refusal to address the work of the universities as a whole . |
| 16 | New technology and more international competition will eventually create more jobs than they destroy , as they have for the past two centuries , if they are only given a chance to work . |
| 17 | If you want to include iron losses ( occurring in the magnetic core due to the periodically change flux ) as well , you should better consult a book having a bigger section on transformers . |
| 18 | It is doubtful how much influence a critic has today , though high claims are made for Clement Greenberg as the promoter of American Abstract Expressionism . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 20 | These extra guitar-gauge strings lie on the topside of each ‘ bass ’ string , so using a plectrum lets the instrument operate to maximum effect , since the drones are struck first — as with a 12-string guitar . |
| 21 | A pixel addressable printer can obviously reproduce a bit mapped image , and page description formats have developed to allow this . |
| 22 | I suppose I had better make a move to get some clothes on you think ? |
| 23 | A close connection was evidently established between the territories dominated by the northern Anglian king and the claims of the church of York to wide-ranging ecclesiastical authority in north Britain , these claims perhaps encouraging a tendency to exaggerate the extent of the Northumbrian hegemony . |
| 24 | She sat with bowed head for a moment then looked directly at him and replied , ‘ It is only my child , sir , the wanting of my child , and suddenly seeing a way to get him , and then it being taken away . |
| 25 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |
| 26 | Allon , who only passed a fitness test an hour before the kick-off , was on hand to lob home a long clearance from defender Jamie Bates to record his fourth goal in five games since his record £275,000 signing from Chelsea last month . |
| 27 | Valuations are an important part of the range of services offered by MAS , especially since they can lead to further work within the department , eg handling a disposal based on a valuation provided by us . |
| 28 | It not only imposes a duty to pay , but also sets up ( not necessarily in the same statute ) the machinery for collecting and distributing the money . |
| 29 | he only needs a couple to get them |
| 30 | I do n't know , I just do n't know anyway I mean it only needs a yard do n't it ? |