Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was a bit religious but they did n't kind of drum it into you , they used to go on about church a bit . |
| 2 | Luckily for Paul a donor was found and he 's now made an almost complete recovery . |
| 3 | Does he agree that , as we approach the Christmas season , it would be appropriate to have a homeless children 's Christmas bonus , perhaps of £10 a week , and then longer-term arrangements through supplement for income support , so that we can guarantee that every child in bed-and-breakfast accommodation can have a hot meal every day ? |
| 4 | I call upon Councillor to move the recommendations of the Community and Environment Services Committee , together with amendment A standing in his name . |
| 5 | At the end of April the average price of a basket of seven crudes monitored by OPEC was $15.37 per 42-gallon ( 184-litre ) barrel , down from $17.12 a barrel at the beginning of the month . |
| 6 | It is perhaps in part a matter of date which makes Dornford Yates 's novels seem high-flown and absurd to us where we can accommodate ourselves to the formalities of Anthony Hope 's Ruritania . |
| 7 | So in fact a recommendation was carefully constructed to allow y your committee the opportunity of , of questioning other elements of the plan at the time at which that is put to us . |
| 8 | So in theory a computer , by comparing the pattern of voltages registered by the voltmeters at all the portholes , could calculate the pattern of obstacles around the fish . |
| 9 | Ramey 's focus is much sharper than Willard White 's , and it is only in part a question of vocal quality . |
| 10 | For the ‘ unfortunate disturbances ’ were in no sense ‘ random shocks ’ and the easy money regime was only in part a policy preference . |
| 11 | Behind his back they called him a " Jaune " — a " yellow " with its unmistakable implication of cowardice ; if feeling more tactful they called him an " Annamite " — but was n't that only in truth a man of China 's ancient colony , the " Pacified South " ? |
| 12 | Yeah so minus times a minus is plus . |
| 13 | But Allen was only wrong in that the price collapsed suddenly to ls a pound . |
| 14 | He promised to bring inflation down to 4% a year from its current 12% , and to create 1m jobs in the next two years . |
| 15 | Prices steadied and ended the day largely unchanged after November traded down to £677 a tonne , the lowest for 14 years . |
| 16 | To be fair , there are some sharpish lines , such as Frye 's indignant response to being told to keep his expenses down to £300 a week : ‘ But I spill £300 a week . ’ |
| 17 | I came down to earth a bit when Harry Enfield came on to thunderous applause . |
| 18 | We were intending to visit the island anyway , so on arrival a week later we called on Tony 's coach . |
| 19 | If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car . |
| 20 | Li Shai Tung stared thoughtfully at Shepherd a moment , then set his glass down and opened the folder . |
| 21 | A star at a recent tasting was Schinus Molle for £8.99 ( also from Haughton Fine wines at the same price ) , while a new introduction , Killewarrs Rosé , is soft , fruity and frivolous , especially at £4.49 a bottle . |
| 22 | But before the idea is condemned out of hand , let us remember that the price of petrol has just been brought down by 18p a gallon . |
| 23 | Knowing as he does that his uncle has to hold down by discipline a crew with an unusual number of criminals and malcontents , he is still disturbed by the flogging of Jesse Broad and Joyce and the masthead punishment of Thomas Fox . |
| 24 | Edwin Montagu by contrast , although indisputably by birth a member of la grande juiverie , was by inclination almost a professional non-Jew . |
| 25 | Expect to pay upward of £40 a day for half-board . |
| 26 | Shortly after midnight a number of shots were fired at Oldpark and Woodburn RUC stations . |
| 27 | Shortly after dawn a party of Germans entered a railway carriage at Compiègne and by the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month , the Armistice was signed and the war was over . |
| 28 | Just after formation a spot may involve its own type of motion . |
| 29 | Already he was well enough off to pay his army , with 6d [ 2.5p ] a day for the rank and file and 1s 0d [ 5p ] for the gentry , and soon after Prestonpans a ship bringing money , arms and a French ambassador-cum-political-adviser arrived at Montrose , 62 miles [ 99 km ] from Edinburgh , followed by two others carrying six field guns and a number of Irish officers . |
| 30 | Normally of course a party will appoint a single agent . |