Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only by realising that a painting is much more than one facet of a face , that it is a distillation of a multitude of images of a person , have recent audiences come to see its worth once more . |
| 2 | We shall not pursue this further except to remark that a subject 's consent to be part of an experiment is always obtained . |
| 3 | Others were men of ‘ petit état ’ who , out of daring or a wish to commit pillage , took to this way of life . |
| 4 | Although Godfrey J. correctly concluded that the operation of the taxpayer which generated the taxable profits was one carried on in Hong Kong he went too far in saying that a taxpayer must establish the existence of a profit-generating operation outside Hong Kong if he is to escape a charge to tax under section 14 . |
| 5 | The changes go far beyond rechristening and a new logo . |
| 6 | An attempt should be made to quantify the likely usage through enquiry of those who attend back-to-nursing courses and through local advertisements which seek information from those who would consider coming back to nursing if a child-minding service was provided . |
| 7 | It would be possible to resolve the pronoun here by reasoning that a dog biting a vet is much more likely than a vet biting a dog ( or , indeed , of either of them biting himself ) . |
| 8 | Even companies like M&S have to do it from time : warn customers that something they 've bought could be dangerous and needs to be returned , either for repairing or a cash refund . |
| 9 | Instead of saying that a person feels a pain in his foot it might be less misleading to say that he has an in-the-foot pain . |
| 10 | The teacher has given no instructions about what to do , apart from nodding when a few children asked if it was ‘ writing workshop ’ . |
| 11 | Moreover , the Company Act seeks to encourage foreign investment specifically by providing that a less-than-majority stake does not need government approval — an incentive , of course , to joint ventures . |