Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Length is stored as exact length ±1 , so for example if a word has 5 letters , then bits 4 , 5 and 6 will be set . |
| 2 | Continuous running is only of benefit where a large number of modules are to be transferred to offline storage or where much hard copy has already been done , and many module versions can be nominated or deleted . |
| 3 | Doctors are only of use if a — a person wants to be cured . " |
| 4 | 1.3 However , RSC Ord 38 and CCR Ord 20 are expressed to be subject to the Civil Evidence Act 1968 ( see Appendix B ) under which hearsay evidence in documents can be put in at trial if a party can not call the witness . |
| 5 | Cells in the tumour seem to resemble the body 's own cells soon after conception when a baby is still developing . |
| 6 | It was not in fact until a newly legalised Solidarity had been successful at the polls and formed a majority administration in 1989 that the making of public policy began again to command at least a minimum of public acceptability . |
| 7 | Established companies , concentrating on defending what they already have , tend not to counter-attack when a newcomer challenges them . |
| 8 | My mother had discovered that Syl sometimes disappeared in the night , was not at home when a respectable bachelor should be . |
| 9 | The ultimate synthesis of a design was never revealed in a flash ; rather he approached it with infinite precautions , stalking it , as it were , now from one point of view , now from another , and always in fear lest a premature definition might deprive it of something of its total complexity . |
| 10 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 11 | And by the time Lamb had bludgeoned England to safety ( and himself to a Test-best score ) , ably supported by Russell , Gooch 's closure was more in hope than a genuine expectation of victory . |
| 12 | Under Labour , a British family with one earner and two children earning £50,000 a year , would pay a third more in tax than a French family on the same income . |
| 13 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 14 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 15 | Retail outlets in towns and busy shopping centres , which face tougher competition , spend more on advertising than a village shop , which may have no competitors nearby . |
| 16 | Eileen was home on leave when a letter came from Terry to tell them that he was off to France . |
| 17 | THE British-based Brabham team are up for sale because a company run by its owner Joachim Luhti is bankrupt , his lawyer said . |
| 18 | ‘ One day I was filling up with petrol when a chap stopped to say he was a member of the Ferrari Owners Club and used to have a car like mine , ’ says John . |
| 19 | Tack into suitable gap when at least half the time has elapsed or harden up on port if a big enough gap presents itself |
| 20 | The only place I could think of was Stonehenge which must have been spanking new then and as up to date as a Hilton or an out-of-town Sainsburys . |
| 21 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 22 | Teachers are entitled to discipline pupils in respect of conduct while out of school , such as on a school trip or bullying out of school where a pupil 's conduct ‘ impinges on the school ’ . |
| 23 | Obviously , a child returning from school to find his own study quarters where he has books at his disposal and sympathetic parents who can offer cogent remarks on his work and broaden his outlook with lively , stimulating conversation , will be able to get more out of education than a child who , when doing his homework , has to share the kitchen table with plates , cutlery and cruet as well as the pet cat and having to contend with ‘ Crossroads ’ as the main intellectual challenge of the evening . |
| 24 | ‘ All Bonanza has to do now is stay out of sight until a good tale is dreamed up to account for two of his boys getting mixed up in this thing last night , and a few unimpeachable witnesses to make the tale stick , and we all go back where we started . ’ |
| 25 | He has not acknowledged that more people are now moving out of unemployment than a year ago . |
| 26 | Clothes marked with an F in a circle on the care label have to be cleaned with CFC 113 , but this is being gradually phases out of use before a complete ban comes into force by the end of 1995 . |
| 27 | The exhumation of the body , which was buried at Great Casterton church , was ordered , but the Stamford and Rutland officials refused to co-operate , probably out of embarrassment if a different judgement were to be found . |
| 28 | Those less in touch with the feeling , or unconsciously consumed by repressed but unmitigated envy from their own infancy , are often in trouble when a real baby is part of the married scene . |
| 29 | Rigid plans that only work if they are adhered to at every step rarely provide the means for getting back on target once a significant deviation has occurred . |
| 30 | Zeno had looked out to sea while a few words were exchanged , then laid a hand on Carey 's arm , as if about to hurry him along . |