Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps as a result the area was never vandalised or disturbed by curiosity seekers . |
| 2 | So during an election the pollsters work not with random sampling but with ‘ quota sampling ’ . |
| 3 | It can be described as the psychology of absolute consciousness , seeing consciousness not only as an awareness an individual has of him or her ‘ self , but an eternal all-pervasive principle — the highest reality , with all things being manifestations of it . |
| 4 | And will he just go in as an apprentice the same as yourself ? |
| 5 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 6 | There were a lot of very poor men also in a number of these trades who were not originally covered by the legislation , and that 's where the erm the developments have , have come from since then , the dynamic of the policy , because the argument over whether it should be only for women rebounded on them , and people said , ‘ No , it should n't ’ , so for a while the legislation was all scrapped and then they started again , and now the Americans have much more comprehensive laws than we do . |
| 7 | And the little key slipped into the keyhole and melted , as it seemed into the glass body of the casket , so for a moment the whole surface was perfectly closed and smooth . |
| 8 | Terrifically glad if you could bear to look in for a drink the next time you 're in town . |
| 9 | He came in for a chat the other day and said , oh how you getting on ? |
| 10 | I mean i i if you could get in for a penny a week that was alright because when things got better you could build on a penny a week , you see ? |
| 11 | Right , then so as a result the textiles would be a and relative decline to the rest of the economy . |
| 12 | So after a while the wolf became bored , and decided to go and catch a little pig for his supper . |
| 13 | Where the property is part only of a building the draftsman should also consider whether some further visual description is necessary . |
| 14 | Where the demised property consists of part only of a building the draftsman may either include sanitary facilities in each demise or he may grant each tenant a right to use communal facilities . |
| 15 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
| 16 | But the man at the front had n't been told this of course , naturally enough and he could n't see that so suddenly with a jolt the wardrobe left him , two steps ' worth instead of one at a time . |
| 17 | More usually , they come down with a thump a yard or so away . |
| 18 | Leith sank down into a chair the moment the outer door had closed behind him and discovered that she was trembling . |
| 19 | One standing forecast coupon and you 're in with a chance every week for 8–60 weeks . |
| 20 | And I used to go along with a well a finger you see and , That 's not been dusted you see . |
| 21 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 22 | ‘ I happened to be in the area and Lucasta Redburn 's not a common name , especially in a town the size of Plumford . ’ |
| 23 | So in a way the basic error underlying classical foundationalism is an error in the theory of meaning . |
| 24 | One can only understand how things are in terms of concepts in the first place , so in a sense the concepts came first since natural conditions only gain significance in terms of the way one had learned to see them . |
| 25 | So in a sense the reptile dominance is still with us , transmuted by time and evolution . |
| 26 | It 's thought , in fact , that they represent areas where ‘ midocean ’ ridges once formed below the continents , in the late stages of continental rifting , but before an ocean proper had opened ( cf. chapter one ) , so in a sense the kind of volcanic activity that is typical of oceanic areas in fact took place on dry land . |
| 27 | This causes an immediate reduction in anxiety so in a sense the person is rewarded for running away . |
| 28 | I 've got one friend who has written down in a diary every person he 's ever re arrested , I do n't do that , I just , I , I ca n't be bothered to write it all down . |
| 29 | The crew said they had survived on the upturned hull , sleeping huddled together in a compartment the size of a double bed . |
| 30 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |