Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , this is very much a time to gain new qualifications and add to you overall knowledge . |
| 2 | He was too much a professional to skimp such a vital part of the conference , no matter how pressing his personal motives might be . |
| 3 | A character model may be armed with any weapons available to the troops themselves , subject to the usual restriction regarding weapon use — eg a halberd requires two arms to use and so prevents its wielder using a shield as well . |
| 4 | Will this be a problem , or merely a challenge to discover new historiographical methods ? |
| 5 | The six confessed that they had planned to shoot down a helicopter carrying Lebanese Christian Army leader , Gen. Michel Aoun , on his arrival at Larnaca airport . |
| 6 | It forms down a route called Terminal Wall on Creag Tharsuinn . |
| 7 | At gentler velocities it has a distinct , almost lethargic ‘ off cam ’ feel to its power delivery and you usually find yourself kicking down a ratio to access proper power . |
| 8 | POLICE flagged down a bus to take 35 people to hospital after a gas attack on a pub last night . |
| 9 | If , however , a Cleric of Good or Law wishes to conduct some ritual cleansing , or calls down a blessing to effect same , then this is fair role-playing and the Cleric should not be grossly penalized ; all the same , something should take an interest ! |
| 10 | So it might be possible for a 50-year-old with a heart condition to be acting reasonably if he turned down a job involving more stress and daily travel , whereas a 30-year-old executive with no personal problems who rejected the same offer might forfeit his claim to statutory redundancy pay . |
| 11 | It was a terrible injustice — as though they were seeking a scapegoat to put down a marker to keep other pilots on their toes . |
| 12 | We also drew on survey evidence to show that temporary work provided an important source of new jobs for unemployed people , of whom perhaps a quarter took such work . |
| 13 | They could have a country-and-western song , something like The Ballad of the Green Berets ( ’ Hokey , but it could sell , ’ said Owen modestly ) ; and a symbol too , perhaps a torch raised high by a shackled hand , ‘ like the Statue of Liberty 's ’ . |
| 14 | So a car developing 30 horsepower at 60 miles an hour is releasing some 90 kW of heat continuously into the air . |
| 15 | In 1947 , Government was in the hands of the Labour Party and in August they brought in a Bill to nationalise all public transport , including the main line railways , the larger bus companies and London Transport . |
| 16 | Only a parent has such a right , and even then the parent may only act in the best interests of the patient . |
| 17 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
| 18 | On average , both sexes achieve 80% of the employment rate in the general population over 16 years , with no reduction in working hours and only a minority reporting prolonged sick leave . |
| 19 | Guilds were formed to supplement the slender resources of benefices by financing additional services and so forth ; any friendly-society function was likely to be subsidiary , only a minority providing financial assistance for needy members . |
| 20 | The EEC has put together a directive to monitor organic production in Europe and to provide a definition of quality produce . |
| 21 | In an effort to salvage the protocol , other delegates have put together a counterproposal requiring any country that decided to mine under the terms the US proposed to withdraw from the entire environmental protocol and not just the mining clause . |
| 22 | It was literally a dream come true . |
| 23 | Things like Doc Martens and Air Jordans are included in the cabinets — unfortunately , this is not so much an attempt to give genuine examples of successful design , more a sign of the current infatuation with popular culture . |
| 24 | PETER WINTERBOTTOM , the club captain , is so intent on Harlequins retaining the Pilkington Cup that yesterday he turned down an invitation to play three centenary matches for a world team against the All Blacks in New Zealand later this month . |
| 25 | In the autumn , God sent down an angel to see all the beautiful flowers He had made . |
| 26 | There was another stream to drink from , perhaps an opportunity to visit some of the gorge 's ‘ five considerable caverns ’ , and in the scene as a whole , images enough for Coleridge to store up for the poetry of the future . |
| 27 | Anyway , by the time he came back , Arthur was getting too impatient for his wife to put in an appearance to pay much attention to anyone else . ’ |
| 28 | So an apple contains 50–60 kilocalories , not 50–60 calories . |
| 29 | One important question in this area awaits a final answer : if , on its proper construction , the statutory authority exempts the undertaker from Rylands v. Fletcher liability and imposes only an obligation to use due care , upon whom does the burden of proof lie ? |
| 30 | The examination is a collection of questions and individually a question goes some way to satisfying the requirements of the examination . |