Example sentences of "[noun] and [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flight tests were conducted by F/L Ian Little , initially under tow behind a Jeep and later behind a Tiger Moth . |
| 2 | When they meet one another , they gingerly caress each other 's long legs and only after a great deal of hesitation do they come to closer quarters . |
| 3 | Hanging accessories , known as ‘ D ’ rings , are best fixed to the hardboard with rivets , which are secured by pushing through the ring and then through a hole made in the hardboard , before being split open with a hammer . |
| 4 | Gallup 's survey was conducted on Tuesday and yesterday among a sample of 2,478 voters . |
| 5 | As well as his own impressions ( and further reading ) , it draws on the comments made by his colleagues on the field trips and especially during a whole day 's discussion that we were privileged to have , at Uig Community Centre on 2 October 1980 , with many of those most closely involved in the development of the Western Isles . |
| 6 | He had been a survivor of many of the major actions of the war , firstly as a volunteer soldier and later as a commissioned officer . |
| 7 | Resumption of power operations is scheduled by mid-September and apart from a further short shutdown to refuel early in 1994 , PFR will continue to generate electricity up until March 1994 . |
| 8 | There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment . |
| 9 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 10 | It comes out of your mouth and instead of a mask over your face , your this tube connects directly to the ventilator and the anaesthetic machine . |
| 11 | However , eight blocks have been licensed in Cardigan Bay , against the advice of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , near one of the country 's two marine nature reserves and home to a population of bottle-nosed dolphins . |
| 12 | Return the sauce to the saucepan and then to a low heat , stirring constantly until it is thick enough to coat a spoon . |
| 13 | Just do Wicken on a Tuesday you know , cut the meat as you go , not orders there and then on the Friday , George would go to Upware on a Friday and then on a Saturday we used to do the Fen round again , down Fen on the earth road at black , no concrete there just the black earth with ruts about that deep , some places , cos the Fen earth you li bulges out so and er my father used to go to Wicken Saturday afternoon . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal stated that it was impermissible to make a finding of 100% contributory negligence , as the Act states that the plaintiff must suffer damage partly as a result of his own fault and partly as a result of the defendant 's fault . |
| 15 | The latter validate courses in polytechnics and also in a number of the colleges of higher education ; they include courses leading to awards such as the Diploma of the Institute of Administrative Management ; the Diploma of the British Association of Occupational Therapists ; the Licentiateship of the Hotel , Catering and Institutional Management Association ; the Certificate of Qualification in Social Work ; and the Bilingual Secretarial Diploma . |
| 16 | What these various movements had in common was that they provoked confrontations , first in the [ United States and then to a lesser extent in Britain , which highlighted features of law and its enforcement that made academic , positivist criminology look ; extremely complacent and conservative . |
| 17 | Ultimately , however , the beavers ' lake , like any other , will fill with sediment and turn first into a swamp and then into a level green grassland . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps it 's just as well , ’ murmured David and then in a quite different voice he said : ‘ Mama ! ’ |
| 19 | If he knew what I wanted he 'd be out of the car and away in a flash of shock . |
| 20 | Several people complimented her on the beauty of the surroundings , because it was her picnic and so for a while Wales was her dining-room . |
| 21 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 22 | ( Internal evaluation with the involvement of parents and pupils encouraged , has been used in Queensland and elsewhere as a successful method of closing schools with community support . |
| 23 | ‘ Having made such a botch-up on coal , it is amazing that the Government have been so bloody-minded as to push on full steam ahead without prior consultation with the industry and regardless of a potentially devastating impact on jobs . ’ |
| 24 | Of course there is also pantomime and now in a museum ! |
| 25 | Well next spring , in May of next year , we 're looking to put a trip together to go to the northwest of the country , to Old Trafford , obviously er Manchester United 's home ground , also to Anfield and also to a couple of er other places that are n't sort of sporty but I 'm sure will interest you . |
| 26 | Off to one side of the house stood a low whitewashed building originally used as stables and later as a garage , but which , after much industrious clearing , cleaning and the application of repeated coats of apricot-white emulsion now did duty as studio-cum-shop . |
| 27 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 28 | ICI Chlor-Chemicals takes salt solution from its brine fields and turns it first into chlorine and then into a host of downstream products . |
| 29 | You have a term and then in a middle of the term you have a half term do n't you ? |
| 30 | Figure 4.1 shows two such bodies A and B , both having mass m and both at a radial distance r from the star of mass M , A and B are a tangential distance ζ apart . |