Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Gateshead , East looks doubtful , but in a debate in the other place yesterday , Baroness Hollis of Higham said : ’ Thirdly I suggest that a few functions would appropriately come up from the county councils . ’ |
| 2 | I suggest that a few moments here on deck will suffice . ’ |
| 3 | These observations suggest that an anamnestic responses to the patient 's own virus might become reactive by the foreign , but still related , protein . |
| 4 | The mill no longer stands although a few traces remain , near the farm . |
| 5 | Newly qualified nurses are expected to receive an orientation and induction programme appropriate to their appointments , followed by a consolidation period for a minimum period of three months , when it is recommended that a few hours each week be set aside for learning periods either with other newly qualified staff or as self-directed learning . |
| 6 | After a babble of Arabic , the tailboard of the lorry was dropped and a dozen men were lifting the wheelbarrow . |
| 7 | Rather , the museum wants an aid campaign to be organised and an international Friends of the Hermitage organisation to be set up . |
| 8 | A SUSPECTED kidnapper was caught after a rush-hour police chase along a London Underground tunnel yesterday . |
| 9 | an intuitive understanding of how the system/component will behave when a certain sub-system(s) failed ; |
| 10 | A three-stage test or approach is recommended when a wasted costs order is contemplated . |
| 11 | You do not need to invest in technology to comply with the quality standards , but they concede that a computerised accounts system is really the only cost-effective way to deal with the financial management requirements . |
| 12 | It is now realised that a million words is insufficient to produce an adequate model of a language since many of the phenomena of the language are so rare that they will be absent from such a corpus . |
| 13 | To speed things up , Mr Gilchrist agrees that a few acquisitions may be needed . |
| 14 | His son Carl later recalled that a few days before his father 's death there was already a terrible stench of decomposition , the advanced state of which apparently made an autopsy impossible . |
| 15 | I fear that a strategic exceptions policy can be all too easily a euphemism for giving big companies more favourable treatment than small companies . |
| 16 | It has been noticed that a few teachers have still to pay their Society membership for 1981 … |
| 17 | The Guardian on Oct. 23 reported that ( FRG ) security services now believed that a dirty tricks campaign against Lt.-Gen. |
| 18 | If my right hon. Friend should be considering with his right hon. Friend the Chancellor any largesse over the next two or three weeks , will he ensure that a few crumbs from the Treasury table fall in that direction ? |
| 19 | ( Calculations show that a million years ago it shone as much the brightest star in the sky , and equalled Venus ; it was closer to us then than it is now . ) |
| 20 | As I have told my hon. Friend before , I do not think that there has ever been any prospect of any member of the European Community or of the United Nations believing that a United Nations or a Western European Union peace-keeping force could force its way into Yugoslavia against the opposition either of the Yugoslav national army — the JNA — or of any armed force . |
| 21 | MDC noted that a Younger Chemists ' reception would be held during the 1992 annual congress and that Ciba-Geigy had agreed to provide sponsorship . |
| 22 | As I got to the end of the row it seemed that a hundred hands had grabbed me … my body was being assailed with blows from so many directions , whether from kicks or punches I do not know , and with stars in front of my eyes and bells ringing in my ears , I felt another strange sensation . |
| 23 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |
| 24 | Athelstan noticed that a burly serjeant-at-arms hat just stepped into the room . |
| 25 | ‘ I noticed that a few counties had decided on June 6 and I sent out a letter pointing out that the recommended date was the second Saturday in June . |
| 26 | At 6.30 pm I leave for home and a quick shower before going to the darts match and a few beers . |
| 27 | Some changes were made and a few concessions were wrung from the government . |
| 28 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 29 | A one-ton bomb intended for the Lord Mayor 's parade the previous day was also foiled when an alert police officer discovered a lorry full of explosives . |
| 30 | The same should be done when a patient drops out of treatment , except that , in this case , it is usual to offer another appointment , reiterating the therapist 's willingness to help . |