Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 2 | Why had she had to wait for such an education ? |
| 3 | at half past three or you can say if you 'd like to , if you 'd like to wait for half an hour , we 'll get a giro cheque to , issued to you or if you 'd rather you can come back at half past three and collect it . |
| 4 | Living by himself , he had stopped taking milk : he never got through half a bottle before it went sour , since he drank coffee black and seldom ate cereals . |
| 5 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 6 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 7 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 9 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 10 | For a bishop to enthuse about such an initiative is , sadly , rare . |
| 11 | In these circumstances it will be important for organizations to plan for such a future , so as to ensure that : |
| 12 | A HANDMADE Lonsdale skipping rope is standard issue for boxers and will dramatically improve fitness and stamina — skipping for ten minutes is equivalent to jogging for half an hour . |
| 13 | They just sit there mesmerized for half an hour and then |
| 14 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 15 | In the middle of the night he rose and , after eating about half a jar of honey , felt a lot better . |
| 16 | As there is a great deal of pressure on our subsequent debate , I shall allow questions on the statement to continue for half an hour , until 4.20 pm , but we must then move on . |
| 17 | Since the Short Courses are intended for such an age group it is appropriate to consider the following : |
| 18 | On April 6 Brightness was lasooed and after struggling for half an hour was ignominiously hauled from the water . |
| 19 | They came up and fought for half an hour till they was both flat on their backs , on the waste land there . |
| 20 | This Secretary of State does not feel the need to go through such a consultation process . |
| 21 | she must think about that a lot . |
| 22 | But now , my dear fellows , let's just think about this a moment , shall we ? |
| 23 | Payment is at the discretion of your Manager who will tell you whether or not you qualify for such a payment . |
| 24 | There was such disruption at the entrance to Olympia that the start of the meeting had to be delayed for half an hour . |
| 25 | They are all welcome but my right hon. and hon. Friends — together with responsible interests outside the House , such as the British Medical Association and other medical authorities — have pressed for such a policy for some years . |
| 26 | Working with a series of transparent resin models in polarized light , Marsh was able to show that a step was just as bad a stress concentrator as the equivalent crack , in fact it might be regarded as half a crack . |
| 27 | ‘ Just a minute , ’ Charles interrupted after half an hour , leaning forward and lowering his voice . |
| 28 | Also , SHe did n't think Parmedes ' handiwork was exactly designed for such a pummelling . |
| 29 | Eversley has stressed that too much should not be claimed for such a class . |
| 30 | In other words , the investigating authorities should know everything there is to know about such a family , both from inside that family , and from contacts outside . |