Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount concerned — about £30,000 — is insignificant given that such a tie would bring in £1 million in gate receipts and television revenue . |
| 2 | Given that such a view is unlikely to be acceptable to the scientific community , it is suggested that the funding authorities should give consideration to the fundamental purposes underlying Ph D research , and to output measures of the value of such work to the community . |
| 3 | Given that such a view is unlikely to be acceptable to the scientific community , it is suggested that the funding authorities should give consideration to the fundamental purposes underlying Ph D research , and to output measures of the value of such work to the community . |
| 4 | And that statement , given that such a book can never be complete nor , when based as it is on Burke 's volume , without error , is true . |
| 5 | Given that such a coalition would enjoy the support of more than 50% of electors and that the turnover of seats under PR is small ( Professor Finer estimated that a swing of 1% would result in the loss of only six seats ) , it would most likely remain in office for the foreseeable future and hence be in a position to ensure a degree of policy continuity . |
| 6 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 7 | Given that such an employee would face dismissal if that were proven , a company should face no less than severe curtailment of its operations across the North sea . |
| 8 | I found this such a turn-on that I nearly came then and there . |
| 9 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 10 | ‘ Except perhaps for obstructing the police by not revealing all this a lot earlier . ’ |
| 11 | which added another half an hour to the journey |
| 12 | ‘ I could have used some half an hour ago , in the sauce . |
| 13 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 14 | A report from the Srebrenica Press Centre received in Sarajevo yesterday said the Serb offensive was continuing and Serb forces had advanced another half a mile into the area held by Bosnian forces . |
| 15 | As that that would make all all a lot of crimes stop . |
| 16 | She returned some half an hour later to find the Shill 's bedroom door open and Joseph gone . |
| 17 | Because they phone me up and said , Look we needed another half a page in this for us to get another hundred pound . |
| 18 | ‘ You want us to keep all this a secret , ’ said the doctor , ‘ and you want all the weapons and powder to be kept near us . |
| 19 | The town itself lay some half a mile distant , its gentle grey houses clustered , in a hollow , on each side of the twining silver river , like a flock of drowsy sheep . |
| 20 | Harpin , for example , follows the traditional primary curriculum model of writing , distinguishing only the creative and the factual , but admits that this a weakness in his work . |
| 21 | ‘ When I received the OBE in 1970 I thought that was more than enough , so that is what makes this such a bonus . ’ |
| 22 | He 'd returned some half an hour later to transport her down again . |
| 23 | Is he dramatising all this a bit , for sympathy and a bed for the night , or is this the normal way of the Gael ? |