Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that one in seven of the part-time workforce has some kind of caring responsibilities , and many of them are attempting to maintain a full-time or at least a part-time job , while carrying those responsibilities . |
| 2 | Some 40 per cent of women with gonorrhoea are found to harbour the bug in the rectum and it is clear that in only a minority of cases has the gonococcus been ‘ placed ’ there . |
| 3 | The response by ’ tallies ’ as they like to be known was so good that at least a hundred had to be turned away . |
| 4 | I am sure that with only a little effort of the imagination you can understand how these things can grow , can become set . |
| 5 | The shutdown yesterday by Huddersfield 's eight main minicab firms , all Asian-owned and with only a handful of non-Asian staff , followed a fatal stabbing in the most serious incident in an outbreak of violence involving drivers and their customers . |
| 6 | The ground was soft and spongy and in only a few paces her canvas shoes were soaked . |
| 7 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 8 | It led across a sinister patch of ground known as the Smiling Meadow , which looked just like a pleasant grassy meadow of brilliant green , but which was actually a treacherous tract of shifting marsh , partly waterlogged and with only a single narrow path of firm ground across it . |
| 9 | An electrically or tractor-belt-driven fan is used to blow air up through the bales or loose hay , which can be baled and carted quite green and at least a day sooner than normal hay . |
| 10 | And er this divided this street into two but at probably a number of years before , it had been tunnelled in and the top part of the street was called Street and there , there was a slight hill run down to . |
| 11 | This is a permanent or at least a long-term state . |