Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment you do I take it you 're recording people who sort of ring up say I 'm interested you send out a package to them you record them |
| 2 | On Friday 24 March 1933 they set up an experiment in which a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres at 170°C in the hope that the two substances would combine together . |
| 3 | Before dinner we 'll all go for a brisk walk along the beach and make sure we work up a nice big appetite . ’ |
| 4 | Both the development of the welfare state and the emergence of fascism or , more generally , of totalitarian regimes , are undoubtedly major political changes , which can be defined , in the light of this twentieth century experience , but also taking into account other historical transformations , as those which bring about a significant reorganization of the apparatus of government , a change in the relations between government and people , and to a considerable extent , a restructuring of other social relationships , including modifications in the hierarchical ordering of various social groups . |
| 5 | They called the group the Kolbitar ( coal-biters ) , an Icelandic kenning which means those who sit around a fire . |
| 6 | A recent survey by the bank has discovered that people who have experience of unemployment before becoming self-employed tend to do better than those who give up a job to do so . |
| 7 | Low status of carers Those who give up a job or take early retirement to become a carer lose out financially , and in other ways , as has been well documented ( Finch and Groves , 1983 ) . |
| 8 | In Chapter 6 we set out a dual-route model of reading aloud , distinguishing between a lexical procedure and a non-lexical procedure for converting print to speech . |
| 9 | Lit up in their various colours against a white wall they can look spectacular ; unlit they take on an almost sculptural quality . |