Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There by the light of an adjoining street lamp he clearly saw the figure of a station master or porter wearing a flat-topped regulation hat apparently waiting for a train . |
| 2 | ‘ Merry & Co have a special horsemaster looking after them . |
| 3 | The competition , sponsored by Fina plc , challenges children to create a picture of their local environment using paint , crayons , collage or photography to provide a visual record of how their neighbourhoods shape up environmentally . |
| 4 | Any kind of ranching , logging or building provides a ready-made inroad for the farmers to penetrate the most inaccessible parts . |
| 5 | The Navy 's costings are the most brittle : cancellation of just one warship or submarine punches a yawning hole in a year 's programme , and slowing down construction increases overheads and hence costs dramatically . |
| 6 | Usually silent away from breeding grounds , where male has a loud harsh bark and a deep hoot , and female a higher-pitched bark . |
| 7 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 8 | A Tantric painting or drawing has a spiritual purpose , to assist the user in meditation . |
| 9 | When a substance undergoes a physical or chemical change a corresponding change in enthalpy is observed . |
| 10 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 11 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 12 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |
| 13 | In a number of cases , however , there may be a tendency to regard it , rather , as a sort of libation to the gods — a project or programme acquiring a certain added respectability by being evaluated , but with no deep-seated resolve on the part of its organisers to make any substantial organisational or financial investment in change ( after all to contemplate fundamental change to a primary programme once it is underway is an exceptionally costly business ) . |
| 14 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 15 | Geographically isolated and heavily policed because of the number of VIPs who live in the constituency , it is not an easy target for the gunman or bomber seeking a swift escape from his latest atrocity . |
| 16 | Any visitor to Ireland does n't have to travel very far before realising that this is a land where religion plays a major role in the life of every city , town and village . |
| 17 | Although it is direct , there is not enough feel or weight to give a proper impression of how much grip is left . |
| 18 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 19 | The funnel-shaped pits are constructed in dry soil or sand using a novel excavation technique . |
| 20 | This is the sort of procedure that Wimsatt had in mind when he said ( 1958 : 149 ) that ‘ poetry is that type of verbal structure where truth of reference or correspondence reaches a maximum degree of fusion with truth of coherence — or where external and internal relation are intimately mutual reflections ’ . |
| 21 | His almost total indifference to the trappings of conspicuous wealth or consumption proved a subtle , yet powerful , role-model , and a disincentive to the usual gripes about status and salary . |
| 22 | If the obligor or feoffor pay a lesser sum either before the day or at another place than is limited by the condition , and the obligee or feoffee receiveth it , this is a good satisfaction . ’ |
| 23 | Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) . |
| 24 | That this has not always to be the case in religion is demonstrated by religions like Buddhism and Hinduism where laughter plays a big part . |
| 25 | A few berries in a rich wine sauce for goose or chicken adds a delicious note . |
| 26 | The reduced appendages each consist of a limb-base or coxite bearing a distal stylus which is sometimes regarded as the vestige of the shaft of a typical walking limb but which may conceivable be a " coxal epipodite " homologous with the coxal styles of Symphylan or Machilid legs . |
| 27 | The notion that consent or refusal of consent may not be a true consent or refusal presents a serious problem for doctors . |
| 28 | He has yet to come to terms with the fact that a popular front of the mind or body means a Labour leader in Number 10 . |
| 29 | Here , an individual or group takes a high-risk position to expose an injustice or inconsistency which produces a sense of moral outrage . |
| 30 | If a company or group has a potential surplus ACT problem , it may therefore consider acquiring a stream of FII ( by purchasing shares in UK companies ) or by acquiring a company with surplus FII ( see below ) . |