Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although highly educated and a ‘ technocrat ’ , Li was not a popular figure , and was viewed as an extreme example of ‘ guanxi ’ , i.e. advancement by personal contacts . |
| 2 | I think the first time I remember that I thought , Lord that just looked like a dance advertised through the window . |
| 3 | I was relaxed and much recovered when a nomad appeared from behind a crag fifty yards away and looked down on me . |
| 4 | Different but in perfect harmony was the grotto scene , dark and the darkness more and more revealed when a glow of the outer night entered . |
| 5 | The PSU advocated the creation of a stronger , directly elected presidency , and also anticipated that a general election would lead to an improvement in the party 's position in parliament . |
| 6 | He went on to deliver a strong warning about the dangers which the " ever strengthening isolationist mood in Russia " posed for the integrity of the Soviet Union , and also stressed that a new Russian CP should aim to " consolidate " the CPSU . |
| 7 | It was accepted that the Chief Constable and the inspector actually and reasonably apprehended that a breach of the peace would result if the meeting of July 30 , 1934 , the subject of these proceedings , were held . |
| 8 | THE latest phase in Panama 's crisis began last Friday , when General Noriega had himself declared formal head of government by his self-appointed National Assembly , and simultaneously announced that a ‘ state of war ’ now existed with the US . |
| 9 | She was raped and then killed and a few days later her naked corpse found somewhere in the hills . |
| 10 | Each parcel of butter is tasted with a long scoop and then re-weighed before a buyer will accept it . |
| 11 | He is tart , relentlessly superficial and completely lost if a caller has a serious problem . |
| 12 | ( vi ) Permanent data were to be validated against the employee record at time of input and either rejected or a warning issued if the data were either invalid or dubious . |
| 13 | Labour recovered its confidence here and firmly promised that a future Labour government would return both electricity and water to public ownership and control . |
| 14 | The experience left her physically and emotionally drained and a few months later she returned to hospital for a hysterectomy . |
| 15 | The AEA believes that some of the waste could still be properly and safely cleared if a decision to this effect was taken soon . |
| 16 | The Christmas goose was well and truly cooked and a good time was had by all . |
| 17 | In their introduction Sugden and John indicated in 1976 ( p. 1 ) that the study of glacial processes and forms had been left out in the cold and poorly understood because a gulf had arisen between those who study glaciology and those who study glacial landscape and deposits , and further that : |
| 18 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 19 | The emotional preparatory work , talking through some of these feelings , can take some time to achieve and is as well started before a formal request for admission is completed . |