Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michelle is obviously a sunlust person in that respect and depending on whether she goes to a main package resort in Spain or perhaps a beach in India , she can either be a psychocentric sunlust person or an alocentric sunlust person . |
| 2 | But if I know her she is composing something more like an entry in a good encyclopaedia , or perhaps a chapter in her own book . |
| 3 | Whether there is upregulation of the genes that produce these antigens or merely a change in expression on the cell surface has not been investigated : in situ hybridisation should provide an answer to this question . |
| 4 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 5 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 6 | Bank lending may also increase ( item 3 ) even if there is no increase in liquidity or even a reduction in liquidity ( item I is zero or negative ) , if banks respond to increases in the demand for loans by accepting a lower liquidity ratio . |
| 7 | Mrs Gaskell , writing to an American friend in 1860 , certainly thought that those in Streatham Street were not designed to be so : ‘ There is but one sink & c for every floor ; the fireplaces were the poorest kind of parlour grate , over or by which there was not the least [ hope ] of cooking ; there was not a peg , a shelf , or a cupboard , or even a recess in which one might be cheaply made . ’ |
| 8 | She had been rapt at his every phrase , pen ready to score out any word or even a comma in her essays to please him . |
| 9 | WITH the latest appalling upsurge in violence , both loyalist and republican , thoughts of peace or even a breakthrough in the political stalemate seem far removed from the grim reality . |
| 10 | They may be wise as an owl , slippery as an eel or even a snake in the grass . |
| 11 | Take a hot bath/shower Or treat yourself to a sauna or even a session in a beauty salon ! |
| 12 | This line of argument does not demand an exercise in conspiracy theory sociology , or even a belief in premeditated state malice , only an acceptance of the realities of the world of policy formulation in which both issues and policy prescriptions are not structured solely by empirical reality . |
| 13 | Try a bit of horse riding , or even a ride in a horse drawn trap . |
| 14 | What was new was that skinheads appeared to be not a continuation of a trend , but a change of emphasis or even a reversal in the development of style . |
| 15 | Seeing the Houses of Parliament , or even a debate in the Chamber , does not explain how we are governed . |
| 16 | Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn . |
| 17 | Change of control clauses ( commonly found in software licences ) entitle one party to a contract to terminate the contract if there is a change in ownership of the other contracting party or sometimes a change in ownership of the holding company of that contracting party . |
| 18 | The spark that does often make people go is when there are changes in the international organisation or indeed a change in the fortunes of the company . |
| 19 | As the PFF " horse thief " , I would be told to visit the Group commander when I next called an No 5 Group to explain some aspects of our techniques , or indeed a lapse in recent sorties , I was always made most welcome and enjoyed " Cocky's ' confidence . |
| 20 | ONCE or twice a year in some television studio or other I find myself bumping into Lord Parkinson . |
| 21 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 22 | Avignon , Châteaurenard , Bollène , Pertuis , all dispatch their produce by special trains to the north ; vast quantities of fruit are absorbed locally by the jam and fruit preserving industries of Apt and Carpentras ; and every little town and village has its own retail vegetable and fruit market , every day in the bigger towns , once or twice a week in less populated places . |
| 23 | It is false that only a person in authority is an authority . |
| 24 | EVERTON 'S season is in such dire straits that only a magician in the mould of Paul Daniels can rescue them from big trouble now . |
| 25 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 26 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 27 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 28 | more than just a week in politics |
| 29 | There is no place for a quality footballer if he believes he is more than just a page in that machine . |
| 30 | Building students preparing for a career in Europe need much more than just a grounding in languages , says John Watson , student representative for the CIOB 's Northern Counties Region and press officer for the Tyneside Centre . |