Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting that the anion-cation charge transfer is so marked in and and that they are stable in only a few inorganic solvents — eg liquid . |
| 2 | Proper buffet cars are economic on only a small handful of their routes , notably Waterloo-Bournemouth . |
| 3 | Paula had been dry for almost a year before the taxi fracas . |
| 4 | It is true that Edinburgh University is active in more than one of the earth science sub-fields — geology per se , geophysics , geochemistry , mineralogy , geomorphology etc. — whereas some universities are strong in only a single sub-field , such as palaeontology . |
| 5 | They had been free for nearly a month . |
| 6 | The lucky ones have found jobs , of course , but many others have now been unemployed for over a year — or even two years in a significant number of cases . |
| 7 | The simple go/no-go transistor tester described in April 's EE seems to have been popular with quite a few of our readers and several of you have written with specific queries concerning the circuit used . |
| 8 | The bungalow , in a pretty Worcestershire village , has been empty for nearly a year . |
| 9 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |
| 10 | The evidence suggests that they are often indifferent to their educational attainment and are interested in only a narrow range of basic skills or in traditional education for the ‘ high-fliers ’ . |
| 11 | In fact , the diamonds we see in jewellers ' windows are typical of only a small percentage of natural diamonds . |
| 12 | The arm spines of A. palmeri are very different from Mortensen 's specimen ; they are thick with a very distinct hook , the arm spines of A. otteri are slender with only a small hook , like those of the Ingolf specimens . |
| 13 | HaL Computer Systems Inc , Campbell , California , remains one of the most difficult companies to ferret information out of so we 're grateful for even a glimmer of intelligence . |
| 14 | ( Roza , in her more affluent days , had been accustomed to quite a bit of sophisticated luxury . ) |
| 15 | Wait until the baby has been well for about a week , and then reintroduce each food in turn , beginning with those least likely to cause trouble , and testing cow 's milk last . |
| 16 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 17 | I therefore have a fair amount experience of this region and also erm I have been involved in quite a lot of erm estimates of housing provision over the years . |
| 18 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 19 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 20 | They had been married for about a year . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not know why I even trust you , but I have no men trained to use their hearts in the way you are able to as a gift of Ptah . |
| 22 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 23 | The 100 Group appreciates this and would be grateful for even a small gesture in the Budget , ‘ maybe with some indication that there could be more to come later' , Mr Lawrence suggests . |
| 24 | The house was in need of total renovation and would not be habitable for nearly a year , but the Ashleys moved into a hotel in Le Touquet from where they hoped to oversee the extensive repairs to the exterior and interior . |
| 25 | However , he also argued that , under imperial initiative , the process of social transformation in India could not be complete without either a proletarian revolution in Britain or ‘ the Hindoos themselves … grown strong enough to throw off the English yoke altogether ’ . |
| 26 | A central gravity anomaly , which underlies part of the carbonate shelf and hence is shown as a pink area , could be due to either a granite or a sedimentary basin . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it suggest that those people who had become unemployed because of a temporary job coming to an end were just as likely to be unemployed for only a short spell and then to go back to work , and that they were less likely to have been continuously unemployed throughout the following year ( Moylan/Millar/Davies , 1984 ) . |
| 28 | After 1967 , when it was no longer a separate organisation , it had to be content with only a provisional annual budget . |
| 29 | I stayed right where I was on the floor telling myself I 'd be fine in just a few minutes . |
| 30 | This feature allows the virus to persist in the environment even though its host , the insect larva , may be present for only a few weeks during the year . |