Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of the singular universal thus facilitates a circularity in the argument whereby Sartre can avoid the question which he began by posing . |
| 2 | And so English regularly expresses a meaning contrast between house and houses , whereas Eskimo regularly expresses a meaning contrast between iglu , igluk , and iglut ( ‘ one/two/more than two houses ’ ) . |
| 3 | The pineal also produces a hormone called melatonin during the hours of darkness , which helps to regulate our cycle . |
| 4 | Other sources , however , claim that Cooperative also has a deal lined up with mainframe software engineering specialists Texas Instruments Inc , known to be highly interested in expanding its operations beyond the dwindling mainframe base for its IEF product . |
| 5 | If the accused dishonestly uses a credit card to obtain goods , he has obtained those goods by deception and obtained the benefit of the delivery of those goods , a service , by deception . |
| 6 | So it looks as though mate-guarding too has a part to play in sex differences in the breeding season . |
| 7 | JOHN COLE Pure but powerless Labour still suffers a gap between activists and voters |
| 8 | One of the ponies at my local stable always gets a cough and a runny nose when he is stabled in at nights . |
| 9 | Someone else who is sometimes confused perhaps likes a trip to the pub at lunch-time . |
| 10 | If the ‘ greenness ’ of going unleaded still seems a bit of a grey area , it is possible to switch to diesel without a shadow of environmental doubt . |
| 11 | To be old and unmarried still represents a cloud on a teenage girl 's horizon … |
| 12 | He had been gunning for a place in Graham Taylor 's squad for next month 's friendly in Spain but the 24-year-old now faces a month on the sidelines . |
| 13 | This explains why Abbey National regularly echoes a Bank of England cut in base rates . |
| 14 | The tiny shed to the left again houses a diesel engine , the more efficient successor to steam . |
| 15 | An example would be where the sale of a good also includes a maintenance contract or an information service . |
| 16 | Ms Lamont said : ‘ Women have been instrumental in the recent modernising processes of the party and , whilst Labour now has a programme to improve women 's lives significantly , there is no doubt we still require to have women representing the party at all levels . |
| 17 | The Garden Hosepipe Controller is mains-powered so needs a supply socket available nearby . |
| 18 | Wandsworth , South London-based GL Software Ltd now has a Windows version of its Updata price quotation and analysis software which transforms personal computers into a Reuters style dealing desk — for around a tenth of the cost . |
| 19 | The pervasiveness of a version of religion as culturally cosmetic subtly does a lot of harm to people ; it can be very dismissive and hurtful , marginalizing what makes a religious person tick . |
| 20 | The Arctic too has a small though less exclusive fish fauna , but there are no known bipolar species . |
| 21 | The non-professional also has a number of advantages over professional services . |
| 22 | South Africa-based Transatlantic already holds a majority stake in CapCo but the deal will allow it to make an application to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange . |
| 23 | Glen Brittle already has a youth hostel and a campsite , and in the height of the season the single track road to the shore can barely cope with the number of climbers and tourist cars using it . |
| 24 | Russian similarly uses a form of the pronominal adjectives svoj ( masculine ) , svoja ( feminine ) , svojo ( neuter ) , and svoi ( plural ) to refer to a participant already referred to in the same clause , but in Russian this is not restricted to third-person forms ; the participant referred to by the pronominal adjective may be first , second , or third person . |
| 25 | A forty-year-old today looks a lot better than a forty-year-old of twenty years ago . ’ . |