Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Associated Newspapers did the same , and both groups thereby had a useful cushion when the oil price rises and economic crises of the early 1970s saw newsprint prices quadruple . ) |
| 2 | Starting with a blank sheet of paper and using the wisdom accumulated through more than 150 years of life-saving , the designers and operators together specified a new concept in lifeboats . |
| 3 | During early system evaluation it was found that experts much preferred a simple direct dialogue style that presented basic diagnostic information such as test point values and component values , whereas the inexperienced required more directed problem analysis and advice . |
| 4 | Rebate-only plans apparently offered a free pension , as all the money came from the Government . |
| 5 | Whereas not all clinics necessarily do a full general examination , it is vital to the doctor to be able to examine the genitalia both externally and internally , because , for reasons that should be clear from preceding chapters , it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without such examination . |
| 6 | You can add objects together to make a complex outline or intersect the shapes to produce holes in one object with another . |
| 7 | The auction houses only offer a limited five-year guarantee ( this was first introduced by Sotheby 's in New York in September 1973 ) . |
| 8 | For hand scanning , there 's the facility to ‘ stitch ’ scans together to form a larger image than the standard ‘ 4″ wide by as long as you like ’ , which is automatic , quick , and accurate . |
| 9 | ‘ This is particularly true of offices , although properties like warehouses and night clubs obviously have a higher-risk record . ’ |
| 10 | The waves and the pebbles together constitute a simple example of a system that automatically generates non-randomness . |
| 11 | On Nov. 29 , 1989 , the second reading began in Parliament of a bill which would empower the government to nominate six non-elected members to the 81-seat legislature [ see p. 33403 for introduction of constitutional amendment in 1984 which created three " non-constituency " seats in parliament for unsuccessful opposition candidates thereby ensuring a limited opposition to the PAP ] . |
| 12 | Because these relationships rarely form a coherent totality , political cultures themselves , including labourism , are replete with internal contradictions and inconsistencies . |
| 13 | If they were relatively inactive and presented their demands through what the councillors defined as the " proper " ( private ) channels then their demands rarely secured a favourable response . |
| 14 | Overworked officials in finance ministries rarely reject a whole list of potential projects ; they are much more likely to identify a few priorities at random , and pass on the donor to the line ministry , hoping for the best if and when the project is financed . |
| 15 | How did you put all those pictures together to make a whole person ? |
| 16 | It is traditional to praise those who have died , and there are times when it is hard to recognise the person from the fine words , but in this case the words merely reflect a small insight into the very big man and loyal friend called David Pym . |
| 17 | However , most of these were very small organizations only arranging a few hundred or perhaps a few thousand holidays a year . |
| 18 | The colleges will be able to produce their own units perhaps to meet a specific local need . |
| 19 | The mosaics of the fifth and sixth centuries especially have a glowing richness of colour and a vividness of draughtmanship which complements their hierarchical treatment of figures and compositions . |
| 20 | Work carried out in the area of ergonomics takes account of the fact that most drivers only have a few tenths of a second to give an order or read information . |
| 21 | If that is the case that each of the political parties , as I assume is the case for er the Conservative party , I know it to be the case of the Labour party I assume the same is true for the Liberal Democrats and other parties represented in this house , that they undertake the very considerable organisational er er process of selecting candidates only to find a few weeks before June the ninth , that as a result of the difficulties that I 've described as far as the French government attitude towards these elections is concerned , that er in fact we have to revert to the existing arrangements and that we can not have these new er boundaries in place . |
| 22 | Since the April 1992 elections [ see p. 38869 ] these parties together commanded a slim majority of 16 , with 331 seats in the new Chamber of Deputies . |
| 23 | It all ties together to give a simple scheme of explanation . |
| 24 | Many schools already have a regular item on the agenda of each full governing-body meeting which encourages discussion of a key educational issue . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is right because many grant-maintained schools already have a high degree of support . |
| 26 | The relationship between divine powers and animals as images thus remains a constant feature throughout Egyptian history . |
| 27 | Dogmatics thus has a critical function in relation to the present witness and preaching of the church , recalling it to its basis and assisting it to uncover and hear what it is called to say today . |
| 28 | The Iranians already had a considerable religious heritage and it is difficult to decide how much of Zoroastrianism is due to the reforms introduced by Zarathustra . |
| 29 | The fabliaux generally retain a strong sense of the sexual difference , so that either sex can find fulfilment only with the other . |
| 30 | Voluntary organizations already play a major role in providing day centres , lunch clubs , advice and pastoral counselling , and probably the most effective way of providing an acceptable mental health service is by attaching professional workers to the places where homeless people already go willingly for help . |