Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think centenary park has quite a ring to it . |
| 2 | University lecturers , politicians , trade unionists and showbusiness figures rubbed shoulders with the citizens of Dublin in an attempt to drive home a message of peace to the men of violence . |
| 3 | Peter Slater , of Sussex University , used a sonograph to compare exactly a recording of the new song as sung by a wild song thrush with the sound of a trimphone ( Animal Behaviour , vol 31 , p 308 ) . |
| 4 | The same car registered just a week or two later in January will be worth several hundred pounds more when it 's time to trade it in . |
| 5 | ‘ The album made quite a lot in royalties , but it 's not like anyone 's bagging vast amounts of money , ’ says Neneh . |
| 6 | Wilson points out that the designer side represents only a fraction of the fashion industry 's £6.5 billion turnover . |
| 7 | The tenant may wish to limit its liability to the state and condition of the premises at the commencement of the term , in which case it would need to include a provision that it will keep the Premises in no worse condition than they are in at the commencement of the Term as evidenced by the Schedule of condition annexed hereto A schedule of condition would then of course have to be settled including , if possible , a portfolio of photographs . |
| 8 | A pianist plays twice a week in the small , genteel bar and the large lounge . |
| 9 | The farmworker receives only a pittance in pay-off — perhaps £2,000 in redundancy pay — whereas the owner of the land may receive thousands of pounds for several years . |
| 10 | Score card has always a target of four thousand pound . |
| 11 | On normal skin , a mild exfoliator used once a week will do no harm . |
| 12 | Its closure provided only a breathing-space . |
| 13 | Since then every Q.T. has received in their notes a red paper outlining the Grant Aid meeting also a letter containing a revised timetable in which you were asked to think about specific items . |
| 14 | Impressive results from building materials group Redland coupled with an optimistic forecast about future trading proved something of a damp squib as the stock added just a penny to 490p . |
| 15 | Rush 's club landmark came just a week after he had reached a scoring milestone for his country . |
| 16 | The Club meets once a month , usually at lunchtime when only women are allowed . |
| 17 | In August 1943 , statistics for American bomber crews of the 8th Air Force stated only a 35% chance of surviving a combat tour . |
| 18 | Silver service buys basic on-site and telephone support , whilst the bronze programme includes once a week on-site visits with telephone support for Solaris and other Sun software . |
| 19 | Silver service buys basic on-site and telephone support , while the bronze programme includes once a week on-site visits with telephone support for Solaris and for other Sun software . |
| 20 | ( iii ) Where the notepaper of an English or Welsh office of the practice includes neither a designation of the practice ( see paragraph 6(b) above ) nor a list of the partners or directors , the statement required by sub-paragraph ( b ) ( i ) ( B ) above must also state that the partners or directors are ( as the case may be ) solicitors and registered foreign lawyers , or describe them in such other terms which , as applied to those partners or directors , would be permitted by paragraph 6(b) ( i ) or ( ii ) above . |
| 21 | With the spring shows only a couple of months away , it would be impossible for me to appoint a replacement who could get a collection ready in time . ’ |
| 22 | The classic experiment requires both a control and an experimental group to which subjects are randomly allocated . |
| 23 | Some Russians , still fighting , tried to break through , many formations led by a priest holding high a cross ; all were cut down . |
| 24 | Now this kind of ordering text on a page if you 're using a typewriter takes quite a lot of skill but if you 're a , with a word processor it 's actually quite easy . |
| 25 | At federal level the Liberal-National opposition needed only a swing of 1.4 per cent for victory . |
| 26 | When it also rapidly became clear , following the 1972 White Paper , Education : A Framework for Expansion , that there was to be in fact a massive reduction in teacher education and an opportunity to diversify to fill the gaps created , the CNAA began to be faced with proposals for degrees in other subjects , often combined or modularized degrees , and often with an attempt to build both a BA and BEd degree on top of a two-year Diploma . |
| 27 | Church council treasurer John King said the parish had been unable to fly its St George cross since the lanyard broke about a year ago . |
| 28 | That highly-creditable figure reflects nonetheless a fall over each of the last two seasons . |
| 29 | The recalled Hooper was relatively untroubled in the first period , only being called into serious action to turn aside a Beschastnikh freekick . |
| 30 | The pound fell almost a pfennig to 2.7880 German marks yesterday — just one pfennig above its floor in the ERM — sparking fears of new increases in interest rates . |