Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is therefore opportunity for only a trickle of legislation from this source and , for reasons stated below , even less than that flows . |
2 | Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way . |
3 | Moszkowicz added : ‘ I served on the Darlington board for about a year because I misread Football League rules . |
4 | If the right hon. Gentleman would study recent CBI surveys he would see that domestic and export orders are rising , that export orders are at their highest level for over a year and that there is confirmation that business conditions are beginning to improve in line with confidence . |
5 | Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for almost a year . |
6 | I 've been into this look for quite a while now , I know the rules . |
7 | And of course for quite a while we were from . |
8 | Encore has been shipping Multimax superminis for over a year and has now sold ( and shipped ) two to the OSF 's development lab in Boston . |
9 | A specialist in seventeenth-century Dutch art , he taught at Columbia University for nearly a decade . |
10 | I 've just given the whole of life a miss for nearly a year , all because of bloody Adrian . |
11 | I 've been working with the deaf-aid for over a week , for God 's sake , and I realised how much I rely on it . |
12 | Hong Kong has been hanging in suspense for almost a fortnight over if Mr Patten would drop a self-imposed deadline for publication at the end of February so that talks with China could resume . |
13 | Even work experience for just a fortnight — such as an Earthwatch project — is worthwhile . |
14 | He had been a share salesman for just a week and a half , and the deal put £200 in his pocket . |
15 | MANSUR MUHAMMAD AHMED RAJIH : a 34-year-old writer and poet , he was held without charge or trial for over a year before being sentenced to death in 1984 after an unfair trial on false criminal charges . |
16 | Those projects observed had been in progress for over a year and most had established a good opening strategy as might be expected from their ability to identify schools with good potential for change . |
17 | As a result , it was out of action for over a year . |
18 | Almost before he got used to wearing the famous blue and white , Agnew suffered an injury which put him on crutches and out of action for virtually a season . |
19 | But I really like the bass ; it feels as solid as a rock and represents a more worthwhile investment for not a lot more money . |
20 | Such omission is completely in sympathy with the trend in physical geography for nearly a century after Man and Nature . |
21 | Whereas most large mammals can survive no more than 14 per cent water loss , the camel can survive an amazing 30 per cent loss for over a week quite easily . |
22 | the opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli ( 1752–1837 ) , Giulietta e Romeo , first performed at La Scala , Milan , in 1796 , and which remained popular all over the continent for almost a century . |
23 | In this case , the idea for a new church was in the leader 's mind for over a year before conception . |
24 | They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year . |
25 | It is sold as a paste and is hardened by light ; once the paste is in the cavity , the dentist sets it by shining a blue light for about a minute . |
26 | A pleasure steamer has made the first day trip down the Severn to the Devon coast for almost a century . |
27 | He continued to hide this condition for almost a week , until he collapsed during a break in rehearsals , and was rushed to hospital . |
28 | Left to its own devices , real ale stays in a drinkable condition for about a week . |
29 | Goulding is set to link up with his hometown club after only a year at Leeds after his £90,000 move from Wigan . |
30 | The experience of working for a number of American executives , who were too busy protecting their jobs and the inflated salaries that went with them to pass on any responsibilities to me , made a move imperative after about a year . |