Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While at the hostel they could get a free pass to visit any cinema or theatre so a decent life was possible on the half pay rehearsal salary . |
| 2 | The pendulum consists of a weight on the end of a piece of string , thread or chain usually a few inches long . |
| 3 | Good locks are n't cheap … unless you compare them with the sort of loss and distress even a minor burglary can cause . |
| 4 | Predictably though , the hypothesis that itis simply a matrix complex which is required to maintain normal hepatocyte function in culture can not explain all reported observations . |
| 5 | There , you could ask a dozen out to dinner at the last moment knowing that you were supported by the twin pillars of traiteur and pâtisserie only a telephone call away . |
| 6 | We had an afternoon and evening once a week ; and I had to be in at nine , not a minute later . |
| 7 | But soon they too would be absorbed by the world of the camp , know their way about it in their sleep , do the washing-up and water-carrying once a week , or walk about like negroes in G-strings made out of a towel . |
| 8 | On Dec. 27 the government announced that it intended to end the sectarian dispute by acquiring the contested site and building both a mosque and a Hindu temple . |
| 9 | We do not get paid but we do have a free hack or lesson once a month . |
| 10 | Once a shape has been generated , however , it can be plotted at any position and in any orientation or size so a library of shapes can be built up for repeated use . |
| 11 | ‘ They told me that this year they have employed a private contractor who is supposed to cut grass at least twice a month and weed once a month but its not happening , ’ he added . |
| 12 | In most countries complicated tax laws make the use of outside advice and assistance almost a necessity . |
| 13 | And that yo can keep the dog and cat upstairs a bit ca n't we ? |
| 14 | But again there is ambivalence over whether they should be encouraged into the countryside : to the farmer and conservationist alike a vision is conjured up of marauding inner-city teenagers and other undesirable aliens , wreaking havoc in an environment best kept well away from ‘ those kinds of people ’ . |
| 15 | She is fed performance mix with bran and hay twice a day . |
| 16 | If you bear in mind the fact that the wealth of data available makes even tighter analysis and cross-analysis solely a function of the limits of the computer , you may begin to appreciate what is not only possible , but is happening right now . |
| 17 | The weak nuclear force was not well understood until 1967 , when Abdus Salam at Imperial College , London , and Steven Weinberg at Harvard both proposed theories that unified this interaction with the electromagnetic force , just as Maxwell had unified electricity and magnetism about a hundred years earlier . |
| 18 | Everyone assumes that students know how to make and use their notes , and yet time and time again a piece of work does not receive the grade it deserves because crucial material or ideas have been left out ; often this is information which the lecturer gave out in classes but which the student did not note down . |