Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj -er] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , now that Renault and Volvo are part of a greater alliance they are seeking to use some of the same components in their two , separate gearboxes . |
| 2 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 3 | The main point about this category — for lack of a better word we shall call it ‘ under class ' ’ — is that its destiny is perceived as hopeless ' ( Dahrendorf , 1985 , pp. 101–7 ) . |
| 4 | For want of a better word they 're actually stolen books are stolen . |
| 5 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 6 | Although strikes tend to be of a shorter duration they are concentrated around this key period when they are accompanied by picketing , working slowly to the rule book and the physical harassment of managers . |
| 7 | For a safer suntan you should know how the process works . |
| 8 | For a coolwater tank you can get Paradise Fish , White Clouds , Blue Acara and even many Barbs and Killies . |
| 9 | For a further hour she worked steadily , then looked at her watch and began to tidy the papers away . |
| 10 | As you know , I 've been on the look out for some years for a smaller company we could have a friendly merger with , but there 's nothing even remotely promising at the moment . |
| 11 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 12 | For a stouter edging you could use sections of railway sleeper . |
| 13 | As a younger person I , I would expect that I 've probably got another fifteen years to go to the menopause , but I 'm looking forward to it as a relief from pre-menstrual syndrome ! |
| 14 | As a younger son he had learnt to be content with small advantages when greater ones were not to be had ; yet he had not lost the capacity for large designs or for rapid action when need arose . |
| 15 | As a lighter-hearted tailpiece it is , perhaps , gratifying to note that the dogs here are already doing their best to hasten the processes of corrosion against this latest disproportionate and obnoxious implant . |
| 16 | This is partly because as a harder metal it makes a more secure setting for valuable stones and partly that being a white metal it reflects rather than competes with the brilliance and lustre of diamonds . |
| 17 | The personnel manager felt that if she was working in a establishment with a lower turn-over she would be more democratic because there would be more time . |
| 18 | Within the sorry within the H B F projections , the populations grows by seventy thousand persons , so even though we have increased death statistics , mortality statistics where life expectancy is going to increase , by applying those onto a higher population you 're naturally going to have more deaths . |
| 19 | Within a further month he had suffered a second and fatal one . |
| 20 | The cost of unsold or unconsumed stocks will have been incurred in the expectation of future revenue , and when this will not arise until a later year it is appropriate to carry forward this cost to be matched with the revenue when it arises . |
| 21 | Holland , Stead , and others wrote warmly of him , but in a wider circle he was more respected than loved . |
| 22 | In a softer yarn it can be used as a bedjacket and for girls or slim ladies , it makes an excellent skirt when sewn into a tube . |
| 23 | Then in a louder voice she cried , ‘ You took me to see him , do you remember ? |
| 24 | ‘ No ! ’ whispered Jack , then in a louder voice he said commandingly , ‘ Go for it ! ’ |
| 25 | So bear that in mind , even the beginning of this story look at that first paragraph it 's in a darker type it 'll make me filthy , a darker and a larger size . |
| 26 | About a quarter of women have no symptoms at all , but in a further quarter they are more severe and long-lasting , and result from hormonal changes in the body . |
| 27 | In a further affidavit they put her case more clearly in the following terms : |
| 28 | In a smaller stadium they will not be so passionate as they were when they beat the Americans in the final . ’ |
| 29 | John was so sure of an encore that he rehearsed the girls in a burlesque version of a quartet from the Gaiety Theatre in London , and in a later scene they performed a coconut dance — a long-established feature of theatre and street dance of the time . |
| 30 | In a later interview he was to say of his poetry that " … in its sources , in its emotional springs , it comes from America " . |