Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] an [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though things can look bleak for the unemployed , Mr Scott 's advice is to take the long-term view — sooner or later an opportunity is bound to arise . |
| 2 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 3 | Further examination revealed a hard swelling at the base of the penis and the question of a foreign body was raised with Mr P. He strongly denied inserting anything into his urethra and so an X-ray was taken . |
| 4 | The business in the example , it should be pointed out , is likely to be a retailer as there is no manufacturing capacity in the fixed assets and thus an opportunity is provided for the teacher to explore with the students the expected differences in the structure of assets and liabilities between different industries . |
| 5 | All right , I thought ; yes , it 's womanish to go to him , but they 're poor times , and maybe an astrologer 's a rug to put over you when you 're wintering . |
| 6 | I reported the find to the landowner and then the Coroner , and subsequently an inquest was held on 13 December 1991 . |
| 7 | It is true that local authorities do not achieve uniformity of provision , but usually an attempt is made to match resources to need . |
| 8 | Trying to present that impossible chimera , ‘ a balanced view ’ , the series in fact reflected the existing power relations in the industry by showing predominantly White , Western , heterosexual films , but clearly an effort was made to complete the picture with some lesbian films and with work ( especially documentaries and shorts ) from outside the familiar Eurocentric tradition . |
| 9 | Perhaps a more apt title would be the Demolition Years , as not only whole industries , jobs and homes were destroyed , but also an attempt was made to change our whole way of life . |
| 10 | This is a set of nodes V , as before , but now an edge is an ordered pair of nodes : G = ( V , E ) where E c VxV |
| 11 | But now an MP is concerned that it 's the thieves who are cashing in by using the sales as clearing houses for stolen property . |