Example sentences of "[coord] a [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if there are so-called ‘ gods ’ ( like stable government , a large credit balance in the building society , a new video recorder or a newly fitted kitchen ) whether in heaven or on earth , and even though there are many of these ‘ gods ’ and ‘ lords ’ yet there is for us only one God 1 Cor 8:5 , 6a |
| 2 | ‘ I know , ’ said David cheerfully teasing her , ‘ you think a church should be like an English Gothic cathedral or a little whitewashed village church with moth-eaten Peninsular War banners fluttering from dry-rotted lances . ’ |
| 3 | That is underlined by the absurdity which would result from a literal construction of the word ‘ cost ’ in the case of a loss-making concern such as British Rail or a heavily endowed institution , where the employee 's benefit would have to be valued at a figure in excess — indeed , it may be many times in excess — of the market price of the service provided . |
| 4 | Occasionally he brought Hassan or a new found friend with him but usually he was on his own , relishing being ‘ at home ’ . |
| 5 | Then it would be purely a matter of waiting for the assassin 's bullet to strike home , or a carefully planned accident to take place . |
| 6 | But if they fail to use the services of a professional adviser , or a properly equipped information centre , when there is small print to read and understand , they must accept personal responsibility if the terms of the agreement into which they entered , were unwise in the fist place . |
| 7 | The information contained on Form BD8 was previously the main criterion for deciding whether a pupil required education in a special school or an ordinary school , and whether the pupil should be referred to and educated as a blind or a partially sighted child . |
| 8 | A few people were about , returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry . |
| 9 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |
| 10 | This is important because while an online facility enables the database to record information about a highly dynamic process , management information is more often related to a fixed point in time or a precisely controlled period . |
| 11 | Today every single living thing that has ever lived , from a bacterium to a plant or a fully formed animal , has been built according to specifications laid down in the molecules of the dna called chromosomes . |
| 12 | It amounts to a determination or tendency to accept as conceptually respectable , and as a report of reality , only what is in accord with some part of scientific practice , or a fully specified calculus , or particular and explicit scientific laws , or particular kinds of quantification , or some principle in the philosophy of science . |
| 13 | my er thinking on on the on what you said in opening remarks which do n't make it clear to me whether we 've got a basic aircraft with optional extras or a fully specified aircraft from which we can dat deleted certain items of equipment . |
| 14 | It is certainly true that popular rule , conceived of in the simplest terms , does not logically imply a commitment to respect for individual liberty : there could be such a thing as popular tyranny , or a popularly endorsed tyranny . |
| 15 | Actually it would be fairer just to say that , in comparison with the time it would take either a monkey or a randomly programmed computer to type our target phrase , the total age of the universe so far is a negligibly small quantity , so small as to be well within the margin of error for this sort of back-of-an-envelope calculation . |
| 16 | For those who have never had the experience , a bothy is a hut , either a renovated ruin or a specially built shack in the heart of the wilderness that walkers can use if they need shelter . |
| 17 | Was it perhaps because the work did indeed look like typewriting ( by this time neither a highly paid nor a highly regarded occupation and mostly done by women ) and therefore an effeminate calling and beneath a man 's dignity ? |
| 18 | The man who spoke was burly , with grizzled hair and a neatly clipped moustache . |
| 19 | These I put inside a paper bag , along with a pound note and a hastily drawn picture of a devil and a donkey . |
| 20 | Puzzlement gave way to bravado and a new found delight in catching the ketchup artistes at it . |
| 21 | Sunshine and a well drained soil are recommended . |
| 22 | There is also a large lumber pad which rests comfortably against the pit of your back and a well padded hip belt giving a snug fit . |
| 23 | For mum 's peace of mind there is a doctor on call , too , and a well run nursery with a nursery nurse . |
| 24 | Its unit of concern is not the population but the patient episode and a well run hospital will know exactly , for each category of patient , the cost of care and its outcome ’ . |
| 25 | The population of about 1,250 is served by two shops and a well appointed inn . |
| 26 | Letter-writing and diary-keeping filled an important amount of a lady 's time , and a well laid-out desk was a useful piece of bedroom furniture . |
| 27 | There is also a damp proof course under guarantee and a well built extension to the rear . |
| 28 | There , his quick and brilliant mind gained him a degree in electrical engineering and a well defined career path with the Texas Instruments and Teledyne Geotech companies , with whom he was to make his not inconsiderable input to NASA 's Apollo Space Programme . |
| 29 | However , at the time the security of a large firm and a well known brand appeared to be the most sensible decision I could make . |
| 30 | The best known supporters of these ideas were members of the Central Committee ( elected in 1990 ) and USSR people 's deputies , Roy Medvedev and Anatoly Denisov and also V I Sevastyanov , Russian people 's deputy and a well known cosmonaut . |