Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A user without any computing experience can halt the processing at any time and ask why a particular line of questioning is being pursued or how a particular conclusion was reached — the expert system will explain and justify its line of reasoning . |
| 2 | Not as hopeless as expected but still a million miles from anything approaching relevance or interest . |
| 3 | Not as hopeless as expected but still a million miles from anything approaching relevance or interest . |
| 4 | There 's always a risk it may be hijacked but even a minimal military force accompanying it would warn the Serbs that the West meant business . |
| 5 | They would be featured and then a live player with a piano or what have you erm would produce the music which went with the action on , on the screen . |
| 6 | Everybody remembers where they were when JFK was shot and now a new round of ‘ Who Really Killed the President ’ books are coming out soon to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination . |
| 7 | Rightly , because there was no easy link to be made and only a few years previously the best criminologists were explaining the increase in crime as an inevitable consequence of prosperity . |
| 8 | They say some workers were allowed back before a final all-clear had been given and so a second evacuation was necessary . |
| 9 | However , it allows only about one third of patients to be diagnosed and therefore a negative result has little value . |
| 10 | Perhaps more significantly I was to find out that many Heads and teachers alike believed in the importance of creative experience for children , and so the way schools had developed was genuine , well founded and not a half-baked ill-digested educational " gimmick " . |
| 11 | Over 60% agreed and around a third disagreed with this suggestion , over 75% of the former being sole practitioners . |
| 12 | We might , for example , find that in a particular residential area there are unexpectedly large numbers of households with ‘ lodgers ’ and so we might want to add this as a specific category in the household composition ; or we might find that on an attitude question views are rather more extreme than we had anticipated and so a new response category could be usefully put in to save us noting responses under ‘ Others , specify … ’ in many cases . |
| 13 | A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments . |
| 14 | Today she said : ‘ Naturally job losses tend to be highlighted but just a few weeks ago a new business opened creating 80 jobs . |
| 15 | In mid-afternoon they left Dunbar Castle , well mounted and quite a sizeable company — for Moray and the Steward had managed to extract a group of their horsed men from the débâcle and ridden directly here . |
| 16 | Depending upon the decision unit being assessed , alternatives can be either mutually exclusive to the strategy proposed or else a preferred level of activity compared with alternative levels of service provision . |
| 17 | Through the Service , an initial supply of sheets is discreetly provided and thereafter a fresh supply is brought on a regular basis to each home , and the used sheets are taken away to be laundered . |
| 18 | For example , it is unfortunately true that many people experience a burglary at their home ; this usually means things being stolen and so a significant loss occurs . |
| 19 | It is still long-bodied , with a cylindrical shape on fairly short legs , but it is well muscled and potentially a good beef animal . |
| 20 | Drinks in the social club followed and then a guided tour of Royston CSD was given . |
| 21 | The reasons for Black people 's poor housing are well documented but neither a formal nor a perceptual space for raising a discussion of such issues is available in the film . |
| 22 | And it is it seems to me quite within the realms of possibility that erm highway erm criteria will change and the need for upgrading of the roads would be reviewed and perhaps a different system erm of er judging them er would produce a different set of or a different improvement regime . |
| 23 | A year passed and then a big house in Oxford Street came along . |
| 24 | Over 500 objections were sent and now a public enquiry will follow , but not called by the Secretary of State as heretofore . |
| 25 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 26 | According to unofficial Armenian reports at least 17 Armenian villagers were killed and over a hundred wounded , and the Armenian authorities alleged that the troops were refusing to allow the wounded to be evacuated for medical treatment . |
| 27 | In the first serious clash since the coup , the army , now given a broader mandate to destroy the Marxist Sendero Luminoso ( " Shining Path " ) guerrillas , on April 28 moved into the Raucana shanty town on the outskirts of the capital Lima , run as a " model " Sendero development ; one person was killed and over a dozen more seriously wounded . |
| 28 | One student was killed and about a dozen injured on April 18 in Casablanca when police ended a demonstration at the Hassan II University to draw attention to demands for improved conditions . |
| 29 | This is a strictly private company in that the issue of a prospectus is prohibited and even a single individual may act as the ‘ founder of the company ’ . |
| 30 | By the time mum takes the book away the corners are chewed and maybe a dribble-stained page or two has a tiny tear . |