Example sentences of "[det] [coord] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was true enough : the Company needed to sell about £100,000 of goods a year in West Africa to carry on enough trade to cover its fixed costs for shipping and for its forts ; it was never able to manage this and in a good year it could only take about 6,000 slaves across , which might be worth £90,000 . |
| 2 | He looked young , a little boy , as he said this and like a little boy who has been thrashed by playground bullies and can not do anything in return but hate them . |
| 3 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 4 | I wonder whether , if Labour Members present were Members not of this but of a similar Parliament in an eastern European country or in Russia , they would be taking this attitude . |
| 5 | A word spelt like another but with a different meaning , eg bow in a bow and arrow and tie one 's hair with a bow . |
| 6 | In addition , even though a fifth of total income is derived from occupational pensions , the vast majority of pensioners rely on social security either for all or for a significant proportion of their income : two-thirds of them receive 80 per cent or more of their income from this source . |
| 7 | There had been bad and costly muddles in the early days of the war ; agriculture had been disrupted by the number of peasants called to the colours , and eventually some had had to be returned to the fields ; the great Renault motor works was closed down , all but for a small shop making stretchers — motor vehicles evidently being considered a luxury with little application to the war effort . |
| 8 | While that may not sound brilliant for the performance , it should be borne in mind that the 300E-24 saloon , weighing the best part of 500lb less and with a four-speed automatic 'box , achieved 18.8mpg while on test . |
| 9 | Compared with the older production system , this new process , in which workers owned no machinery but were paid wages , was able to produce more and at a cheaper price . |
| 10 | One thousand buildings have been constructed to these standards at costs of one per cent more but with a resulting 40 per cent cut in heating bills . |
| 11 | If Midland Life is required to make any payment under the Policyholders ' Protection Act 1975 ( or any enactment amending or replacing the same or of a similar nature ) or if there is any change in the law or Inland Revenue practice affecting a Guaranteed Capital Bond the benefits provided by such a Bond may be varied by Midland Life in such manner as the Midland Life Actuary considers appropriate . |
| 12 | 1.3 A student may undertake a variety of Music Making modules at the same or at a different level for a combination of music categories . |
| 13 | However , whether the expression of P3A - and P3A + variants of α subunit in humans is transcriptionally regulated by the same or by a different promoter/enhancer element is not known . |
| 14 | There are many ways in which you can help yourself without incurring extra costs , either on your own or with a small group of friends . |
| 15 | Another variety — the low-voltage miniature halogen lamp — is designed for use in a special fitting complete with a transformer and is excellent used on its own or with a miniature track for lighting objects and paintings , as is the new low-voltage halogen reflector lamp . |
| 16 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 17 | It can be photographed on its own or in a likely setting . |
| 18 | You must obviously decide in your own parish what can best be done , whether for your own or from a neighbouring parish . |