Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be rash to conclude that all that represents a rejection of radicalism ; better , perhaps , to say that it is the sense of radicalism itself that changed . |
| 2 | That represents a growth of expenditure in those sectors of roughly 80 per cent . |
| 3 | In real terms , that represents an increase of 2.4 per cent . |
| 4 | As well as being the sort of motion that brings local government into disrepute , I also believe that this is the sort of motion that , that displays a lack of tolerance that should concern us all . |
| 5 | She adds : ‘ That encourages a woman to be hopeful things will improve but , unfortunately , there is no way of knowing how he will react to anything . ’ |
| 6 | Apparently that drives a couple of bones into the brain . |
| 7 | There were at least three overlapping sets of arguments underlying the drive away from segregation at eleven-plus : each represents an advance upon its predecessor and towards some pure ideal of comprehensiveness . |
| 8 | If an individual works longer hours than he or she would wish to do in the absence of taxation , that involves a loss of welfare . |
| 9 | Moreover , it may at any time be varied or revoked by an ordinary resolution even if that involves an alteration of the articles . |
| 10 | Every person each plays a part in the familial deterioration , but no one can , ‘ help the things life has done to us . |
| 11 | With that goes a rejection of the corrupted language and thought of the old politics . |
| 12 | With that goes an awareness of time leading to simple enjoyment and tranquillity . |
| 13 | Obviously that constitutes a threat for the future . |
| 14 | was er whether the please ensure erm looking at carriageway major repairs you see area two tended to ninety three thousand pounds and that covers a lot of things which might include . |
| 15 | What I do n't wa , I know it 's handy sometimes you think , ah that covers a lot of things for me and you may have come across something yourself I 'll the there is a key , there should be a key to those things in my cupboard , those lifelines things not the same as cha , I 've got all sorts of ideas that you might pick out and say right we can use that as a lesson you might even just say well sod copyright I 'm gon na photocopy that and I 'll use it ! |
| 16 | If they 're not very careful , the family will lose out every time and that causes a lot of problems in our society . |
| 17 | Once you 've seen it , you 'll want to change your mind , they always do , and that causes a lot of extra bother . " |
| 18 | Pete has never touched my hair in my life and there was some downstairs in that bathroom downstairs and I thought hey that looks a bit of fun , I 'll have a go at that and erm and I was outside and I took my hair down , I 'd just washed it and I said oh look , you know , I used this hair thickening shampoo do you think it looks thicker , as a joke , and he goes yeah it does actually , yeah it really does . |
| 19 | That looks a lot like you there . |
| 20 | That looks a Stranger to the Beams of Day ; |
| 21 | Er I particularly like the land that it 's on there , that adds a bit of interest to it , it 's another view , another sort of point to attract your eye . |
| 22 | Each has a sense of affinity with the other . |
| 23 | Each commission is chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons ( a nonparty figure ) and each has a judge as deputy chairman . |
| 24 | The four British associations each has a vote on the board , with Fifa having four of its own , which gives it the power of veto but guards against the laws being riddled with crackpot theories — such as making the goals bigger . |
| 25 | The intensity of warfare and the weight of weapons used declines across the spectrum ; all the bands are blurred at the edges where they overlap ; and each has a number of gradations within it . |
| 26 | Each has a place in such a varied marketplace . |
| 27 | In addition , the University Grants Committee , the Welsh Joint Education Committee and the Confederation of British Industries each has an observer on the Board . |
| 28 | The main philosophical argument I come across that has a bearing on the Devil is the old one of dualism . |
| 29 | but that has a touch of the rose-coloured spectacles about it ; Wesley was not so impressed with the town when he first preached there in 1753 in what he called a ‘ dry , barren , uncomfortable place ’ . |
| 30 | Something that is totally helpless yet that has a world of power . |