Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As children grow up , and the pedal bike becomes the motorbike , they have areas to test their skills , where tumbles cause only a bruise or a tear . |
| 2 | Losses during the full year in mortgage indemnity business , where GA has only a 4% market share , were again in line with expectations at $53.1m , including $20.9m in the fourth quarter . |
| 3 | Although Wallinger makes quite a straightforward , if powerfully direct , rock noise there are many who have been impressed by his abilities as a natural communicator — especially at his live shows . |
| 4 | However just less than 53% achieved either a moderate or good degree and the proportion obtaining a poor degree was 13% . |
| 5 | We 're told in the report that small firms with less than twenty people have a fatal and major accident rate forty percent higher than firms employing over a thousand . |
| 6 | Although Nepal has only a minimal rug-weaving trade , an increasing number of good quality items are now being made in the country by Tibetan refugees . |
| 7 | ‘ Thus , although Dillons discounts only a limited range of titles , the knock-on effect of its advertising campaign and aggressive marketing is that it brings people into its shops , and generates the belief that all books are cheaper in Dillons , not just discounted titles . |
| 8 | The works of no jurist other than Scaevola give even a hint that the distinction had become unimportant , and works on trusts continued to be written separately from those on the civil law of succession . |
| 9 | Although ales represent around a fifth of the nablab sector as a whole , The Brewers ' Society says it is ‘ so small a market that we do n't even bother to quantify it . ’ |
| 10 | Mum says nothing until Richard lets loose a mid-sized burp . |
| 11 | Yesterday , Price Waterhouse circulated a memorandum to some junior accountants offering ‘ increased opportunities ’ to work on charitable audits , normally unglamorous work of a low priority because firms charge only a nominal fee . |
| 12 | However , both lost form alarmingly in midweek , Chester losing 3–2 at home to Hebburn , while Durham threw away a two-goal lead before drawing at Bedlington . |
| 13 | On this third trick , East plays the Ace while West throws away a small Heart . |
| 14 | It is better to keep a pair — adult males have long ‘ bristles ’ on their heads , while females have only a fringe of very short tentacles around the snout . |
| 15 | Some of the refugees had been living in Polish exile for as long as seven weeks , while others arrived only a few hours before West German diplomats announced they could leave . |
| 16 | Yes , long before Walsh drove home a left-footer after only six minutes , 40 seconds , the mood was buoyant . |
| 17 | When Victoria grew just a little bit older and wiser , and knew how to manage a household as well as a medical centre . |
| 18 | The movement was given credence when NME gathered together a host of itchy bands on a compilation tape called ‘ C86 ’ . |
| 19 | Spurs ' humiliation was compounded when Lineker mis-kicked wildly a few feet in front of goal and fell flat on his back . |
| 20 | Though volatiles represent only a tiny fraction of the masses of the terrestrial planets , they endow Venus , the Earth , and Mars with interesting phenomena such as atmospheres , oceans , polar caps and , at least in the case of the Earth , a biosphere . |
| 21 | Blackwell 's effective period as governor lasted only a year , from the end of 1688 to New Year 1690 , and is generally reckoned a failure . |