Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It 's a matter of fact rather than rather than rather than a matter what is shown on the one inch map .
2 Contrary to some popular images , normally this does not seem to be reversed in a significant way during the last years of life of the older generation , except perhaps where a person receives substantial personal care , but is not in a position to repay it through bequests after their death .
3 As Richard Sennett ( 1974 ) puts it , ‘ A feeling can be conveyed more than once when a person , having ceased to ‘ suffer it ’ , and now at a distance studying it , comes to define its essential form ’ ( p. 112 ) .
4 She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed .
5 Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions .
6 It is important to note here than even if a parent is gripped by those negative fantasies that the textbooks claim to be real and universal , she is also immediately capable of embracing a critique of the values she is confronted with .
7 THERE are always horses at Edelson House in Gainford if only because a part of the garden is a horses ' graveyard .
8 The rest of this book will not produce more than a flawed account of some of the arguments that have been advanced both concerning the physical and moral nature of God ( because even if a God existed , there is still the question of whether we should worship Him or rebel against Him ) .
9 Because even if an ARLA member goes bust its clients are covered for loss by insurance .
10 Pronto is erm an area of the store where we sell our occasional furniture and erm small priced coffee tables , hi-fi units the occasional furniture that may go erm whereas up until a couple of years ago we use to display this product around the showroom floor part of the new concept stores was that we actually set the same section in the showroom which is very much like a a shelving system whereby the stock actually sits on the shelves , the customer walks in and it 's an easy easy purchase straight off the trolley erm very much like the supermarket operation so it 's the lower priced good value occasional type furniture the cash and carry the kind of things that you do n't need sales assistants for the kind of bookcase that you would put in your children 's bedroom that kind of thing .
11 Very often we are only interested in θ satisfying θ ≤ U. In this case we would stop as soon as a tableau is reached in which θ ≥ U.
12 As soon as a girl reaches puberty , which is celebrated as a life cycle rite , she must be manned off outside the family and its clan group .
13 Parent company Abacus Municipal Holdings are ready to relinquish their involvement as soon as a buyer can be found .
14 As soon as a board attempts to interfere with management tasks it 's a fair bet that profits will decline .
15 With admissible or near-admissible algorithms the search can end as soon as a spanning hypothesis has been found .
16 As the State Department and the White House both set crisis management operations in train , and President Bush urgently conferred with top officials , FMLN statements — that the guests , except for the armed Americans , were not hostages and were free to go as soon as a ceasefire was arranged — were almost ignored .
17 The proposals were reported to have offered the MNR a privileged status , allowing it to start political activities within Mozambique as soon as a ceasefire had been concluded , but requiring it to recognize the Mozambican Constitution .
18 Now , delivery sheets are faxed direct to the distribution centres as soon as a lorry leaves the works .
19 As soon as a character is within reach , or if they are attacked themselves , the Daemonettes attack and the illusion of their appearance is immediately dispelled .
20 As soon as a character moves through the arch from area 60 , he finds himself in a meadow of what looks like thick , lush , flesh-coloured grass .
21 As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog .
22 As soon as a character lays a hand on this item , the skeletal Cleric grips it more tightly .
23 The Home Office Code under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [ PACE ] requires that as soon as a suspect arrives at a police station , they should be told by the custody officer of their right to independent , free legal advice .
24 The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties .
25 In keeping delayed payments to a minimum , the important thing is to have a simple routine which is operated as soon as a customer exceeds the credit terms given and accepted on the haulage contract .
26 Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause .
27 The recognition lag Effective economic management would require the authorities to take action as soon as a disturbance occurs which is judged to have an adverse impact on the desired combination of macroeconomic objectives .
28 But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy .
29 If a first baiter knew his job , as soon as a man had ploughed a stetch he 'd drop his stick across the furrows .
30 The formation of new lobes is only one part of the story , for as soon as a distributary abandons a lobe , which is thus deprived of its sediment supply , marine erosion can set in .
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