Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we should like to see an authoritative source of comparative APRs : both typical rates and the extremes of the range of rates , for different types of credit and ( where this makes a significant difference ) different types of purchase financed by the same type of credit . |
| 2 | I should have thought it would have been easier than that to put a new one in . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's nothing in the passage , so that means a dead puppy , I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | Although this seemed a good idea at the time , current strategy at WH Smith is to have full control , as in the buying up of 100 per cent of Molinaire , the TV services company , in July . |
| 5 | Although this seemed a wise decision at the time , it was anything but wise in the long run , as we had not reckoned on the dramatic rise in house prices . |
| 6 | Although this involves a delicate piece of balancing , it is not Iran 's only such balancing act . |
| 7 | Although this varies a great deal from patient to patient , all post-operative patients are likely to have some degree of anxiety and/or pain . |
| 8 | The LCP are recorded more closely ( note entirely to the violins ' advantage in the busier moments of the outer movements ) , and although this lends a welcome clarity , I find the results almost totally devoid of charm . |
| 9 | Although this represented a growing separation of the press from the state , the latter still exercised immense control over the press through the taxes and duties which it imposed upon it . |
| 10 | Although this had a complex rationale , there is no question that one motive behind it was a desire to reassert a largely factitious national identity — the ‘ imagined community ’ of nationhood that is supposed to transcend all inequalities , oppressions and exploitation ( Anderson , 1983 ) . |
| 11 | One method ( Ingersoll et al. , 1984 ) obviates this by identifying minerals within the clast , rather than the complete clast , although this produces a modal composition based on total mineralogy rather than based on detrital grain mineralogy . |
| 12 | Although this corrected a chronic under-representation , the SDLP were furious , interpreting it as an integrationist measure in favour of Protestants . |
| 13 | Although this has a militant reputation , the abbess is a Chinese appointee and nuns have been known to climb out of windows to take part in the demonstrations . |
| 14 | Socialists have long fought for security of tenure for council tenants , so this represents a major gain in the housing struggle . |
| 15 | Although it has tended during its fairly-long aquarium history to virtually disappear from time to time , it is currently fairly commonly available , so this seems a good time to take a detailed look at this fish and its requirements . |
| 16 | Although few adopted a fully-fledged Lockeian position , most believed in the idea of a contract between rulers and ruled , the breaking of which had cost James II the throne . |
| 17 | They could be more lightly dressed than those using a conventional ejector seat , who have to wear more safety equipment . |
| 18 | Thanks to the connections made by William Agnew amongst Glasgow 's high society , the Bazaar was extremely successful and raised more than enough to purchase a prime site on the corner of West Regent Street and West Campbell Street . |
| 19 | But , as I argued there , the conscious appetitive behaviour of animals is more than enough to drive a significant wedge between the expression of their needs and the mere presence of those of plants and machines . |
| 20 | Done the A squared , and you said , well , let's do the B squared cos that gives a positive , then you got a little bit sort of not sure of which ones you 'd done and which ones you had n't . |
| 21 | A common set of robust application programming interfaces for graphical user interfaces and networking would do to start with says UI , which it believes it could get most of the community to commit to , even if each has a different implementation ( UX No 391 ) . |
| 22 | If that sounds a circuitous definition compared to the sweeping prose of the First Amendment , it nonetheless reflects the pragmatic approach of British law lords : " " Free " " in itself is vague and indeterminate . |
| 23 | ‘ If that requires a radical rethinking of some of our policies , so be it . |
| 24 | By contrast , a curriculum for young people with disabilities or learning difficulties often centres around a ‘ preparation for adulthood ’ as if this constitutes a recognisable area of study . |
| 25 | If this represents a true transformation , then other aspects of the segmental Hox code should also be altered . |
| 26 | But these have a natural resonant frequency , ideally around 4Hz , and if this matches a natural resonance of the pickup arm , there is a disastrous amplification of background noise or rumble . |
| 27 | If this sounds a tall order , it is . |
| 28 | If this sounds a tall order , it is . |
| 29 | If this sounds a strange gospel coming from a theologian , let me say immediately that there is so much in the Bible about the awfulness , the cruelty and the unfaithfulness of human kind that we may be sometimes justified in wondering why God continues to love us at all . |
| 30 | If this seems a great many elephants , just consider the area over which they are spread . |