Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A finder who sells goods without first disclosing that he has only a finder 's title is in breach of the condition in section 12 . |
| 2 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |
| 3 | Tramp nightclub owner Johnny Gold lives out a housewives ' fantasy in the arms of the exotic Chippendale hunks on his camp Christmas card . |
| 4 | ‘ And that being the case , ’ the Doctor said , wandering again into the twining array of whorls , blocks and threads , ‘ Pool has n't a snowflake 's chance in hell of pulling it off . ’ |
| 5 | He was struck by the way in which Muni had depicted the suffering , the bewilderment , and the anger of a simple man , by the way in which the atmosphere and pressures of a strike-bound community had been created , and above all by the reality of the violence , which was a thing ‘ that shrieks along a man 's nerves and settles in his stomach ’ . |
| 6 | Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier 's nose |
| 7 | Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier 's neck |
| 8 | The restaurant is open to guests and non-guests for lunch and dinner and offers both a table d'hôte and à la carte menu . |
| 9 | Withdrawing affection takes away a child 's security : you 're the pivot of her world and if your love is n't stable what in her world can be ? |
| 10 | ‘ It takes away an individual 's dignity and a family 's self-respect . |
| 11 | An advertising agency normally takes over a client 's advertising for a fee , or for a percentage of the amount of money the client spends on television time or space in newspapers , magazines or poster sites . |
| 12 | One of Robert Steel 's principal sponsors was Country Walking magazine , which is continuing its support by giving £2 to Enterprise Neptune every time a National Trust member takes out a year 's subscription . |
| 13 | TIM RENWICK The chat show sideman and musical chameleon tells how a gondoliers ' strike nearly sunk Pink Floyd … |
| 14 | A modest pile of six or seven tomatoes costs about £10 or ten pence depending on your calculation , while a pound of meat easily wipes out a month 's salary . |
| 15 | This extended critical evaluation is a rarity in a survey , but very welcome in the way it spells out a connoisseur 's response in formal terms to a work of art . |
| 16 | Although it works off a car 's own battery , all Nightsticks also incorporate an internal power supply to foil thieves who go for the wiring first . |
| 17 | An externality arises whenever an individual 's production or consumption decision directly affects the production or consumption of others other than through market prices . |
| 18 | Sano 's book on food in Nigeria demonstrates how a government 's attempt to cut its food imports by stimulating domestic production led to an increasing dependency on imports of farm inputs , especially fertilizer and machinery . |
| 19 | However , the following dialogue noted during a classroom observation , demonstrates how a teacher 's insensitivity can result in conflict with Afro-Caribbean young people . |
| 20 | Explain and critically discuss the proposition that the Black-Scholes model demonstrates how an option 's value is an explicit function of the characteristics of the underlying asset . |