Example sentences of "[vb -s] an [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book needs an explicit account of aspects of foregrounding to help readers focus their investigations . |
| 2 | Sailing in these conditions also needs an alert awareness of safety matters : you should pick your sailing venues with great care and always sail with others . |
| 3 | Remarkably simple yet it still needs an awful lot of erm individ er people teams of people back at head office backing you know know what I mean . |
| 4 | Secondly , he needs an ever-deepening understanding of Christian doctrine and moral theology . |
| 5 | To help someone see the nature of his justification ( and live by it ) he needs an ever-deepening understanding of grace . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , sustained horticulture needs an abundant supply of organic waste to maintain soil structure and fertility . |
| 7 | It therefore needs an abundant supply of nature 's essential rehydrating fluid — water — to keep it soft and supple . |
| 8 | UNDER the heading of ‘ Obscure objects of desire ’ , an article in which one Julian Durlacher finds ‘ a magazine for you ’ which covers an extraordinary range of subjects such as the British Bee Journal , the Budgerigar , and Smooth , ‘ a fashion magazine for those who love rubber , leather and vinyl ’ , came mention of the official organ of the BIE . |
| 9 | In one example — Haringey , which covers an inner-city area of North London including Tottenham — the 5 per cent limit worked out at £7 million . |
| 10 | In many respects it is an excellent sequel to Flow injection analysis by the same authors and , like its forerunner , it covers an impressive range of applications supported by a generous number of drawings and diagrams . |
| 11 | In fact , he has an extraordinary repertoire of mannerisms , all of which could be reasonably mistaken for possession of one kind or another . |
| 12 | The Pains of Sleep has an unrelenting quality of nightmare . |
| 13 | The bottlenose dolphin has an average ratio of 40 to 1 , the dusky dolphin about 35 to 1 , and Dall 's porpoise about 26 to 1 , suggesting that dolphins generally show a degree of intelligence comparable with that of humans . |
| 14 | The upper unit has an average porosity of 12% , formed largely of voids between fragments of the breccias , together with some contribution from fractures . |
| 15 | The line itself is made of copper , which has an average life of ten years over the whole system , but much less on sharp curves . |
| 16 | Of Glaxo 's 3,500 research staff in Britain , 47 per cent are female , more than half are graduates , and the workforce has an average age of 33 . |
| 17 | Volleyball : Chelmsford Partners women 's volleyball side are banking on a wealth of experience to give them the edge this Sunday in their first English Volleyball Association Cup Final.The team has an average age of nearly 34 , but they still fancy their chances of defeating a younger Sheffield Wednesday at Riverside ( start 1.30 pm ) . |
| 18 | I feel , rather than see , Moira suddenly remembering that she has an awful lot of things to do somewhere else . |
| 19 | Well because the labour in say this country is over productive , this has an awful lot of categories attached to each unit of labour , that 's why labour is very productive , is that you for each unit of labour employed there might be ten units of capital , I E there are chemicals etcetera , the reason why erm this this pressure on the land in say Africa , Africa , even though the density of population was much less and that there 's virtually no capital there , right , so in order to produce the food , you know the labour has to till the soil by hand and spread the seed by hand |
| 20 | Hang on lets get , in terms of Stella , has an awful lot of relatively small trivial changes which she will put through and none of us are going to disagree with . |
| 21 | The use of an interactive computer as an aid to teaching involves programs , each of which has an identifiable range of content or subject matter X , the program provides a preset repertoire of computer ‘ comments ’ and ‘ responses ’ from which the teacher can select particular elements using the driving system ; these are designed to promote transactions with the pupils and the teacher aims at moving towards ‘ understanding X ’ . |
| 22 | Berghaus has a very comfortable jacket called the Chinook ( £140 ) , which has an inner lining of Windstopper , but it is not as warm as an equivalent one with a windproof outer . |
| 23 | S. Stefano Rotondo is similar but has an inner ring of Ionic columns supporting an entablature while , across the circle , is a pierced dividing wall supported on two Corinthian columns . |
| 24 | The school now has an increasing number of entrants with special needs , including children with support , children with behavioural difficulties and children already statemented . |
| 25 | Hasson 's passionate playing has an occasional touch of roughness , but there is no harm in that , and he also offers some of the refinement and sensitivity that are sine qua non in this composer 's music . |
| 26 | According to the phi transformation a coarse particle 4 mm in diameter has an equivalent diameter of -2φ , whereas a finer grain 0·125 mm in diameter equates with a +3φ diameter . |
| 27 | THE Lloyd 's of London insurance market has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins . |
| 28 | THE Lloyd 's of London insurance market has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins . |
| 29 | The ever-popular shire horse entry has an increased turnout of 140 , making the show the second most important shop window for the one-time farm workhorse . |
| 30 | A behavioural response is strengthened when it has an increased probability of occurring ( frequency ) or when it is likely to be performed for a longer period of time ( duration ) . |