Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb -s] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Committee has an important job to do . |
| 2 | Share My Lettuce boasts an original if rather undernourished droll in Kenneth Williams ( remember him as the alarming brat in The Buccaneer ? |
| 3 | My dealer recommends an Aquaclear 802 powerhead . |
| 4 | ‘ My mother keeps an open-house policy . |
| 5 | Her successor faces an unenviable task . |
| 6 | The natural history of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis has not been clearly documented , and it is not known whether its presence has an independent influence on the prognosis of the affected patient . |
| 7 | Whilst recognising that such a survey would be of only indirect relevance to their present situation , the firm has a long history in the area ( since 1890 ) , and its management has an acute awareness that the present local employment situation is likely to deteriorate further without a mix of public/private initiatives . |
| 8 | Not least when their percussionist hits an artificial tree containing a drum sampler , two car wheels and a vacuum cleaner that looks like one of Ministry 's skeleton mic stands . |
| 9 | ‘ Fragrant Frames ’ now means those obvious-looking room fresheners and sprays can be dispensed with and in their place goes an elegant addition to any wall . |
| 10 | Generally speaking , however , in normal flight the wing ( or coupled wings ) moves in a path such that a point on its surface describes an irregular loop or an elongate figure-of-eight with respect to the wing-base , the long axis of the plane of vibration being inclined at an angle to the long axis of the insect ( Fig. 38 ) while the angle at which the surface of the wing is held changes throughout the cycle . |
| 11 | Their rod sends an electrical current into the water which effects the muscles of the fish so that they are forced to swim towards their captors . |
| 12 | Its opera has an international reputation , both for its musical standards and its progressive attitude to production . |
| 13 | The smaller Divisions could argue that at the heart of their success lies an individual education process and a separate designation — the Chartered Building Surveyor is a prime example . |
| 14 | We believe that their report conveys an erroneous view . |
| 15 | Some were great and glorious , some were humble and small — but together their destruction represents an awful catalogue of misery . |
| 16 | Will the right hon. Gentleman ensure that his Department takes an adequate interest in the subcontracts ? |
| 17 | His appearance gives an immediate impression of determination and courage ; his demeanour is self-assured , steady and fearless . |
| 18 | His trademark is an endless supply of baggy designer suits , but his modernity belies an old fashioned belief in diligence and grasp of detail . |
| 19 | His career marks an important stage in the development of party management in the post-1832 era , when legal registration of voters constituted a new factor in electoral calculations . |
| 20 | Traditionally , literary criticism — which generally has supported the conservative idea of the period as a time of disruption and rebellion has made out a case for the poem 's balanced quality in praising both Cromwell and Charles I. Marvell may have later been an employee of Cromwell 's Latin Secretariat , but his poem shows an independent impartiality which avoids political commitment . |
| 21 | Although Arieti himself fails properly to follow it through , his observation underpins an important theme in our understanding of creativity as it relates to psychosis , and we shall have occasion to refer to it again . |
| 22 | If your camcorder has an audio monitor socket , take an earpiece ( a ) or — preferably — a pair of headphones ( b ) . |
| 23 | Our study shows an increased proportion of unnecessary operations among patients presenting in the early hours but no relation between the proportion of complicated appendicitis and time of presentation . |
| 24 | Your wheel appears an upmarket version in mahogany , probably a one-off model . |
| 25 | Every event that you choose for your life , no matter how destructive , chaotic or miserable it may seem , has been allowed to manifest because your Wholeness has an innate knowledge of those things you need to get you to the place where you will choose to sink deeply within , into the stillness of who you are . |
| 26 | Finally , as liver failure was predominant in at least 16 of the 29 patients dying within six weeks and as our score gives an objective information about the outcome of the patient ( unlike the classicacl Child-Pugh classification which is subjected to changes after improvement of the patient 's status ) cirrhotic patients with their first , potentially lethal , variceal bleeding should be early stratified as candidates or not for liver transplantation and the decision to proceed to transplantation should be considered in the high risk group defined by us . |
| 27 | I see your father has an open bottle . " |
| 28 | If you know your speaker wants an overhead projector , make sure they 've got one that works . |
| 29 | When you know that your centre needs an invigorating , fresh creative and lively input contact us … |
| 30 | Put simply , you are constructively dismissed if your employer breaks an important term of your employment contract . |