Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adv] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to be able to find at least an oddment of eroticism . |
| 2 | In the first place you will start to think about how an actor 's work differs according to the demands of the medium . |
| 3 | It is possible that in the course of time scientific advance will be able to offer at least an hypothesis which will throw some light on the mystery of the origin of the universe and give substance to the belief that life , in some form or other , does have an ineradicable and eternal place in the universe . |
| 4 | The revitalised company that started life building its own 16-bit minicomputers , ultimately plunged into bankruptcy and returned from the dead as a library automation systems specialist , may make two more acquisitions this month , president and chief executive Stephen Sadler told the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts — and it expects to make at least an acquisition a month for the rest of the next 12 months . |
| 5 | Whether they knew George Pittendrigh or not they felt a need to be solemn , to show at least an awareness of mortality . |