Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | W w where they w w once when they 'd been installed or was it thought that it a mistake had been made in obviously a lot of cash had been spent on them but erm , was it considered a mis a waste of money or ? |
| 2 | But neither should he allow in only a handful of those who are being persecuted in what used to be Yugoslavia . |
| 3 | This idea finds an echo in many African countries but assumes a Marxist-Leninist view of the economic and social order found in only a handful of African ruling élites . |
| 4 | The Thirties depression was a result of the US banking system disintegrating and the money supply collapsing by half in just a couple of years . |
| 5 | Julius returned in just a couple of minutes . |
| 6 | I want to find out what people are saying , yes I 'll come to you in just a second about internment . |
| 7 | That you hung onto this wall and that was brought in once a week for bathing in front of the fire . |
| 8 | Then you have three weeks when you go in once a week for a top-up ; then another three days in , until you have done four sets of each . |
| 9 | The only person in the house who did not appear excited was Grace Poole , who stayed in her room upstairs , coming down once a day for food and drink . |
| 10 | The company participates in nearly a score of such ventures , some of them dating back to the 1930s . |
| 11 | But the Green Revolution has not reached Africa and what were high hopes for that continent in the 1960s have now dissipated in both a series of chronic famines and a general food shortage . |
| 12 | They set down clearly a record of decisions made . |
| 13 | A short illness occurs in about a quarter of the people infected by HIV around the time that antibodies begin to be made . |
| 14 | Homosexuality aroused revulsion in about a quarter of the respondents , another quarter seeing it as sick , odd or ridiculous . |
| 15 | It calls for a review by the heart institute of the supervisory practices and research procedures at the hospital 's cardiac research laboratory , where Dr Darsee worked , in about a year to ‘ confirm that these procedures are adequate . ’ |
| 16 | Things look very black for Galway today , but there is every reason to believe that even before DEC finally shutters its factory in about a year from now , a new tenant will be poised to move in and occupy it . |
| 17 | I can not say precisely when I expect him to return , though I should suppose in about a week from now . ’ |
| 18 | By 1970 there were more than half a million students at a now expanded network of higher education , and in 1980 the number exceeded a million for the first time , taking in roughly a quarter of the relevant age group . |
| 19 | Some counties — such as Oxfordshire , where competition is tough — turn down about a quarter of applicants , although others have a higher acceptance rate . |
| 20 | And what he did was he wrote down quite a number of things . |
| 21 | Could you buy in quite a bit of fresh fish , say ten portions if you plan to have ten fish meals in a month , so that there is always good healthy protein food available as a base for a meal ? |
| 22 | So when when they bring the cassettes back I find it easier because you can get in quite a rush at times and you ca n't keep up with . |
| 23 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 24 | Yes , it 's just that quite right , we have n't got a fund , a major fund raising event now until July , unless anything else of , you know , smaller crops up and our two street collections we know will bring in quite a lot of money . |
| 25 | ‘ I had thought so but recently he hinted at another asset he hoped to dispose of that would bring in quite a lot of money . |
| 26 | We could throw in quite a lot of er , extra manure . |
| 27 | Right , well I work in quite a number of Community Centres across the City , and Northway Community Centre which has a bar with quite a large turnover , a lot of members , er has agreed to host this project for the week , which is promoting healthier drinking . |
| 28 | Q3 underwriting loss $53m lower at $28.3m produced deficit down almost a half from $259.7m to $133.1m as remedial action proved increasingly effective . |
| 29 | Or is it when you get in maybe a quarter of an inch … and then you withdraw like a bat out of hell ? |
| 30 | You know we have a considerable holding of er , land immediately adjacent to the reasonable shopping centre there and erm , if and when things become buoyant again and I went down there a couple of weeks and I was rather impressed by , by the look of the area , then clearly land prices go up and we have the capacity to , to generate more profit . |