Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing happens and then the whole bloody thing is on top of you before you know it .
2 Moreover , the more accurately one measures the position , the shorter the wavelength of the light that one needs and hence the higher the energy of a single quantum .
3 For genotoxic chemicals , risk to the public would be calculated traditionally — that is , one assumes that even the smallest exposures pose risks of excess cancer , and that any increment of the chemical in an organism increases risk of cancer in a linear fashion .
4 One imagines that not a few may actually have seized the opportunity to indulge in a quiet sleep in preparation for the evening stint , for the dinner was formal and the occasion for full ceremonial .
5 In half a column in the Daily Telegraph he examined the plot and decorated his review with a reference to a Victorian poem but , although he called Mr Begley 's first novel ‘ extraordinary ’ ( which could mean almost anything : one hopes that both the best and the worst books in the world are ‘ extraordinary ’ ) , he made no comment on the worth of the later one .
6 One hopes that only the first group will inherit the earth .
7 We have erm there have been certain decisions made over time which has got us to this position and whether erm you agree or anyone agrees or not the the the right next step is to specify a location , nevertheless it 's embodied in what 's gone on so far , a series of steps towards making the decision .
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