Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a moral in there somewhere but Preston was n't sure if he 'd cracked it yet . |
| 2 | So it 's not a case of just really being listened to , it 's not just a case of just being clear , clear in terms of what you want by telling people what you want , and then finding out if they 're going to do it . |
| 3 | ‘ We would have caught him eventually but this time it was thankfully a case of sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 4 | It was not a case of there not being any money , but simply that the Minister would not darn well apply it . |
| 5 | IT was a case of so near and yet so far for Linfield at Windsor Park last night . |
| 6 | There may be a case for sometimes deliberately providing ‘ too many ’ or ‘ too few ’ of , for example , straws for bottles , to enable children to verbalise what they , in some cases , intuitively see . |
| 7 | So far as balance is concerned , would a teacher in a school with Afro-Caribbean children on the register have to present a case for as well as against apartheid when covering South Africa ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 've done a bit of just about everything there is , ’ Josie said , lifting sections of Lucy 's hair and watching to see how it fell . |
| 9 | Yeah but I should probably get a bit of today there , no problem . |
| 10 | Virgin Atlantic 's Hot Air is a bit of all right . |
| 11 | " A bit of all right . " |
| 12 | He watched the television at night , all night , making remarks like ‘ That 's a bit of all right ’ at the girls , or ‘ Kill him ’ to the wrestlers . |
| 13 | We could ‘ ave tea at Ma 's , and then go up West in the evenin' fer a bit of all right . ’ |
| 14 | She 's a bit of all right . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Good first half , ’ Bernie licked Mansfield Bitter from his moustache , ‘ that blonde 's a bit of all right . |
| 16 | I shall put him a bit in tomorrow though . |
| 17 | Oh and there 's , there 's a bit in there somewhere where a lot of er the the tory party the tory central party , what do they call it ? |
| 18 | One of the farthest-reaching pieces of recycling legislation in Europe , the law was originally passed in November , but implementation has been delayed pending a referendum on even more stringent waste regulations , introduced through a Green Party-backed " citizens ' initiative " . |
| 19 | McDunn does n't want to charge me with any of the other murders but they 're going to have to make a decision before too long because my initial time under the PTA is nearly up and the Home Secretary is n't going to grant an extension ; I 'll have to appear in court soon . |
| 20 | A budget of just over £300,000 was allocated for the Programme . |
| 21 | That in line with the Area Staff Commission and understanding the need to give adequate administrative support on an equitable basis , Regional Coordinators be given a budget of certainly not less in real terms than at present , to allocate to administrative support for regional colleagues wef April 1st , 1993 . |
| 22 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
| 23 | According to official figures the numbers of self-employed and small proprietors rose from 1,954,000 in December 1971 , to 2,925,000 in June 1988 , a rise of very nearly one million . |
| 24 | Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million . |
| 25 | But there are copious indications that already in the eleventh century , and perhaps long before , money played a part at least as important as labour . |
| 26 | You have to play each part very , very precisely , rhythmically , and it 's a kind of straight up and down rhythm playing style that I 've just not done . |
| 27 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 28 | Against all the odds it has worked , and this is a measure of just how strong they both were as individuals when they came to the marriage ten years ago . |
| 29 | A CHEQUE for just over £117 has been presented to Bournemouth ladies ' guild by PIP Printing , Bournemouth . |
| 30 | That way we can put the donkey in a field at about 11am and leave him for about six hours while people have other entertainment . ’ |