Example sentences of "a [noun] with [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the increase in numbers to a hundred , for this particular rule , seems to be a logical move , as a branch with less than fifty would be unrepresentative of the G M B both from a democracy point of view and an administration point of view where cost plays an enormo important role . |
| 2 | If one attempted to present a computer with more than one program at a time , it would be unable to deal with the situation and would indicate that an error had been made . |
| 3 | There are a few occasions where the expert does not have a contract with either or both of the parties , but as the relationship is a close one based on reliance , the expert 's liability is likely to be the same as if there had been a contract : see 14.11 . |
| 4 | ‘ I never remember a fight with more than two people involved with the rest of us encouraging them usually , holding their coats until the police stepped in to break it up , and these scuffles normally had nothing to do with loyalty to rival teams . ’ |
| 5 | When those patients attending a practice with more than 10 items ( n=173 ) were compared with those with 10 or fewer ( n=135 ) they showed significantly better diabetic control . |
| 6 | I would n't use RAMdrive on a machine with less than 8MB of RAM , though , since 4MB is about the absolute minimum you need to run Windows successfully , and the smartdrv and RAMdrive allocations have to be taken away from the overall amount . |
| 7 | An early estimate suggested that it was more than seven times as high , when social disadvantage was defined by the presence of all three of the following indices : overcrowding ( more than 1.5 persons per room ) , low income ( supplementary benefit or free school meals ) and adverse family circumstances ( coming from a single-parent home or a home with more than five children ) ( Wedge and Prosser , 1973 ) . |
| 8 | Dozens of teenage volunteers were bussed in on Tuesday evening for a dance with mentally and physically handicapped patients . |
| 9 | It is really for a business with more than three vehicles to look after and keep track of . |
| 10 | The Fledgling Award , worth £4,000 , went to Meteor of Cookstown for a business with less than three years ' trading and outstanding prospects . |
| 11 | As well as the usual precautions that apply when running a site with more than 300 people on it , Wimpey has had to be especially careful in a number of areas on the Gyle project . |
| 12 | Previously , for example , drivers risked a heavy fine if they crossed a border with more than 200 litres of diesel — the idea was to ensure they filled up with fuel abroad . |
| 13 | A WOMAN with more than 20 years ’ research experience has joined Hampshire Training and Enterprise Council as head of information . |
| 14 | A woman with more than five hundred cacti has worked out a solution to the prickly problem of how to keep the plants looking at their best . |
| 15 | In Chesterfield , a plan by the city council to build over the market place and incorporate it in a new , covered shopping precinct was opposed by a petition with more than 80,000 signatures , and the plans were withdrawn . |
| 16 | The last of eight special trains bringing 7,600 refugees from the West German embassy in Prague arrived to a warm welcome in Bavaria , while a train with more than 600 East Germans left Warsaw , also bound for West Germany . |
| 17 | It seems to show it 's a shambles with more or less benign intent . |
| 18 | For example , Vernon ( 1971 ) defined a multinational to be a firm with wholly or partly owned production facilities in a minimum of six foreign countries . |
| 19 | A State with more than one official language may , if necessary under internal law , declare the language of Letters to be used in specified parts of its territory . |
| 20 | It appeared as if Thomas had muscled aside John Robertson — a man with more than 200 Premier Division goals to his credit — in the six-yard box , to mark his debut with an opportunist goal . |
| 21 | In a nation with more than 3 million unemployed , many skilled youngsters would give their proverbial eyes and ears to work at the Rutherford-Appleton . |
| 22 | Moreover , the distribution of workers is concentrated among the smaller farms — nearly a quarter of farm workers work on their own and nearly two-thirds work on farms employing four or less workers ; only one worker in twelve is on a farm with more than twenty employees . |
| 23 | A family with more than one child may be so chaotic at meal-times that the mother is too pre-occupied with feeding the youngest that she fails to see what is happening with the others . |
| 24 | Again , this is a rule that can be broken , but I 've never yet seen a design with more than two needles tucking side by side . |
| 25 | 4 If x+ ½ find the value of the following : unc If we want to find the value of an expression with more than one letter in it , we have to know what number each letter is standing for and then substitute the correct number in place of each letter . |