Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bleached patch appeared suddenly around his mouth , but his tone did n't change . |
| 2 | Then comes the dreaded five hour pro-am , a pre-tournament warm-up handled well by certain professionals able to " small talk " but handled disastrously by others , more introverted , or sulky — depending on your view , or team score ! |
| 3 | A deaf person spoke extensively of the advantages of being in charge . |
| 4 | A Deaf School Goes Overseas |
| 5 | The first episode of Doctor Who was transmitted on Saturday 23 November 1963 , a historic day marking also the aftermath of President Kennedy 's assassination . |
| 6 | ‘ It will be a pleasant change to do so . ’ |
| 7 | The inn was his vessel , the valley was the ocean , out there before him were a horde of small boats and pirates , flare ships and decoys , occasionally an enemy frigate or two hoving over the crest of a hill , sometimes a rich galleon sighted nearby which had to be pursued and boarded . |
| 8 | One example of a retrospective connection has already been given . |
| 9 | A further point to remember in the presentation of data is that most people can not ‘ take in ’ lists of figures , so ensure that they are always presented in a diagrammatic form to show clearly proportions , relationships and trends . |
| 10 | Although only six per cent of 18 to 19-year-old pub goers say they prefer a congenial publican , putting the availability of real ale at the top of their list , a friendly welcome becomes markedly important as drinkers get older. , |
| 11 | It required the next generation of researchers and a simpler mollusc to come closer to finding god 's favourite . |
| 12 | In practice , though , states and conditions can be described in a simpler language containing only the symbols constants : A B C table relations : on clear connectives : ∘ variables : x y … |
| 13 | She pulled the door open , suddenly terrified of finding a solemn-faced policeman standing there , come to give her some terrible news . |
| 14 | This is how a representative unit fits together . |
| 15 | But spoliation has also been inadvertent , and many a Scandinavian lake has now been sterilized by rain made acid by the exhausts of motor cars and factories , hundreds of miles away . |
| 16 | A polite refusal to comment further is far better than a panic reply . |
| 17 | THE LAW in Britain should be changed to allow doctors to terminate the lives of their patients in exceptional circumstances , a Scots professor said yesterday . |
| 18 | An informal producer is always difficult to define but it is used here to describe an owner or an employee of a small-scale enterprise comprising less than ten people , operating from an impermanent site , under an ill-defined registration and tax scheme . |
| 19 | Even at the highest pressures used here , the progressive loss of conduction by the small amounts of fluid still remaining in the pores unfortunately prevents quantitative comparisons with a dry rock containing only compact carbon and matrix minerals . |
| 20 | That was a private Bill promoted jointly by the Cardiff Bay development corporation and South Glamorgan county council . |
| 21 | In a private postscript added surreptitiously to one of Wolfgang 's letters home from Paris , Frau Mozart had also expressed her anxieties about her son 's infatuation with the Webers ; as soon as Wolfgang met someone new , he seemed at once ready to dedicate himself to them body and soul , without thinking of his own interests . |
| 22 | All would stress that our view of marriage as a private alliance concerning almost exclusively two people is totally inappropriate for most non-capitalist societies , especially those based on descent groups . |
| 23 | For example , the question of whether accounting is or should be the same for a public limited company as for a private company has never unduly concerned accounting theorists . |
| 24 | This is subject to the minor exceptions in subsections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , and to adaptations when a private company has validly elected under section 252 to dispense with laying of accounts before general meetings or when shareholders of listed companies have elected under section 251 to receive summary financial statements instead . |
| 25 | A private collector paid more than twice the expected price at the Sotheby 's sale . |
| 26 | The couple were also together last night hosting a private Christmas get together for staff at Kensington Palace . |
| 27 | This new exhibition brought John Piper 's work to his home county just this month … but what began as a look at a private collection has now become a timely retrospective . |
| 28 | This new exhibition brought John Piper 's work to his home county just this month … but what began as a look at a private collection has now become a timely retrospective . |
| 29 | There was still a little money left so she bought a tiny bottle of scent for Aunt Margaret . |
| 30 | Mr Li could with a little luck look forward to another 20 years of political life . |