Example sentences of "a [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court must bear the difficulties which may arise then in mind when deciding whether to order a payment at all and , if so , from whom ( Breeze v McKennon & Son ( 1985 ) 32 Build LR 41 ) . |
| 2 | They have also felt that if they make a payment at all , that they 're fully meeting their obligation , whatever the level of that payment . |
| 3 | The supply of wool from England to Flanders provided the main economic link between the two areas ; and it is not surprising to find a merchant financier with a base at each end of this trade . |
| 4 | The kind of woman I would n't mind having around if I was in trouble though she might be a bit of a trial at other times . |
| 5 | ‘ Other lads given a trial at 19 by a big club like Monaco might think they 've cracked it — but Lambert knows we are simply giving him a glimpse of what he should be aiming for . |
| 6 | Fortunately for Middlesbrough , scout Barrie Geldart stepped on the scene and arranged a trial at Ayresome Park . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , landing in heavily greased jerseys and long-john underwear , with a revolver in a supposedly waterproof packet and carrying the waterproofed torch and compass , was difficult enough after several days in the confined quarters of submarine HMS Triumph while she made a periscope survey of Rhodes ' beaches , often having to dive below 60 feet ( 18m ) , because in these clear waters a submarine at shallower depth is plainly seen from the air . |
| 8 | In fairness there is a fourth category of bureau , those who do n't have a typesetter at all . |
| 9 | In doing so he might find himself in the company of evolutionary epistemologists such as Riedl ( 1979 ) , whose over-arching theory of life as an ‘ erkenntnisgewinnender prozess ’ seems to require a unitary notion of knowledge or information , information that can be stored in a genome at one end of the evolutionary spectrum , as well as be expressed , at the other end , by scientific theories that make the world a less strange place to live in . |
| 10 | Sometimes , especially when the sun was low and blinding , I could not tell whether a dark shape was a rock a hundred yards away or a crag at three miles . |
| 11 | On this occasion , the guests were predominantly French , the music predominantly English and the dinner a sit-down at small tables of eight . |
| 12 | Right from the beginning , it was even denied that there was a recession at all . |
| 13 | In order to make the best of a case at this stage most claimants will need advice and assistance because preparing a case for appeal involves three tasks : establishing the facts of the case , understanding the applicable legal rules and integrating facts and law in a well-constructed argument which includes meeting the reasons put forward by the adjudication officer for denying the claim . |
| 14 | It is well established that the court will only exercise its power to dismiss a case at this stage in exceptional circumstances . |
| 15 | He shuffled a bit at that , shrinking into his green trenchcoat which someone had told him was yuppily fashionable . |
| 16 | probably laugh a bit at that |
| 17 | He tends to pick on new people a bit at first to bring them into line . |
| 18 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 19 | Anthony Gittens , secretary of the Britons from 1949 to 1973 and a member since 1924 , was a prominent member of the IFL in the 1930s and opened a branch at Kentish Town in London . |
| 20 | May we have a debate next week or as soon as possible to consider whether we should have a referendum at any stage and in what circumstances ? |
| 21 | Teddy throws a cushion at one , missing it by a mile deliberately . |
| 22 | He hopes his designs will be a winner at indoor kart arenas throughout the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | White a winner at last |
| 24 | Romped 'ome a winner at 30 to 1 |
| 25 | The women 's race looks set for the second successive year to be at the mercy of Rosa Mota , a winner at Olympic and world level as well as the three times European champion . |
| 26 | Widow to become a mum at 62 |
| 27 | Why formalize the learning process in a curriculum at all ? |
| 28 | Or was it simply a hope at last of the services of those enchanting houris in Paradise ? |
| 29 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 30 | Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives . |