Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poems order experience and share it ; understanding them and writing them involves an act of creativity , and in both activities there is a kind of joy involved when the order of words , or insight into the effect of that order , corresponds with the way things are . |
| 2 | There is nothing wrong with the service and tourism sectors , but overreliance on them produces an economy just as vulnerable to recession as previous versions built around heavy manufacturing industry . |
| 3 | With the firm establishment of the Social Democratic and SR parties early in the new century , membership in one or other of them offers an alternative guide . |
| 4 | There is healthy eating available in today 's RAF , and with messing committees to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to contribute their views and ideas , there seems wider appreciation of the skills of today 's cooks and of the results that they achieve with their limited financial resources . |
| 5 | Like Lloyds , a number of banks claim customers will still want old-style cheques because not everyone has an account into which they can pay cheques . |
| 6 | Everyone has an implicit knowledge of the grammar of his or her native language(s) . |
| 7 | But if the ground of challenge was unreasonableness , then a wider range of affected persons might be able to demonstrate sufficient interest because the notion of unreasonableness defines the limits of legal action ( and in one sense everyone has an interest in the government acting legally ) rather than the limits of individual rights . |
| 8 | From the cleaners to the executive she sees that everyone has an important part to play , no one is more committed than she is both to the University and her pharmacological research . |
| 9 | So long as everyone has an equal right to vote there must be a limit to the variations in prosperity in the community that are politically acceptable . |
| 10 | I believe in my heart and soul that everyone has an equal responsibility to work together the peace and harmony of this world . |
| 11 | If people 's payments for the good are related to their individual demand curves everyone has an incentive to lie because of the free-rider problem . |
| 12 | As an extra incentive to put money on the gas giants as havens of life we can note that each of them has an atmospheric layer where there is plenty of warm but polluted water . |
| 13 | These questions must be addressed , even if they can not be precisely answered ; simply raising them has an effect on the way old people are viewed and the action which it is deemed appropriate to take . |
| 14 | For the person with these projects the forwarding of them has an importance to which utilitarianism can not do justice , for it must regard them as simply among the many preferences of which as many as possible are to be satisfied . |
| 15 | The Board of the National Bank of Yugoslavia consists of the governors of the national banks of the republics and provinces , each of whom has an equal vote . |
| 16 | Everyone wants an original T-shirt , and they are walking advertisements for your band . |
| 17 | Paolo Uccello would have been the most delightful and imaginative genius since Giotto that had adorned the art of painting , if he had devoted as much pains to figures and animals as he did to questions of perspective , for , although these are ingenious and good in their way , yet an immoderate devotion to them causes an infinite waste of time , fatigues nature , clogs the mind with difficulties , and frequently renders it sterile where it had previously been fertile and facile . |
| 18 | If someone has an accident in a Caterham , they might not sue me for $10m because I do n't have that much . |
| 19 | Someone has an ‘ excrescent scar ’ ( 8/204 ) on his belly which mutates into a camera lens , an ‘ eye gashed ’ ( 25/221 ) and a ‘ birthmark ’ ( 54/250 ) . |
| 20 | We consult the professional when help of a specific nature is required , often when the situation in which we find ourselves contains an element of crisis . |
| 21 | I know I was when I worked in fruit packing , it 's like someone drops an orange , Urgh urgh urgh ! |
| 22 | The indirect costs of making a poor choice are hidden but heavy — perhaps not all that hidden if someone loses an order or makes an avoidable error in design . |
| 23 | It may be worth sending them your demos , as well as pictures and biographies , and hope that someone takes an interest in you . |
| 24 | What to do if someone takes an overdose |
| 25 | Whenever someone voices an idea , ie a possible course of action , analyse it by asking yourself ‘ What is wrong with that ? ’ |
| 26 | But when someone puts an arm around them and asks them how they are , they are bewildered . |
| 27 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 28 | Today , no-one bats an eyelid as he takes a stroll along the ley-lines of Wiltshire . |
| 29 | Since my firm gives us all private health insurance , which involves an annual check-up , I know I am in good health . |
| 30 | It aims to show that closely related to the objective of resurrecting conservative social policies is a political method which involves an attempt to change Britain 's political landscape . |