Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been observed that moderate alcohol drinkers ( two glasses of wine , beer or whisky a day ) have higher levels of HDLs in their blood ; so it seems that a small tipple each day may actually be good for you . |
| 2 | At the slightest sign of originality in approach or technique a director might well be regarded as a menace and any departure from the hoary formula adhered to by the executives could be considered highly presumptuous . |
| 3 | And in a one-roomed flat or apartment a large bed placed in the middle of the room can be used as an island lounging unit . |
| 4 | A husband , for instance , may fail to realise that he has given his career or ministry a higher priority than his wife . |
| 5 | So long as Americans pay outrageous sums for cocaine , traffickers will continue to let enough crumbs trickle down to the farmers to make growing coffee or citrus an unattractive alternative . |
| 6 | There 's a friendly , gentility about today that makes your home , workplace or neighbourhood a very nice place to be . |
| 7 | No teacher will wear or display on his person or car a badge which indicates support for a pressure group ( like CND or Greenpeace ) . |
| 8 | Typical instructions in this class increment or decrement an accumulator ; here the implied value is plus or minus one . |
| 9 | Typical operations are to load an index register from a store location , to deposit the contents of an index register in a store location , and to increment or decrement an index register ( or to add the contents of a store location to an index register ) . |
| 10 | Laura had many principles over which she would never compromise , one of which was the importance of giving each guest or employee a room of his or her own ; even two women would never be expected to share . |
| 11 | Is there any intrinsic reason why medicine should not adopt a sandwich pattern , or management a traditional , consecutive one ? |
| 12 | Rob did not subscribe to the popular image of a bomber pilot , did n't talk about wizard prangs or pieces of cake , or sport a handlebar moustache . |
| 13 | Of course , watching or half-watching a debate is not the same thing as taking part in one , and it might well be argued that level or style of participation does not demand enough of the individual citizen . |
| 14 | When this was the case , the owner had no option but to accept his loss or institute a court case . |
| 15 | You may be looking for light domestic help one or two hours per week , or 24-hour a day care . |
| 16 | To find a given subject you can just double click on the appropriate word in the word list , or type a word into a search box to bring up a number of related articles . |
| 17 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 18 | Neither is upward mobility , rising income or independence a necessary consequence of their diligence . |
| 19 | Thus , if we know of an author who wrote a very good book or article a few years ago on our chosen topic we can look up his name to see if anyone has been citing that article recently . |
| 20 | Particularly on matters concerning equal opportunity — racial harassment , bullying , physical handicap or sexism a no-nonsense unequivical approach must be adopted . |
| 21 | The division of Glamorgan allowed each of the former county boroughs to be placed in a separate county though in terms of total area or population a unified Glamorgan would not be unusual in an English context . |
| 22 | This sense of deprivation has spilled over into civil conflict or war a sufficient number of times for it to be a continuing threat , or an on-going reality as in Chad , Sudan , Ethiopia , Burundi , Uganda and Somalia . |
| 23 | In some alleyway or runnel a man hacked to death for stealing ale . |
| 24 | It must offer 24-hour crisis assistance so that individuals are not left untreated or unsupported during an acute episode of illness , no matter what time of the day or night a crisis arises |
| 25 | All move about in huge foraging columns , but each species is active during a different period of the day or night an so they share out their environment over time . |
| 26 | In football , rugby , or cricket the ability to stop the frame at the crucial moment or play-back a sequence , which has come recently with the development of video , has actually placed the viewer and the commentator in a better position to make a decision than the unfortunate referee or umpire . |
| 27 | By Edward 's reign it was usual for the monarch to extract from a newly elected bishop or abbot a pension of about 3 or 5 marks for a royal servant until such time as the prelate could promote him to a suitable living . |
| 28 | Launching an education action programme called " A Thousand Challenges for the Plant " , Barnier said he wanted to make every young French man or woman an eco-citizen , developing environmental consciousness for future generations . |
| 29 | Finally , you may wish to subdivide these blocks into smaller areas , either permanently or for short periods for even greater control when strip- or paddock-grazing a ley or for folding stock over roots . |
| 30 | It 's not for the Diary to speculate upon whose coat is cut better according to Richmond 's cloth , but we can report that none of the candidate 's pockets contained pen or paper a problem when taking down canvass details . |