Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AROMATHERAPY can do a little or a great deal for you , depending on how much effort you are prepared to put into safeguarding your health and increasing your vitality . |
| 2 | [ music ] But as this music fades into the Interlude the E/F figure is suddenly no more than a detail in the seascape , a gull 's cry perhaps or a slight turbulence on the water [ 3 ] . |
| 3 | Law as integrity is also a non-skeptical theory of legal rights : it holds that people have as legal rights whatever rights are sponsored by the principles that provide the best justification of legal practice as a whole Pragmatism , on the contrary , denies that people ever have legal rights ; it takes the bracing view that they are never entitled to what would otherwise be worse for the community just because some legislature said so or a long string of judges decided other people were . |
| 4 | As such , a student may take one or two modules only or a whole set of modules specifically grouped together to meet the needs of a particular industry or employer . |
| 5 | The breakfront version is useful ; this has cupboards below and a deep shelf at waist height to hold drink trays , stereo turntable and so on . |
| 6 | Just a tired row of shops opposite and a seedy-looking pub on the corner and a disused laundry with boarded-up windows and a For Sale notice . |
| 7 | It is an ideal opportunity to play constructively together and a useful way for everyone to make new friends . |
| 8 | There is no difference overall between adenoidectomy only and ventilation tubes alone but a significant benefit of adenoidectomy and tube insertion in combination above any other treatment . |
| 9 | At Philadelphia he had been joined by two others in what was obviously a preplanned meeting since the moment dinner was cleared away and a new round of gin and diet tonics ordered they began a miniature board meeting . |
| 10 | The result of all this has been a rapid rise in in registered unemployment er nevertheless and a steep rise in in long term unemployment . |
| 11 | There was a clatter of running feet in the street outside and a fresh uproar from downstairs . |
| 12 | Months of raw sewage had passed down the scarred pavement outside and a thin layer of grass — a bright , sickly , unreal green — had crept over the doorstep and into the building . |
| 13 | It was surprisingly easy to get the wing aloft with a step backwards and a sharp tug on the front risers . |
| 14 | Wood is not a material which suffers fools gladly and a great deal of the trouble with wooden aeroplanes was due to wooden people . |
| 15 | Despite her anxiety she registered both the relief that Phoebe should have acted so promptly and a tiny flicker of jealousy , which she quickly quashed . |
| 16 | I 'd got Nicola to say five o'clock because I knew the pool would be busy , with businessmen and secretaries dipping before heading home and a fair smattering of kids getting in practice for the school team . |
| 17 | Analysis of psychological processes is not a second rate substitute for studying the brain directly but a necessary adjunct to guiding our explorations of that organ . |
| 18 | Successful therapy is measured by a loss of glycosuria , blood glucose levels less than 10.0 mmol/l postprandially and a glycosylated haemoglobin of 10.0 per cent or less . |
| 19 | An ancient fortified residence , the Palazzo del Castaldo has been converted with the emphasis on supreme taste throughout and a masterly use of fine antiques and many lovely features . |
| 20 | He had asked if what was wanted was a detailed account of the whole course of the investigation so far or a brief statement of what was known . |
| 21 | It showed an old cottage , with woods behind and a sandy beach in front . |
| 22 | The Doctor stood frozen with his legs waving wildly and a baffled expression on his face . |
| 23 | Manfred 's a big boy now and a full colonel in the SSD . |
| 24 | A number of these countries are those where the first stages of industrialisation — the establishment of heavy industry and low cost manufacturing of relatively low added value products — are well underway and a firm base of markets within the industrialised world has been established . |
| 25 | The bands playing tonight are secondary to the club itself , a gentle womb-like receptacle for hardened humanity , draped and gently lit , with baubles and bobbles dangling overhead and a vast array of music everywhere . |
| 26 | 110 today and a special party at the rest home where she lives . |
| 27 | Renberg , Korsman and Birks use sediment composition to determine the effects of land-use change wrought by Iron Age peoples in 14 widely separated lakes in southern Sweden ( where acid deposition is a severe problem today and a large proportion of lakes are acidified ) . |
| 28 | A minimum tax of 0.75 per cent on all businesses came into effect immediately and a one-off tax on all registered companies of 7.5 per cent of their net worth was introduced by decree . |
| 29 | An information sheet for patients is printed overleaf and a possible list of instructions to be given to patients using 100 or 150ml stock bottles is included . |
| 30 | However it should also be possible to coordinate progress on soil and ecosystem patterns as well and a leading paper on this subject ( Hare , 1973 ) begins with a quotation from Budyko and Gerasimov ( 1961 ) : |