Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have , as the novel suggests , been immersed for too long in a predominantly oral culture for it not to have permanently altered our minds . |
| 2 | After all , if religious beliefs did furnish presupposition , sanction , and motivation for science , they might be looked upon more favorably in an otherwise secular society . |
| 3 | Law and order became increasingly to be used as symbol for the moral and economic decay of the country and this was reinforced by the use of the latent racism of the working class in the publicity given to muggers which was presented at least implicitly as a black crime ( see Hall et al . |
| 4 | It is a twenty-mile drive to Loch Hourn at the end of this road , and twenty back , but it should be done at least once in a lifetime , the scenery being outstanding . |
| 5 | Pictures then , if they are to be understood and enjoyed , need to be talked about , and talked about most profitably with a more-experienced reader . |
| 6 | Ludens had never got on so easily with a woman , not even with Sylvia , who had always been ‘ playing the feminine ’ . |
| 7 | My main criticism of intensive agricultural production , and of animal farming in particular , is that it has been locked for too long into a model-T-Ford-type philosophy , geared to produce a standard commodity as cheaply as possible . |
| 8 | In addition one victim in two is likely to be victimised at least once of an offence of a different kind . |
| 9 | This liberal approach to Scripture is dealt with more fully in a later chapter . |
| 10 | The body of John O'Donnell , 34 , of Paton Street , Greenock , was found at around 7pm in a cell of the town 's police office in Rue End Street . |
| 11 | Thus her household , which is unusual if not unique and which is financed at least partly by a charitable trust , in July this year totalled 39 individuals including adult helpers and some 12 children under the age of 16 . |
| 12 | The 21-year-old was spending her first night at Sussex University , near Brighton , when she was woken at about 4am by a man who turned on the bedroom light , held a knife to her throat and raped her , before escaping through the open window by which he had entered . |
| 13 | The fall , identified for so long with a sweet , sad nostalgia , a magnificence of gold and crimson under startling blue skies , became for us a nightmare . |
| 14 | Strandli and Batts were on the bench — Frank got his usual 10 minutes at the end — a good tackle , a nice pass just outside the area , but was also spotted to far away on a break . |
| 15 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 16 | The body of Kevin McEvoy was discovered at 7.15am yesterday by a 14-year-old girl on the first day of her new job as a papergirl . |