Example sentences of "a [adv] [adj] [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two basic criteria : firstly an invention must be based on a wholly new idea or involve an ‘ inventive step ’ ; secondly an invention must be capable of industrial ( including agricultural , etc. ) application . |
| 2 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 3 | It is always necessary to set it against a more general background or to establish the conventions and limitations adopted by the makers of these small and almost two-dimensional objects . |
| 4 | Limits may be imposed on the amounts of data that can be trafficked at certain periods of the day , forcing the designer to re-configure his search to produce a more precise response or await its arrival " in the mail " . |
| 5 | A spokesperson will then either transition the module into a conceptually approved state or hold it back for further work before approval . |
| 6 | The resolution noted that self-determination , either in a purely Basque framework or sharing sovereignty partially or fully with " other peoples " , could only come about gradually and democratically and with due regard to " historical context " . |
| 7 | Most cases are isolated incidents and when clusters occur it is usually a particularly virulent strain or involves people who are possibly genetically susceptible . |
| 8 | If you 're caught off balance by a particularly audacious act or challenge you must bounce back and not let on how you feel inside . |
| 9 | If you 're caught off balance by a particularly audacious act or challenge you must bounce back and not let on how you feel inside . |
| 10 | Hathor was also thought to dispense food and drink to the dead as they passed into the Afterworld , and some papyri show her either licking a newly dead soul or offering comforting suck from her udder , whilst in her guise as a cow . |
| 11 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 12 | It 's very clear that if you wish to manage at a very high level or wish to influence people you wo n't achieve that wearing a sloppy sweater and jeans . |
| 13 | A route which none the less delivered them to their destinations safely and on time , and proved , on later inquiry , to have avoided an entirely unforeseeable hazard or delay ? |