Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rubber Hammers failed to respond even when Allen marked his transfer from one club to the other with a spectacular , 27th minute shot that cancelled out Wise 's rather streaky opening goal for Chelsea only a minute earlier . |
| 2 | The deep sound of the bells rolled through Knockglen twice a day , at noon and at six in the evening , great timekeepers as much as reminders to pray . |
| 3 | At Ten Bel , Geminis provides the best of both worlds — an ideal environment for a relaxing holiday , with the lively activities of Drago only a moment 's walk away . |
| 4 | We know from the observations of Herodotus nearly a century later that they were still treating the animal with the utmost respect . |
| 5 | Of the many species of Dictyonema only a few have a colony as regular in shape as this one , which can grow to a length of more than 20 cm . |
| 6 | The risk was undoubtedly greatest for those living closest to the plant , particularly in the village of Seascale only a mile away . |
| 7 | After an optimistic report on May 30 that an official announcement would be made soon by Brooke stating that formal talks would be forthcoming between the principal constitutional parties about the political future of the province , Brook was on July 5 able to give to the House of Commons only an abridged version of the statement he had hope to make . |
| 8 | ‘ Altogether he planted on the slopes of Windermere over a million trees , ‘ Curwen 's Woods ’ . ’ |
| 9 | The problem of hypoxia during endoscopy in the elderly has not been addressed since the work of Rozen almost a decade ago before reliable methods of non-invasive arterial oxygen saturation measurement were readily available . |
| 10 | When the final scenes were played out in a villa near St Tropez in the South of France just a month ago , I was left open-mouthed at the level of stupidity — or was it arrogance ? — displayed by the Duchess and her balding ‘ financial adviser ’ John Bryan . |
| 11 | But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas . |
| 12 | Then , for a trajectory starting at a point on the side of B , providing and z are small ( within D or D " , say ) , we can write for the point at which this trajectory next strikes the top face of B. Here a and b are constants ( which may depend on r ) and A is a 2 X 2 matrix . |
| 13 | Watson held on to third place with a final 74 for a 296 total , with former England international Martin Foster of Worksop just a stroke behind after a closing 68 . |
| 14 | The distinctive moods of the rich and various landscapes which crowded near to Stowey were becoming for Coleridge almost a reflex of his own moods and thoughts — the broad uplands of the Quantock Hills a counterpoint to the speculative power of a mind ‘ habituated to the vast ’ , the lowland villages an expression for him of the loving companionship of friends and family , the hidden dell , where the voice of nature sounded in the waterfall , a retreat by turns comforting and mysterious to serve his recurrent longing for escape . |
| 15 | When in 1967 E. R. Leach made exactly the same point on the BBC , there was a national uproar with bishops and pundits of all kinds fulminating in the newspapers against the impiety of the idea , in much the same way that they had done against Engels almost a hundred years before . |
| 16 | If you spend any amount of time using photo-retouching programs like Aldus PhotoStyler or vector graphics programs like CorelDRAW then a graphics accelerator card is an absolute must for your shopping list . |
| 17 | The news of the retreat came into Shrewsbury only a day ahead of the returning vanguard , and filled the town with rumours and counter-rumours . |
| 18 | At the outset of World War Two , with Hungary still a neutral country , Peto travelled to London on business . |
| 19 | With Dennis just a few feet away on the stairs , it was the sexual equivalent of Russian roulette . |
| 20 | And with Tenby already a 2–5 shot , credible challengers would be welcomed like old friends . |
| 21 | Or was the fact of their friendship with Gideon just an unwelcome coincidence , as I had at first supposed . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , with Hartnell just a memory , who will now become the Queen 's couturier ? |
| 23 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 24 | With DCE now an accepted check list item , USL believes it can save an OEM a million dollars over three years with its work . |
| 25 | Is he aware that from Brunswick in Germany tomorrow a nuclear waste consignment will be arriving at Dover ? |
| 26 | It happened in Germany about a year ago . |
| 27 | More damning evidence came from Polly , who said she had seen her mother in Cardiff about a year previously with three children , and a day later had seen her without any . |
| 28 | Since the Bölkow is designed to go places — Nigel had returned from Cannes only a few days before my flight — this is a most useful addition allowing the relaxed study of maps , approach plates etc , without the constant monitoring of the aeroplane . |
| 29 | Ladislav said later that there had been a murder in Roztoky just a few weeks earlier . |
| 30 | In Kazakhstan only a quarter of those interviewed thought that life would get better next year . |