Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under pressure and under personal attack , the planners retreated into a legalistic interpretation of their role , making much of the requirements of various Acts of Parliament most notably The Sewerage ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 which , they argued , obliged them to service all new houses , something which they could only do by concentrating properties in particular places in order to reduce the cost of such an exercise . |
| 2 | In addition , Pahl ( 1975 ) and others have shown that commuting may be a constraint rather then a preference , and that many higher income manual workers are ‘ reluctant commuters ’ , who are only able to afford homes outside metropolitan areas . |
| 3 | And er I know er we used to put er i er kind of er Bit of er play on once a year , there . |
| 4 | The worst kind of burn gives painful blisters and general skin damage within about an hour after exposure . |
| 5 | It 's quite clear from the British Coal letter that there is extreme concern about by the operator of the coalfield about the effect of any new settlement along either the A nineteen south or the A sixty four south corridor . |
| 6 | If you are able to say , ‘ I do n't know , ’ then you will be able to learn the Technique so much the quicker . |
| 7 | While this issue has not been expressly considered , it seems fair to assume that rather than incur the risks inherent in giving the board so wide a discretion , and relying on the usually well-founded assumption that the shareholders ' dominant purpose is to increase their individual wealth , the court , at the price of some distortion , would define the interests of the members exclusively in terms of their personal financial well-being . |
| 8 | The characters to be printed are sent from the computer along either a parallel ( Centronics ) or serial ( RS232/V24 ) interface . |
| 9 | Once The Stage covered all finals productions from the drama schools , but now they may write up a play perhaps once a year . |
| 10 | ‘ That Mr what's-'is-name who used ter come round 'ere wiv the cockles on Sundays put 'is bad chest down ter the fog . |
| 11 | In the light of the by-election result in Scotland and the fact that we have an opportunity only once a month to put our constituency interests , I appeal to you not to hear frivolous comments from Conservative Members but only real issues that concern Scottish Members of Parliament . |
| 12 | In the United Kingdom , a citizen may have the opportunity to vote in a national election only once every five years . |
| 13 | Flames licked over the straw , which crackled and flared , and the Wheel was clear of the ramp and bowling gently down the cleared path . |
| 14 | Generally , women become familiar quickly with the scent of their infants , and can recognise their baby by smell alone only a few days after birth . |
| 15 | Homosexuality aroused revulsion in about a quarter of the respondents , another quarter seeing it as sick , odd or ridiculous . |
| 16 | Oh of course down there the bottom and that there used to be a lot of erm there used to be some lodging houses what they call lodging houses for people what 's got nowhere to go you know , you used to sleep and . |
| 17 | ‘ We will shortly move our milk distribution depot to the site and plan to be packaging locally sourced milk in about a year 's time , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Q3 underwriting loss $53m lower at $28.3m produced deficit down almost a half from $259.7m to $133.1m as remedial action proved increasingly effective . |
| 19 | His band play only once a month , although they 're offered 15,000 roubles per night . |
| 20 | There were three gunners , both front and rear of the plane and one in a bubble canopy halfway down the fuselage . |
| 21 | Barney explained the intricacies of the pre-selector gearbox , after which Julie engaged first gear and , with a slight jolt , moved the big car slowly down the station drive . |
| 22 | Stencils are quick and easy to apply — you could copy this effect in under an hour . |
| 23 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 24 | In January 1987 , a clicking signal at 37kHz was detected coming from a band 3ft in width halfway up the tallest stone in the circle . |
| 25 | Casting and screening in just a week . |
| 26 | Straightening her legs out , she leaned forward to pull the zip halfway up the duvet-like sleeping-bag which , she realised belatedly , was actually two bags opened flat and zipped together . |
| 27 | Yes , that 's right so if you copy the formula then they erm the G will always stay as a G no matter where you copy it to , but if you copy the formula to another row you copy it from the cell below then the three becomes a four and er this one ? |
| 28 | In each chapter so far the passages chosen for detailed comment have been consecutive . |
| 29 | Poets had found their way over ( and sometimes back , to tell the tale ) ; so had a good number of priests over the centuries , and hermits , meditating on their essence so hard the In Ovo enveloped them and spat them into another world . |
| 30 | The press releases tells me that most of the aforementioned highlights were written in the studio during the actual recording of this album so maybe the follow-up will be considerably more assured and even-handed . |