Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowing her sister well , Fabia could only marvel then that when Barney was , by the sound of it , so desperately ill , Cara appeared to be making every effort to rise above the shocking news she had received less than an hour ago . |
| 2 | It can not be stressed enough that an adequate system for financial control must be a priority matter for the haulier . |
| 3 | Additional inspired oxygen was discontinued only after an overnight recording performed 6–8 weeks after the last event had confirmed normal baseline and stable oxygenation . |
| 4 | Answer guide : Each item will be considered separately before an amended statement is produced for the revenue and costs of Abrasive Toothpaste . |
| 5 | AN injured climber was rescued yesterday after an SOS was picked up an aircraft flying overhead . |
| 6 | A reference to that office is made only where an inquiry concludes that an offence may have been committed . |
| 7 | In some cases unofficial ‘ bargains ’ may be made so that an outside body will agree not to lobby MPs to oppose the legislation in return for government acceptance of certain proposals . |
| 8 | The model — known as the rational model involves a cycle of decisions which need to be made so that an organisation can achieve its objectives . |
| 9 | October alone has seen more than an inch over the monthly average … and it 's not half way through the month yet . |
| 10 | Any comment which seemed to be irrelevant was accepted seriously and an appropriate question would bring the speaker 's thoughts back to the matter under discussion . |
| 11 | Note that a red l.e.d. is used rather than an infra-red one . |
| 12 | Furthermore , they were used only where an owner had actually offered his land for sale at a price above existing use value . |
| 13 | All this information can be drawn together and an appropriate ward learning timetable formulated ( Table 3.2 ) . |
| 14 | that the plaintiffs can not be heard to say that they have acted dishonestly when an honest construction can be put upon their conduct by treating their acceptance and retention of the money as being upon the terms on which it was offered . |
| 15 | The voices had stopped now but an illuminating mist seemed.to fill the room with a white incandescent glow . |
| 16 | Britten and William Plomer , his librettist , must have known instinctively that an opera celebrating the most masterful sovereign in English history nevertheless could not offer a modern ( even a Coronation ) audience Good Queen Bess or Schiller 's avenging spitfire . |
| 17 | The terms of many restraints will have been settled long before an occasion for their enforcement arises . |
| 18 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 19 | In a second collection ( 1577 ) Le Maistre keeps generally to a simpler polyphonic style , while the enormously influential Fünffzig Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen ( Nuremberg , 1586 ) of Lucas Osiander ( 1534–1604 ) were specifically ‘ set so that an entire Christian congregation can join in the singing throughout ( durchaus mitsingen ) ’ , in four-part block harmony with the melody in the highest part and firmly marked tonal ( V-I ) cadences on what may surely be called ‘ dominant ’ and ‘ tonic ’ : |
| 20 | He had spent less than an hour in the Dragon and during that time he had succeeded in needling at least four men . |
| 21 | Although the resolutions , one of which dealt exclusively with rape , were adopted without a vote , Islamic states and Bosnia itself spent more than an hour in an unsuccessful effort amend the other resolution , which condemned ethnic cleansing , by deleting a reference to ‘ violations by all sides to the conflict ’ . |
| 22 | Whilst the earliest phase lasted only a few minutes after the training trial , and the intermediate ones declined within the hour , long-term memory seemed to build up slowly over the first hour after training , and protein synthesis inhibitors would no longer disrupt it if they were administered more than an hour after the training ( Figure 10.1 ) |
| 23 | In solutions , which are stabilized in this way by secondary bonding , the LCST usually appears below the boiling temperature of the solvent but it has been found experimentally that an LCST can be detected in non-polar systems when these are examined at temperatures approaching the critical temperature of the solvent . |
| 24 | All social primary goods — liberty and opportunity , income and wealth , and the basis of self respect — are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution of any or all of these goods is to the advantage of the least favoured . |
| 25 | Even now people can be excluded or detained literally because an Immigration Officer says he is ‘ not satisfied ’ about the person 's intentions . |
| 26 | It is important to draw a distinction between an ‘ odour ’ as defined above and an ‘ odorant ’ which is ‘ Any chemical compound which can stimulate the olfactory ( smell ) sense ’ . |
| 27 | Throughout the 1950's , the battle for members and greater income , was fought relentlessly and an appeal went out in 1954 for donations and gifts . |
| 28 | Usually a younger child is awarded more than an older child because the period of expected dependency is greater . |
| 29 | Her thoughts drifted back to Spike , the metal man , who had been killed less than an hour ago . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , the research has identified ways in which a more systematic evaluation of polling districts and census zones can be achieved so that an integration of information about electoral behaviour and more general socio-economic information at the local level may be obtained . |