Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The exaggeration or over-simplification of the notion of commonality within the gens as regards ownership of property is also apparent in the discussion of kinship and this led equally to a fundamental misunderstanding . |
| 32 | Since there was a higher population and a greater surplus of output people had a higher disposable income ; this led directly to a desire for more than just food and a demand for material commodities for the household ( pottery , cutlery , more and better clothing in cotton and wool ) . |
| 33 | But the inherent political weaknesses of the struggles , the chronic inability to attract support from other sections of labour , and the social composition of the unemployed led directly to a collapse of militancy after state intervention . |
| 34 | If he 's done anything really wicked I do n't think HMG would be prepared to go out on a limb on his behalf . |
| 35 | But while the Europeans were prepared to go along with an ultimatum to the Serbs that threatened bombing if there were more belligerency , they would not countenance lifting the arms embargo , which they believe would do more harm than good . |
| 36 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 37 | on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing . |
| 38 | According to Barry Morris , Blackpool 's tourism boss : ‘ People are not prepared to accept less in a B&B than they have at home . |
| 39 | This looks forward to a future phase of professionalism . |
| 40 | This looks almost like a long unused guest room with a view . |
| 41 | Yeah I mean this looks almost like a school but I mean |
| 42 | This adds up to a very substantial collection , and I hope before too long we may find another set with the Organ and Piano Concertos , along with Prêtre 's recordings of the Gloria and Stabat Mater ( the earlier one with Régine Crespin ) and the almost unknown Sept Responses des Ténèbres , a simply glorious choral and orchestral piece with Prêtre recorded in 1983 and which appeared on a Pathé Marconi LP in 1984 . |
| 43 | This adds up to a total cost of just under £20 bn , or about £6,600 per unemployed person . |
| 44 | This adds up to a loss of £9.57 . |
| 45 | This adds up to a threat to the source of Japan 's post-war strength . |
| 46 | The Council was exempted from meeting on the sixty or so annual festival days , but not on the monthly ones ; this adds up to a large number of meetings ( c.300 ) held per year . |
| 47 | Their visibility or otherwise , the ways in which they are coded , policed , censored , constructed , praised or punished , the ways in which and levels at which they are represented as engaging with the viewer , and the contexts in which women 's bodies are placed in images and how images of women 's bodies are then distributed and consumed — all this adds up to a subtle politics of the representation of women 's bodies . |
| 48 | Although all of this adds up to a fairly persuasive case in favour of certain types of co-operative R&D in certain circumstances , the case is not strong enough to suggest that all types of ventures will have positive ( or even benign ) effects on social welfare . |
| 49 | All of this adds up to a personal credo that we are not just specialized apes but a unique and peculiar species of our own . |
| 50 | The troops , expecting to be ‘ home by Christmas ’ after a few gallant cavalry charges , held an impressive open air church parade in the Recreation Field and in late August the town gave a lively send off to a detachment of the ‘ Kings Own ’ . |
| 51 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 52 | ‘ Is it harmful to come out of a temperature as high as 76 degrees after working twelve hours , into a cold atmosphere ? ’ |
| 53 | You know the old adage that , I mean one of the reasons is it 's so much easier to come up with a scandal , to come with a rats in the basement or something like that and intrigue people , than it is to come up with some , the positive angles . |
| 54 | Some animals have this honed down to a fine art . |
| 55 | The other lad who made a commitment came as a non-believer but was willing to come along with an open mind and on studying the gospels came to believe Jesus was indeed who he said he was and shortly after made his commitment . |
| 56 | They are ideal for large breeds , or individuals which have a back ailment of any kind and may find it painful to curl up in a basket . |
| 57 | Simmel places exchange at the point at which Hegel constructs society , and this articulates well with a major tradition in anthropological theory , where it is exchange , often viewed in terms of the polarity of gift and commodity , which is seen as constitutive of society itself ( e.g. Appadurai 1986 ; Lévi-Strauss 1969 ; Sahlins 1974 : 165–183 ) . |
| 58 | This stemmed largely from a lack of political analysis and clarity in relation to nationalism and feminism on the part of Southern feminists . |
| 59 | Always be prepared to listen patiently to a guest 's chatter no matter how boring , but develop a technique of being able to detach , oneself politely from a conversation without giving offence , especially if there is work to be done or other people waiting for attention . |
| 60 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |