Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 But on the other there were the usual fears that the United States might overreact or give too high a priority to the Far East at the expense of Europe .
2 It is even possible to create a script that records how often an interactive screenshow is accessed by members of the public .
3 And if you find that sprinkling on just a little bran in no way detracts from your bowl of breakfast cereal , then you will be tempted to continue to do so .
4 As a relatively small number of library authorities carry out a high amount of training , so a small number of libraries spend a high proportion of the money budgeted : 19 libraries accounted for 55% of this money , although employing just under a quarter of all staff .
5 However secure your income today , however comfortable your family life , this could all be placed in jeopardy by something that happens in just a few seconds … a serious accident .
6 Credit for its success is due to Lord Craigton , chairman of the All-Party Conservation Committee that meets about once a month in the House of Lords .
7 Fujitsu Ltd has signed with the Gnosis Pacific arm of Antwerp-based Gnosis NV to distribute Gnosis ' SequeLink Unix software products : SequeLink is a suite of software products that run on both an MS-DOS personal computer and on the Unix server running the SQL database .
8 Well the City in fact has twenty one Community Centres , most of which have bars , some of them only have small bars that open maybe once a week , others have very large bars , and especially the ones with the larger bars I think are willing to take on such a project .
9 C C K most of the time there are n't many that end in just a K.
10 It was shown on page 195 that knowing how frequently a record is accessed can lead to reduced seek times .
11 Joseph Thomas engineered the line that winds in nearly a complete circle to cover two miles and end up three quarters of a mile from its start .
12 As for the great Largo e mesto itself , here it 's the intensity of his phrasing that gives so sharp an edge to the sorrow .
13 In a wide-ranging speech that lasted just under an hour , Mr Kinnock focused on the economy , training and education , the National Health Service and the Gulf crisis .
14 How can I describe that experience in just a few words ?
15 The mixture consisted of a dialysed solution of FeCl 3 ( parchment or animal gut could be used for this ) resulting in a solution of FeO(OH) to which NaCl was added — this mixture gave a thixotropic sol that set in about an hour and closely resembled the brown-coloured holy relic in Naples .
16 There would be a frantic dive for the wash-basins as soon as the show finished , as most theatres still only had one basin in dressing-rooms that held well over a dozen Girls .
17 After knocking off her old man , Jessamyn rose through the ranks in the Psychopomps , and racked up quite a score .
18 Its certainty was attained once the bill was separated from the charter party and became not only a receipt for the goods but also an independent ( captain or master of the vessel issued ) abstract document of title .
19 Old Mel returned to her corner and became once more a shapeless dark bundle .
20 However , these were frequently in technical language and sold in only a few outlets ; and many clergy were not concerned with encouraging the laity to grapple with complex issues .
21 She decided therefore that The Sun was never again to be offered ‘ Laura Ashley ’ publicity material and reinforced as tight a hold as possible on the Image .
22 The state railways pay a user charge to the track authority , which is broadly equivalent to the charges faced by road users and covers only about a third of total infrastructure costs .
23 After it had crossed the Torrente Taro the tram had a dead straight journey for the rest of the way , stopping at three more places and picking up just a few more passengers , none of whom were regulars .
24 The blast was in one of the most heavily fortified areas of Londonderry city centre and came just over an hour after security forces with specially-trained sniffer dogs combed the area for explosives .
25 Is there not a danger that modern cases go on too long and cover too wide an area ?
26 Since joining the University 's Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology as a New Blood Lecturer in 1984 , she has successfully divided her time between teaching and research , and establishing not only a national charity but two commercial companies as well .
27 That 'll leave it wide open for the supermarket boys to market a ‘ free-range acorn-fed pork ’ — an intensively bred pig , fattened up in woods in half the time and costing well under an eighth of the price . ’
28 And waking up about a quarter past ten , go downstairs and make tea and toast takes the paper up , I take Freeman 's catalogue put the , the wireless on and he 's looking through the paper and I 'm looking through Freeman 's catalogue saying
29 Certainly over the years the the major proportion of our fire fighting , in terms of secondary fires , what we term secondary fires , the bonfires , was always concentrated around this period and going back quite a few years we used to have special appliances put on standby , extra crews and so on .
30 Wan and red-eyed , and nearly always male , they wore rebel chic regalia and communicated in either a hyperactive babble or a laboured monotone .
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