Example sentences of "[coord] a [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourthly , this test would mean that there was no remedy under the Act in respect of a transaction with an overseas company , or a foreigner living here but abroad at the crucial moment , even if the subject matter was English land . |
| 2 | Use a logical progression or a system radiating out from a central base . |
| 3 | NatWest has a flexible approach so that loans are also available for other purchases that you may have in mind , whether for furnishings , Hi-Fi , other domestic equipment , a new car , or a holiday to get away from it all . |
| 4 | In the late 1860's , Rohde , a sensitive and highly intelligent person , was Nietzsche 's closest friend and so kindred a spirit that ambitious , albeit abortive , joint plans were regularly mooted : a collaborative book on Greek literature in 1868 or a year studying together in Paris ( scheduled for 1869 and frustrated by Nietzsche 's appointment at Basle ) . |
| 5 | It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother . |
| 6 | In everyday practice — and CSM does work every day and not just on those when a practolol or a benoxaprofen blows up in its face — this leads to an informality of conduct of business which was carefully cultivated by the late Sir Derrick Dunlop from the earliest days of the Committee on Safety of Drugs , CSM 's forebear . |
| 7 | The reason is often simple : their home was the one with the milk bottles left on the step , or a newspaper sticking out of the letter box ! |
| 8 | Each time a shop assistant or a clerk or a tradesman wrote down Dr E. Headleand , Harley Street , the same thrill of self-affirmation , of self-definition would be re-enacted . |
| 9 | you do n't need imagination or a calculator to work out that Cresta are still the top Paris specialists . |
| 10 | They had come quietly but Tom had ears that could hear a mouse moving underground , or a squirrel breathing in a tree . |
| 11 | For example , how would you measure if a plumber , a lorry driver , a teacher , or a magistrate had just performed a task well ? |
| 12 | We go with him , and our sisters too , and sometimes a hare jumps out in front of us or a pheasant flies up from the ditch . |
| 13 | As soon as a a a a a woman , erm or a lady stands up to be counted she 's looked about , she 's looked at as being aggressive , not assertive , as first it 's aggressive because they think it 's the challenge again . |
| 14 | In a common law country , the preparation of a case for trial is the private responsibility of the parties , and so the taking of evidence , without compulsion , by a consul or a commissioner does not necessarily offend such a country 's concept of judicial sovereignty ; but the position may be very different where , as in many civil law countries the obtaining of evidence is part of the judicial function , and official permission is be required before the evidence can be taken privately . |
| 15 | Do n't you come across many teachers who say something along the lines ‘ I 'd love to try this experiment ’ , or ‘ I 'd like to try this in a different way , but I have C S E or O level or A level coming up for my children in a term or a year and I ca n't possibly afford to do other than cram them for these examinations ’ . |
| 16 | A little girl carrying either a doll or a child walked back and forth behind the windows . |
| 17 | Sometimes the dog would bark for no apparent reason and they assumed that it had sensed a wildcat or a leopard stealing up in silence through the darkness . |
| 18 | A Fokker or an Albatros or a Pfalz does not bleed . |
| 19 | A nice half-day excursion would be to Monte and Terreiro da Luta , still within the city of Funchal but a bus or a taxi ride up the hillside at the back of the city . |
| 20 | And if you leave the sunroof or a window open just turn the key in its lock and , hey presto , a moment later they close . |
| 21 | Panel members said that , when awards were intended to articulate with degrees , a copy of the degree course documentation or a diagram indicating clearly the scope and nature of articulation would have been helpful . |
| 22 | If you are addressing an organisation or a person known only to you by their title — the Head of Business Studies , The Metal Consortium PLC the Department of Health and Social Security — then the salutation will be Dear Madam if the recipient is known to be a woman and , traditionally , Dear Sir if the sex is unknown . |
| 23 | I think y yo you could blip from month to month er , er as a priority slipped in or changed , or a person slipped out or , or somebody forgot to zero something or y |
| 24 | The Rev David Neil , the Union 's Mission Field worker stressed the need for churches to have a mission strategy or commitment to training or a willingness to reach out and become involved in their communities . |
| 25 | For example , the insistence of planning authorities upon the use of certain building materials , the standards of design and external finish and the density of housing development reflect their traditional concern with how a house or a village looks rather than who will actually live in it . |
| 26 | At Christmas I was given one of Brynley 's old books with his name crossed out and a torch or a diary thrown in . |
| 27 | Perhaps someone in your family , a friend or a neighbour does not hear well . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 29 | Three farmsteads were nothing but black , glittering wood and a column of smoke where a vat of fish-oil had overturned into a brazier , or a roasting-fire got out of hand , or a guttering candle caught hangings . |
| 30 | There was no door between the kitchens and the alley at the back , only a curtain of brown and yellow beads that clicked when there was a breeze , which was just about never because it was summer and the only time the air moved was when Zervos waved his short arms or a truck went past outside . |