Example sentences of "[det] [det] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | John Maynard Smith , who was Haldane 's pupil , says his most remarkable piece of foresight was the suggestion in 1941 , 12 years before the structure of DNA was elucidated , that genes would replicate semi-conservatively , that is , by a molecule splitting in two and each half making a mirror image of itself . |
| 2 | To some this seems a waste of tank space , but to angels and butterflies it means the difference between life and death . |
| 3 | I 've received very few replies so the signs can be erected and B either a deputy co-ordinator or the deputies that should come in , now some some oblige a lot of them do n't |
| 4 | This is partially true , but the motivations for saying ‘ quack ’ , the kind of quack a duck makes , the social message that is being conveyed — fear , alarm , pain , surprise , contentment , ‘ Come here ’ , ‘ Go away ’ , ‘ Look what I 've found ’ — this all requires a mind behind the larynx to make it express or utter the intent and feeling within the duck 's mind , to give the quack the correct inflection and intonation . |
| 5 | This all reached a peak in 1988 when piss-filled cider bottles rained down the hapless likes of Meatloaf ( who ran away ) and Bonnie Tyler ( who did n't ! ) . |
| 6 | Strewth , this all sounds a tad highbrow for a group who persistently hanker after the pleasures of life rather than moan about dark clouds on the horizon . |
| 7 | Strewth , this all sounds a tad highbrow for a group who persistently hanker after the pleasures of life rather than moan about dark clouds on the horizon . |
| 8 | This all signifies a breaking down of powerful interest groups such as trade unions and large corporations . |
| 9 | This all implies a degree of creative intelligence and mind function which we largely overlook . |
| 10 | No one wants to undertake a journey of any length if they are ill , much less to have a prescription filled out . |
| 11 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 12 | And if all that sounds a bit pious , I 've created the wrong impression . |
| 13 | It might be rash to conclude that all that represents a rejection of radicalism ; better , perhaps , to say that it is the sense of radicalism itself that changed . |
| 14 | Out of all this came a resolution passed at the District AGM the following November . |
| 15 | All this represents a move from a reactive approach for the nurse involving tradition , routine , and medical direction to one where her actions are founded on her understanding and judgement and are directed towards the achievement of a previously defined goal . |
| 16 | If all this sounds a bit complicated , it may help to start using just a small amount of the nutrition information . |
| 17 | ‘ All this sounds a bit grim . |
| 18 | All this formed a background to the first century of crusading ; and it goes some way to explaining the more secular aspects of the magnetism which drew French knights to take up the cross in their thousands . |
| 19 | Er all this takes a lot of effort on a lot of people 's parts and we 're very fortunate today to have three of the professional men who are doing the bulk of the work present with us and their wives . |
| 20 | So if all this poses a threat to a 19-year-old getting a job , something is wrong as it 's still quite obvious that employers prefer people with no ties . |
| 21 | All this reflected a recognition at the highest political level that the country 's foreign relations must include , at least for the time being and probably permanently , an unprecedented effort to shape and direct opinion abroad . |
| 22 | All this presents a problem , even before we consider issues of differing attainments . |
| 23 | Now I 'm lucky , I have four children no problems as such , and I have great sympathy for anyone who goes through all this to have a child ! |
| 24 | All this has a snowball effect on the day 's turnover and on the individual dealers ' commissions . |
| 25 | All this makes a boy something . |
| 26 | All this provides a flexibility not found in other models . |
| 27 | They 're released , and all this follows a mercy mission by Sir Edward Heath . |
| 28 | All this yields a shareholder 's equity of $938m ( about 86% of total assets ) which gives a low debt to equity ratio of 17% . |
| 29 | The boat , the night , the sense of isolation and uncertainty … all these induce a loosening of the concentration . |
| 30 | All these have a bearing on good movement and/or relaxation and well-being . |