Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each contains an almost identical preface which states that the overriding aim of the document is to focus upon ‘ aims , objectives , content , teaching approaches and assessment ’ . |
| 2 | That looks a pretty good job , sweeping the floor , though I 'd rather have a go on the sweeping machine . |
| 3 | That looks a pretty impregnable base for the next advance . |
| 4 | Now that looks a very simple sort of thing , it 's quite large , a man stands about that high . |
| 5 | ‘ That has a highly individual characteristic too . |
| 6 | But there is another type of cat — more common than most people suppose — that has a more violent reaction to being over-petted . |
| 7 | While Scotland 's qualification for the 1994 World Cup finals hangs in the balance , what happens after that has a more substantive look to it . |
| 8 | No erm but I 'm sorry but whoever did that needs a fucking good kick in the head you know . |
| 9 | This imposes a very onerous obligation on the defenders ' agents and their insurers because the list must cover not only those documents in the hands of the solicitor or the insurer , but also those held by the insured . |
| 10 | All this involves a slightly different approach to your windsurfing . |
| 11 | If this involves a fairly long distance through cold parts of the house , you may have to buy metal dish covers , plate warmers and Thermos flasks to keep the food and drinks warm . |
| 12 | This involves a very broad range of industries , including mass production factories , older , heavier industries and manufacture by the public sector , the private sector and foreign firms ; it is accompanied by job losses in supporting service industries such as docks and railways , and , with renewed vigour in the period after 1985 , by coal mining . |
| 13 | This involves a very considerable degree of planning and administrative skill together with sufficient maturity at both local and national level to recognise what can be devolved and what should be maintained as a national concern . |
| 14 | At a time when splashing money around is either impossible of undiplomatic this represents a surprisingly cost-effective way of putting on an event without cutting corners . |
| 15 | This represents a very great pool of linguistic competence . |
| 16 | This represents a very substantial penalty and will undoubtedly make other owners and builders much more cautious over alterations . |
| 17 | It is thought that this represents a very real social phenomenon , either because of the nature of the settlement or because it was a general policy to dispose of rubbish away from the settlements , perhaps as manure in the fields , and is clearly not the product of poor preservation as has tended to be assumed ( Astill and Lobb 1982 , p. 140 ) . |
| 18 | This represents a very big , complex and highly aggregated market within which can be discerned a very large number of smaller labour markets . |
| 19 | This represents a very significant proportion of the world 's airline capacity , and whatever was the cause of this accident could have substantial repercussions threatening the safety of anyone who flew in this type of aircraft , not to mention the financial implications involved . |
| 20 | Only 16 butterflies were seen but these are seasonal insects and this represents a very satisfactory result for one month 's search . |
| 21 | This represents a more positive attitude towards culture than the previous three positions , although it is more critical than the second position listed here . |
| 22 | This offers a very high level ( up to eighty per cent ) of grant aid to repair those field barns in Swaledale that remain unconverted . |
| 23 | This produces a particularly firm fabric . |
| 24 | This produces a broadly dichotomous scheme , analysed in terms drawn from work in the sociology of language on the class differentiation of verbal codes . |
| 25 | This produces a more correct operating cost than would be shown without including depreciation and consequently produces a more correct measure of profit . |
| 26 | This covers a remarkably wide field starting at the installation , calibration and purely functional end of flight recorders and leading on through their recovery from the wreckage and the techniques of repairing and reading damaged recordings to the ultimate interpretation of the spoken words and environmental noises in the cockpit and the determination of the aerodynamic implications of recorded data . |
| 27 | This has a generously wide and stable hull with a square tail outline , a large daggerboard and sometimes footstraps which can be fitted as the sailor improves . |
| 28 | This has a distinctly Venetian air . |
| 29 | All of this has a distinctly Diceyesque ring , for in the introduction to the 1913 edition of his Law and Public Opinion Dicey portrayed any extension of state activity as ‘ socialist ’ , and denounced the welfare collectivism of the ‘ new liberalism ’ as an attempt to ‘ bribe ’ the electorate with state benefits . |
| 30 | Often this has a clearly organic cause , but there are many cases where no organic explanation can be found and emotional factors have to be considered . |