Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [conj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , if it is a galactic pulsar or if it were formed by accretion-induced collapse , it may be young and the large magnetic field would not be as surprising .
2 But my boss is a resilient character and when we met in the late afternoon he was bursting with his old spirit .
3 If you do n't have a pleasant manner and if it looks as if you have no spare cash , people just do n't want to deal with you ; it 's not a viable proposition .
4 It was a pleasant evening but when Anne wrote to Joe about it , telling him that she had asked Helen and Tony to come , he replied immediately , warning her not to rush things .
5 Hewlett-Packard 's PA-RISC , Slater held up as being among the fastest workstations shipping today , as having a rich architecture and as having a large primary cache in current implementations .
6 The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out .
7 He could always claim of course that he knew nothing of the layout of the engine-room and had always assumed that there had to be a reserve tank or that in a panic-stricken concern for the welfare of his beloved niece he had quite forgotten that there was no such tank .
8 he might have done a roast dinner and that they
9 It was difficult to work out if the hotel had a private beach or whether the builders had simply dumped their excess sand and cement next to the water .
10 Well they will have in a private school cos if they do n't have the pennies they put up the fees .
11 Thereupon we all agreed solemnly that it was a private matter and that no announcement would be made to the press .
12 If you wish to use a private solicitor or if your affairs are complicated , the Trust can provide you with details of sympathetic solicitors in most parts of England and Wales .
13 At the very least it appears to me that the manner in which I have construed the relevant provisions in their application to the facts in this appeal is a possible construction and that any ambiguity there should be resolved in favour of the taxpayer .
14 Whether that period should be spent in bed followed by a prolonged holiday or whether it should be spent returning to a degree of post-infarct fitness will be discussed later .
15 It will also ensure that it has a broad base and that the business rate is decentralised .
16 A joint bulletin issued on 7 June stated that agreement had been reached over methods of consulting Korean democratic parties and other relevant organisations on developments leading to the creation of a unified government and that the text of agreement would be issued shortly .
17 He also explained that the first Czechoslovak Republic ( 1918–38 ) was a unified state and that there was no national gallery in Slovakia .
18 sort of there 's a model , a conversational model and if it if it 's if it 's conversation is following a model then it 's It means that it 's running smoothly
19 On inquiring where the bathroom was , the woman told me in a timid voice that although it was the door facing mine , there would be no hot water available until after supper .
20 The specification called for a fast vehicle with a low silhouette and when it was built , it proved to be the fastest tank in the British Army .
21 The game desperately needs a strong Leeds but if they do n't stop the rot soon they can say goodbye to a top eight place , let alone the top four .
22 Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks .
23 ‘ The Labour Party must produce policies which convince voters that their own prosperity depends on a government which takes active responsibility to promote a strong economy and that their own security — and that of their families — is best advanced by a government which works for the welfare of the whole community . ’
24 Does he agree that such improvements are a key component in a strong economy and that they have been achieved through the Government 's industrial relations laws , which the Opposition parties wish to repeal ?
25 The evidence of a child who was taught by the ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ method is that at the age of 5 she is able to talk and play with normal children at a normal school and although she may not be as far ahead , the results of this method seem astounding .
26 and this that and the other but people must have heard what went on and and you know the next morning they 'd see a black eye and just carry out a normal conversation as though
27 There was hope that it would be a two-way process and that it would have benefits for the school .
28 One can not say , for example , that Oftel decided something by a narrow vote' or that personnel changes in an individual agency will change the approach . ’
29 At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see .
30 A target of 201 presented a definite challenge and when Ambrose immediately had Hudson deflecting a catch to first slip second ball and bowled Rushmere off the bottom of the bat in his fourth over , the balance was , if anything , slightly tilted towards the West Indies .
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