Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mid-1970s onwards a number of factors began to threaten the continued existence of this ‘ single capacity ’ system : |
| 2 | Although Mr Salmon had already told me that we had declared war against the Germans almost a year ago — none of us having heard of Archduke Franz Ferdinand — we only found out how serious it was when a lot of young lads who had worked in the market began to disappear off to ‘ the front ’ to be replaced by their younger brothers — and sometimes even sisters . |
| 3 | Well that one really is I mean cos I see them up in the woods quite a lot |
| 4 | We can juggle the hours around a bit to fit in with other things . ’ |
| 5 | However , if the settlor can control the investments etc a point may be reached where the line has been transgressed . |
| 6 | Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week . |
| 7 | If the geometric domains are to be described by their orthogonal excursions in the local space of the objects then a pin forced to the bottom of a hole will have a five boundary touching condition . |
| 8 | You may need to fiddle with the valves quite a bit to get the right balance between the different outlets . |
| 9 | Earlier in the season so many wasps ( or guêpes , as they call them ) were being caught that the gardener was having to empty the traps twice a day . |
| 10 | ‘ My love … ’ he said , the words barely a whisper , the scent of plum blossom in the room intoxicating . |
| 11 | He shuddered , the words almost a whisper . |
| 12 | The difference between us and those other publications , however , was that NSS was still on the newsstands almost a week after everyone knew that the Tories were back with an overall majority . |
| 13 | In this way the Psalms were read through every twenty-four hours and the Gospels once a week , so that , as Bishop Hacket noticed , ‘ there was no intermission day nor night … they kept sentinel at all hours and seasons to expect the second coming of the Lord Jesus ’ . |
| 14 | All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another . |
| 15 | The weeks following a St George 's Night dinner when — ’ |
| 16 | Casting about for a sighting , she suddenly saw one of the dogs about a quarter of a mile away . |
| 17 | They ca n't afford to put a man in and you ca n't get a tractor round the graves so a goat 's the obvious answer . |
| 18 | and , and pull the things together a bit . |
| 19 | For the sit-ups either a dumb-bell or a weight disc is held to the chest , and the back is kept slightly rounded with the chin on the chest . |
| 20 | In spite of which , the impression they gave was of being identical , and it was left to the owners to give their property whatever signs of individuality they could , by making neat little gardens , or by not doing so , by cleaning the windows once a month , or by not doing so . |
| 21 | It is not a job that can be undertaken on the basis of a business meeting of the governors once a term . |
| 22 | Whole day cruises explore the islands once a week from Cannigione , and yacht trips are available too . |
| 23 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
| 24 | If this is also one of the sides then a message such as ‘ Apx top ! ’ ( i.e. approximate top ) is given . |
| 25 | We visited Kaprun last June and , with the snow on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier slushy by midday , we had a wonderful time in the afternoons following a picnic lunch in a meadow or dining on a terrace across the lake from Zell am See , 15 minutes away by Post Bus . |
| 26 | The second I did n't hear about for four days and even then not from a friend but from the free paper which used to be given away in the bars once a week those days . |
| 27 | He was prepared to run a conveyance to the links twice a day at 6d. a head or 1s. 0d. for a single passenger . |
| 28 | I visit the horses twice a day , taking titbits to encourage them to trot to me so I can make sure they are sound ! |
| 29 | Well I remember , so I used to talk to the nurses quite a lot when I walked Roxanna , my other German shepherd , in Wellington |
| 30 | My duties included fire-watching the premises once a week . |