Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dulbeco 's modified Eagles ' medium containing 10% fetal calf serum had an advantage in both plating efficiency and growth . |
| 2 | I share the belief of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , which he reiterated yesterday , that convergence is important , but we must not allow total convergence to be an absolute precondition for further steps towards economic and monetary union , for that could be used as an excuse for never-never progress . |
| 3 | Asked why the interest in Elvis , Walken said that a girl he had a crush on in school used to carry round a picture of her boyfriend , and this was used as an excuse for why Walken could n't take her to his high school prom . |
| 4 | People were totally amazed that , in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century , someone could be living in such materially deprived conditions , alone , with no water on tap and no electricity , on an income of barely £5 a week — and that she could rise above it with such dignity , inner tranquillity and gentle philosophy . |
| 5 | Gold cards , for which you must have an income of around £25,000 a year , are an attractive option because of the |
| 6 | Chesterton said that ‘ tradition is the democracy of the dead ’ but in France ‘ the dead ’ get a seat in parliament , together with three secretaries each , interest-free loans , subsidised foreign travel and an income of about £40,000 , half of which is tax free . |
| 7 | June Roder , 62 , a pensioner from Ilford , has an income of about £6,000 a year from pensions and savings . |
| 8 | In addition , from the analysis of reports from a sample of schools , there will be an assessment of how resources allocated on the grounds of social disadvantage are spent , ie. whether they benefit children in need . |
| 9 | Amidst all the changes which took place in Eastern Europe during 1989 , the opening of the borders between East and West Germany on Nov. 9 , 1989 ( see p. 37025 ) was perhaps the most significant event to NATO members in that it confirmed that such changes , in particular the evolving relationship between the two Germanies , demanded an assessment of how NATO should respond and what its future role would be . |
| 10 | He goes on to explain the nature of a specifically Christian order — a society which would construct a framework for the political acts of the state , which would realize the importance of a Christian education and in which a " Community of Christians " , an elite of both laity and clerisy , would influence the values of the ordinary citizens of the country . |
| 11 | Turnover was held at £228.6million , an rise of about £2million , by the earlier contribution from tyre distribution and the US replacement . |
| 12 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
| 13 | The government was said to be anxious that the Iraqi-Kurdish refugee crisis should not provide an opportunity for either Syria or Iran to extend its influence in the region . |
| 14 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 15 | Studies by Aaronson and Schwartz ( 1973 ) and Aaronson ( 1974 ) indicate that , in both the USA and UK , the mix of public goods and tax rates has an effect on how population is distributed among governmental units ( see chapter 5 ) . |
| 16 | Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth . |
| 17 | ‘ Contrary to rumours circulating in the area , the Cambrian News is not in financial difficulties , and we are simply placing the contract for printing the paper elsewhere because we can not justify an investment of around 2m ( pounds ) for new machinery to go tabloid and bring in colour , ’ said Mr Read , whose great grandfather established the company in Aberystwyth in 1890 . |
| 18 | Ornstein also snatched Tony Richardson 's Tom Jones ( 1963 ) from under the nose of Bryanston , sealing the British company 's fate and bringing UA a considerable return on an investment of only $1.3 million . |
| 19 | Today , because the personal computer and laser-printer are mass-produced and work using cheap electronic components , anybody can publish text of almost professional quality for an investment of only $3,000 . |
| 20 | They varied between 20–60 hectares in size , were situated at an elevation of around 300m , and were in shallow stony soils . |
| 21 | As security it was agreed that Mr. O'Brien would guarantee the payment by the company of its indebtedness and that his liability under the guarantee would be secured by a second charge over the house which was believed to have an equity of about £100,000 . |
| 22 | Special considerations : the appellant 's counsel had informed the sentencer that the appellant was prepared to sell his house to raise the funds to pay compensation , and that the house was subject to an offer to purchase which would leave the appellant with an equity of almost £17,000 . |
| 23 | The different extrapolations of the normal-state resistivity produce an uncertainty of about 20% in ( 0 ) . |
| 24 | The times are only an indication of when results are due . |
| 25 | With materials designed to highlight language items , we have an indication of how materials designers approach the question of video 's role in the lesson.I will look at this in relation to the traditional stages of a language lesson , presentation , practice , reinforcement , and to the elicitation stage some teachers introduce before presentation . |
| 26 | The establishment of such new administrative bodies in the remoter parts of the kingdom was a significant move towards building a more unified nation , but the need to create councils in the North and on the Marches is in itself an indication of how England was still divided at this date . |
| 27 | Hoare could attract takers for only about 30m , the placing was abandoned and another attempt will be made today once dealers have an indication of how Hongkong Bank 's share price has faired overnight in the Far East . |
| 28 | In a few moments I 'd like to tell you briefly about the trading background to the figures and to give you an indication of how business has been since the period ended and particularly since our important sale started on Boxing Day . |
| 29 | Material culture and aesthetics are outwards manifestations of a culture , and these give an indication of how consumers in a particular culture behave . |
| 30 | However , other manufacturers , including the largest , Sir Robert Peel , found an alternative to both men and machinery by relocating their firms where cheap female labour was available to hand paint the cloth or else to print with wooden blocks studded with thousands of pins instead of the engraved blocks cut by the journeymen . |