Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We settled on a classic rock climb from the Etançons valley — the West-South-West Ridge of the Pic Nord des Cavales : a mouthful of a name to be sure and not a route well known outside the area , but Collomb assures of its worth : |
| 2 | Attorney-General v. Wilts United Dairies Ltd. ( 1921 ) 37 T.L.R. 884 was not a case concerned with the recovery of a payment unlawfully demanded . |
| 3 | Thus the very distinctiveness of the Creole becomes the point to focus on — and therein lies its symbolic value as a variety maximally opposed to Standard English . |
| 4 | Despite this , the SGA 1979 does make some attempt to deal with the Scottish dilemma vis à vis non-possessory security interests through the insertion of s61(4) of the 1893 Act ( now s62(4) of the 1979 Act ) , a provision specifically drafted for Scotland but which also applies to England . |
| 5 | But there 's a sister there called Mary she would like to strangle . |
| 6 | As US troops occupy Panama , Richard Gott surveys the country 's multi-layered society and the origins of the conflict , and below Martin Walker explains how the White House wimp became a warrior Still trapped in the jungle . |
| 7 | If you wish to have the door stain-finished you could again specify Douglas fir , or you could consider dark red meranti , which is a hardwood commonly used for clear-finished external joinery . |
| 8 | You 'll be given a function like given in that form , Y equals some function of X. |
| 9 | They may either be conceived as the ultimate arbiters of truth and values ( a function once held by the churches ) or they may meet certain religious or psychological needs . |
| 10 | Raising victim consciousness could also be achieved by incorporating it as a function explicitly pursued by controlling and regulating agencies . |
| 11 | It is not a political issue about women sharing a function hitherto assigned to men . |
| 12 | These inspectors , although originally instituted to inspect schools receiving grants from Parliament — a function now replaced by the task of reporting to the Secretary of State for Education on the quality of educational provision — have always had the aim of seeking to improve education in the institutions they visit . |
| 13 | The state 's case was based mainly on accusations of sabotage and planned sabotage , a case well supported by the evidence found at Rivonia . |
| 14 | Another sympathizer was Lord Furness , a self-made man from the very bottom of the ladder , whom the NSFU recalled " as a great shipowner who was never averse to the claims of justice and fair play , always approachable in any difficulty , from whom a case reasonably stated never failed to obtain a patient hearing and who was never spoiling for a fight " . |
| 15 | 473 , C.A. , a case frequently cited by Lord Denning : under a contract of sale by A to B , B has a duty to open a confirmed credit . |
| 16 | The first exception was a case extensively reported , probably because of the description of the seduction during a black magic ceremony . |
| 17 | it 's a bit double sided really |
| 18 | With only seven Peugeot 205 's on the grid , the much-hoped-for ‘ saloonatic ’ battle was a bit sparsely populated . |
| 19 | I mean you buy it you 're not gon na , I mean alright you 're gon na have a bit more grown but you 're only gon na get a bit more muscly . |
| 20 | ‘ He is very charismatic , is n't he , but possibly a bit more removed , more aloof , than the other leaders , ’ said Miss Cathryn Avison , 22 , a first-time voter . |
| 21 | start , what to do or anything so , you need a little bit of practice at doing them for , for revision and then it , it 's not nearly as hard as when you first learnt , it pulls it out of your head again and then sort of puts it back in a bit more settled down and easier to retrieve . |
| 22 | Well I suppose it was a bit far fetched . |
| 23 | That was a bit far fetched I suppose but erm you wo n't be looking at it for it is believable or not . |
| 24 | yes but it seemed a bit far fetched , if they said that |
| 25 | But she had to leave because she was a bit highly strung ; and of course you know Virginia herself was . |
| 26 | You think he 's a bit highly strung ? |
| 27 | Think James is a bit highly strung |
| 28 | I 'm a bit less pissed off about selling Batty now since a ) we did n't loose on Saturday ; b ) Rocky played well ( I bet he 's been given a run in the 1st team and a confidence boost with it ) ; c ) I heard Batty saying things like ‘ he did n't have to sell the club ( rovers ) to me ’ , with no hint of remorse at leaving Leeds . |
| 29 | But I think trick or treat itself , maybe has got a bit perhaps distorted from what one might imagine the American idea originally was . |
| 30 | So on the one hand we wanted to be a bit harder edged in our music , but also we could n't get too far away from Bon Jovi as it was , because people obviously bought our records because of the character of them — the songwriting and the playing . |