Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the new system to be introduced properly involves a change of constitution and a further vote . |
| 2 | erm The social man , Proust says , rarely offers a key to the creative personality , and he 's anxious to keep a distinction between these two things , and I shall try to do something the same . |
| 3 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |
| 4 | Over 2,000 programmes were referred to by our sample , ranging from specific short courses to six or twelve month programmes , which altogether represents a quite considerable commitment of resources to training on the part of public librarianship as a whole . |
| 5 | The first stage in the transfer is a preselection process , involving informal discussions with tenants where they may make their own alternative suggestions , which eventually produces a single applicant to go forward to the final stages . |
| 6 | It amounts to an agreement by Member States not to employ their veto to prevent a majority decision , and effectively represents a reversal of the Luxembourg Compromise . |
| 7 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 8 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 9 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
| 10 | Essential oils are not always cheap , especially rose and neroli , but because they are highly concentrated , in use a little goes a very long way . |
| 11 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 12 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
| 13 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
| 14 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
| 15 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
| 16 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
| 17 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
| 18 | The Bavarian position appears untenable , as the matter is surely a civil one and Article 13 expressly prohibits a refusal based on the ground that the internal law of the state of destination would not permit the action on which the application was based . |
| 19 | The extent to which either the adult or child within plays a significant part in our lives depends greatly on our own upbringing . |
| 20 | This conversion is very similar to that undertaken by the RSA 's Professional Aviation ( who had one of their Jet Prop DC-3 conversions at Farnborough — see page 52 ) and effectively produces a ‘ zero-time ’ aircraft . |
| 21 | — Andrew Crisp from Winchester , during economic policy debate ‘ Any party that has Dennis Skinner as its chairman and Neil Kinnock as leader , badly needs a hero . ’ |
| 22 | Aid policy badly needs a rethink |
| 23 | Forget the old adage about non-stop bicycling ; the growing Community badly needs a decade of constitutional calm . |
| 24 | I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person . |
| 25 | The sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal presumably incorporates a discount to reflect the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , but there is no indication of the extent of the discount : the case is therefore of limited value as an indication of what the proper sentence would have been at first instance . |
| 26 | For that investment the member gets a stake in the club and in the freehold , and thereby has a say in how it is run . |
| 27 | Management control thereby has a tendency to become more centralized . |
| 28 | The long-term asymptotic rise eventually adds a further increase of 2.1x10 -6 Hz to the rotation rate . |
| 29 | He deftly drops a charge next to it and returns the vehicle . |
| 30 | Rarely has a film given me such a warm glow . |