Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if Famlio sends up a ship t'make a sweep ? |
| 2 | Preventive vaccines are introduced into an immunologically naive system , whereas therapeutic vaccines encounter a system already immunologically primed . |
| 3 | They encounter a presence which transfigures their lives and , provided that they are temperamentally suited to this type of spiritual activity and have the benefit of expert advice , they experience a satisfaction which is real but inexpressible . |
| 4 | Among the best remembered are Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) , in which Gene Kelly as a sailor on leave in LA , teaches Jerry Mouse to dance ; Kelly again in the ‘ Sinbad The Sailor ’ segment of Invitation to the Dance , with music from Rimsky-Korsakov 's symphonic suite , Scheherazade ; and Mary Poppins ( 1964 ) , in which Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke encounter a variety of Disneyfied animals . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if I encounter a text which deals with an unfamiliar content area and does so in accordance. with communicative or rhetorical conventions which are new to me , then I obviously have to look much more closely at the language itself as a source of information as to what might be meant . |
| 6 | WE encounter a difficulty at the beginning of this part of the book by directing our attention to the solution of ‘ legal ’ problems . |
| 7 | At once we encounter a problem , namely which legal theory do we contemplate ? |
| 8 | During the first year , if you encounter a problem with your CompuAdd 200 , 300 , or 400 Series desktop or deskside system which ca n't be resolved by our Telephone Technical Support Staff , we provide On-Site Service in most parts of the country within the next business day . |
| 9 | But in the New Testament we encounter a change : the tense is a resounding present indicative — the Kingdom is here ! ’ |
| 10 | Once we try to lift the imagination away from the idea of God as a person ( another unfortunate implication of the old man on a cloud motif ) into another form of personality , we encounter a number of interesting arguments . |
| 11 | Moving through the customs shed , itself a film set from Casablanca , new arrivals encounter a pantomime . |
| 12 | Here we encounter a mystery that is common to all aspects of any discussion of energy or matter at the quantum level . |
| 13 | We encounter a string of bawdy limericks , a dream-poem ( with woodcuts ) , a film-script , and the recording of a Kazakh singing duel , among others . |
| 14 | Now , with Benjamin James Titford , the eldest son of Benjamin the Silversmith and Elizabeth , we encounter a craftsman 's son who would establish himself as a member of the professional classes — by becoming a schoolmaster . |
| 15 | To say ‘ good morning ’ when you first encounter a colleague or employee is a convention , but to fail to do so is none the less offensive . |
| 16 | Does this mean that , whenever we encounter a deviance that can be cured either by adjustment of grammar or lexical content , we can take it that semantics is involved ? |
| 17 | But the actual experience of all mystics is strikingly similar : all encounter a reality in the depths of the self , which is , paradoxically , Other and irrevocably separate from us . |
| 18 | Fash 's packed schedule — he often holds business meetings well into the small hours and averages just five hours sleep a night — has not affected the common touch which makes him such a popular figure at Wimbledon . |
| 19 | We were fit , thinner than any of us had ever been , good at singing , proficient with a variety of weapons , and we could survive on three hours sleep a night . |
| 20 | Logical reasoning and decoding both got worse by the end of three days , and significantly recovered , almost to baseline levels , when 4 hours sleep a night was allowed . |
| 21 | Women are up well before dawn and may have only five or six hours sleep a night in the effort to make ends meet . |
| 22 | She had only four hours sleep a night . |
| 23 | MO Mowlam ( recreations : travelling , swimming , jogging , jigsaws , watching football ) has been explaining how she sometimes gets by during the campaign on just two hours sleep a night . |
| 24 | It has not been easy on three hours sleep a night . |
| 25 | The need for sleep varies from person to person — some require more than the average eight hours sleep a night be perfectly normal . |
| 26 | Like six hours , seven hours sleep a night . |
| 27 | Cats sleep a lot , so let them choose their own spots — instead of a cosy fireside , your two might prefer an old box on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 28 | Many of our counselling cases involve a lack of biblical priorities . |
| 29 | These expressions , and those like them ( Uriah Heep , Job 's Comforter , Don Quixote come immediately to mind ) involve a character who is used for a particular , and rather limited , purpose , namely the personalisation of a distinct quality . |
| 30 | Case studies involve a variety of methods : observation , participant observation , interviews , perusing documents . |