Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of changing from a syllabus-dominated to an activity-based curriculum was not welcomed by the headteacher . |
| 2 | In the event , an activity-based curriculum went ahead , albeit somewhat clandestinely . |
| 3 | Fanfare is an activity-based course for young learners which promotes a highly positive attitude towards learning English . |
| 4 | An activity-based course is ideal for young learners . |
| 5 | ‘ As for value for money , it was n't per se my main concern but reorienting it from an activity-based approach of what the cost of something was to VFM in terms of delivery to the patient — evaluating what we were doing well in the sense you or I as doctor-patient would expect , the outcomes of value to the patient , establishing how much it costs to deliver ( something we could n't do but are better at now ) and then asking if it is reasonable value for money or , more interestingly , why it is cheaper in one place than another , benchmarking it . ’ |
| 6 | On the one hand , it is difficult to see how some of Porter 's ten cost-drivers can be used to assign costs to products in an activity-based costing sense . |
| 7 | After all , one alternative upon discovering from an activity-based costing system that many products are unprofitable is to focus on reducing their costs rather than close down their production lines . |
| 8 | That 's nice , well you 're not all that nice , I mean it does you good , I , if I get an upset tummy I always have some . |
| 9 | Why , have you had an upset tummy ? |
| 10 | One of these houses ( No.9 ) was in fact put on the market in 1991 , for an upset price of £90,000 , and was valued at £100,000 — considerably less than £106,000 . |
| 11 | by nervous fingers , how an upset teaspoon will |
| 12 | Wainwright will play despite having returned from representing the Barbarians in the Hong Kong Sevens suffering from an upset stomach . |
| 13 | As well as this , I have to remember ‘ Eat regularly , you can not dance on an upset stomach . ’ |
| 14 | My Boss says a man rings in with an upset stomach and you know either he means a hangover or else his brother managed to get him a ticket for Wembley . |
| 15 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 16 | He missed the 2-2 draw with Boro because of an upset stomach . |
| 17 | DOCTOR , I 'VE GOT AN UPSET STOMACH ! |
| 18 | If he had an upset stomach , it was not something he had eaten , indigestion , but the first sign of a rumbling ulcer . |
| 19 | They would write a note claiming , for example , ‘ Debbie was off because she had an upset stomach ’ when , in fact , the children were perfectly well . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't had an upset stomach since … let me see , it would have been February the twelfth , nineteen fifty-three , the occasion when I crossed to Biarritz during a storm and threw up into the Channel . |
| 21 | What she could have done without when she went into her office was to answer the phone and hear Jimmy Webb ring in to ask if she could do without him as he 'd got an upset stomach . |
| 22 | Come on away from the foxes , picks up any bits the foxes have left and then he get 's an upset stomach and that 's another thirty pounds at the vet . |
| 23 | I think she 'll be better off if she 's got an upset stomach . |
| 24 | Schwer saw his unbeaten record slip away on cuts , although Burke fought splendidly on the way to an upset victory . |
| 25 | The meeting does n't finish until seven , so I sha n't be back for supper ’ , then he would have avoided a painful homecoming and an upset spouse . |
| 26 | A goalless first leg at Hillsborough had left the whiff of an upset mingling with the burgers and Bovril , but Wednesday cleared the air ruthlessly with four first-half goals in the space of 23 minutes . |
| 27 | The software requires a minimum 33MHz full 80386 machine with an 80387 co-processor , 12Mb RAM — though 16Mb is recommended — and a 200Mb disk , though 300Mb is better . |
| 28 | The software requires a minimum 33MHz 80386DX machine with an 80387 co-processor , 12Mb RAM — though 16Mb is recommended — and a 200Mb disk , though 300Mb is better . |
| 29 | But services still suffer , and many capital projects — including an urgently-needed day centre — never get started because the council can not afford to maintain them . |
| 30 | Thus while drive-related dreams and even simple dreams of wish-fulfilment can occur , they are not reliably elicited by the mere existence of an unsatisfied appetite . |