Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually I can only suggest possible methods of locating a partner for a large cichlid — unless I have just had a similar query from someone else , in which case I will happily operate a marriage bureau as long as both fishkeepers are agreeable . |
| 2 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 3 | ‘ For income I 'd again select a combination of funds . |
| 4 | There were a thousand possible combinations … one-four-six , one-four-seven … in twenty minutes I could perhaps try a hundred and fifty numbers . |
| 5 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |
| 6 | The housekeeper then has the room serviced and when it is ready for letting , presses the switch in the bedroom which will then show a green light on all boards , indicating that the room is now ready to be let . |
| 7 | The hippocampus receives a large cholinergic innervation which may also play a role because LTP can be enhanced by the cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine but is reduced by the anticholinergic agent scopolamine . |
| 8 | The next problem comes when we recognize that the work done so far has produced a piece of research which could easily keep a dozen people occupied for the rest of their lives . |
| 9 | One way to discourage such demands was secretly to salt a shallow anchorage with a bag of rotted chicken heads which would quickly draw a sinuous and evil-looking pack of otherwise harmless sand sharks that would twist menacingly under our keel and persuade the paying customers to seek the deeper darker waters offshore . |
| 10 | About five weeks ago , I had been invited to a presentation by Garth Enterprises , who were unveiling their plans for a golf course and leisure complex which would also include a hotel and the provision of some expensive houses alongside each fairway . |
| 11 | ACAS has a network of regional offices which might well prove a valuable source of information . |
| 12 | Moreover , they are suitable only for residential roads where the traffic flow is light ( a peak flow of under 250v/hr in both directions ) and are not therefore applicable to larger city districts which would normally contain a hierarchy of road types . |
| 13 | That 's why he 's a massive hit with fans who would normally barrack a boss when the team is struggling . |
| 14 | Apart from a strong pair of legs you 'll also need a good dictionary to decipher the route names . |
| 15 | Erm you 'll have sine you 'll probably have a triangle with A B C marked on it . |
| 16 | When you wanted tea you could either have a pot of tea , or a ‘ cinema tea ’ , which was a pot of tea and a plate on which was a sandwich with the crusts cut off , which also represented something , and a cake . |
| 17 | ‘ The fans up there do n't know him and probably think he 's a big centre forward who can just head a ball — but they 're wrong . |
| 18 | You do n't necessarily get a better job with a performance spec than you would simply by specifying that you had more cuts because in er in a slow growing year , if you like , the contractor actually gains because he does n't need to cut so many times to comply with a maximum of a hundred millimetres length , whereas if you 've got an eleven level cut you would actually have a continuous length of grass , much shorter , so it would look smarter . |
| 19 | If this is not possible in a single short headline you can always add a second headline to give a little more information . |
| 20 | Those high failure rates make it an efficient way of screening out teenagers who might later fail a university course . |
| 21 | But Aunt Emmy I , you know , I know she 's in , you , in daylight you can just see a , a shape of a person standing there , yes . |
| 22 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 23 | Without such research we shall never have a conclusive demonstration of the need ( or lack thereof ) to include other indicators in resource allocation to the NHS . |
| 24 | I mean in other words we 'll now have a proper strategy the Vale of the White Horse , which was always an area of the county where the County Council services to the elderly was poorer than elsewhere . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the rise of ‘ a new kind of economy … threatening to many , demanding rapid changes in work , life-style and habits , hurls large populations terrified of the future into spasms of diehard reaction … instead of the much-touted end of ideology , we may , in both global and domestic affairs , see a multiplicity of new ideologies spring up … instead of President Bush 's famous thousand points of light we may well face a thousand fires of fury . ’ |
| 26 | It is because the individual animal is the unit of study that this is a cluster sample ; if herds were the unit of study we would simply have a simple random sample of herds . |
| 27 | In secondary schools the cooperation of the music department might be enlisted , and the music department there may well have a wider range of recordings to offer , or may be able to advise on suitable pieces . |
| 28 | But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems . |
| 29 | The Society prospered , although at its 1852 annual public tea it could hardly hold a Christmas cheese and wine party members were saddened by the numbers that had fallen from grace once the hay and corn harvests had been collected . |
| 30 | In order to keep the disease in check , the fish need to be redosed every six weeks , but Chris is certain that with a little more research he will eventually find a cure . |