Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |
| 2 | The only other major commodity which is based on lump sum rates regardless of quantities used , is water and the Water Companies are slowly moving over to a metered system in order to improve the discipline of use . |
| 3 | Well they had a particularly bad time many of them lost absolutely everything and now they 're protesting cos the Lloyds people are only coming up with a nine hundred million pound rescue package that might give them some of them back half of what they invested . |
| 4 | Hence , such experiments are normally carried out in a laboratory permanently equipped with a wind-tunnel ( the name for any system providing a working air stream ) , a water flume or channel ( similar systems with water ) , or a towing tank ( a large tank of stationary water through which an obstacle can be moved ) . |
| 5 | The voice-parts of the opening ‘ Domine ad adjuvandum ’ are largely composed on to a transposed version of the preludial ‘ toccata ’ a true Shakespearian ‘ tucket ’ of Orfeo . |
| 6 | Expatriates ' salaries are generally built up from a number of separate elements starting with basic salary . |
| 7 | If the documents in question are not sent out with a letter , but are signed at the conveyancer 's office , then it is important to set out a memorandum recording the date and time at which the document was signed and also how the document was explained to the client . |
| 8 | Perhaps monotony , fragmentation and excessive pace are noted by few housewives and are not bound up with a dominant feeling of dissatisfaction . |
| 9 | ‘ They are not writhing around like a Soho sex show but it is outrageous compared to the traditional performance of Swan Lake . ’ |
| 10 | These functions are not carried out in a vacuum ; they are affected by certain key contingencies or variables . |
| 11 | It is the South-east that needs new settlements , if we are not to end up with a town-and-country muesli of interest to no one . |
| 12 | As with all great adventures and challenges , the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate . |
| 13 | The formal duties and responsibilities of the office of a British Prime Minister are not laid down in a constitution or statute . |
| 14 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
| 15 | Er you 're obviously dressed up as a a |
| 16 | Mind you , I expect they 're already fixed up with a vet . |
| 17 | It 's interesting to note that actually now we 've since made that decision the residual has as I 've said come down to nine four seven , so if we do have a new settlement of fourteen hundred we 're already ending up with a a higher level of proposed development for Greater York now , the nine seven would obviously be exceeded if we had a fourteen hundred new settlement within Greater York . |
| 18 | Now these , why do I call these special people , for the first thing we 're just coming out of a recession they s |
| 19 | That time we 're just coming in from a nightclub . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , you 're not tied down to a commitment of any sort , ’ she pointed out in a dry tone . |
| 21 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 22 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 23 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 24 | " I hope you 're not coming down with a fever , dear , " said my mother . |
| 25 | ‘ And because of remarks like that is it any wonder you 're still scratching around for a woman to share your miserable existence with ? ’ |
| 26 | An' we 're both goin' out in a blaze of glory ! ’ |
| 27 | These are usually made up of a central pit or cup , surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns . |
| 28 | This year the charity to benefit will be the Newborn Appeal , although the organising Speke 10k Committee are still looking around for a main sponsor for the event . |
| 29 | All-rounder Tom Moody and injury-plagued fast bowler Bruce Reid are both left out of a squad which arrives in England on April 25 . |
| 30 | Anglo-Saxon glass displays a variety of colours , especially brown , ochre , yellow , blue and green , which are probably brought about by a lack of control of the furnace conditions rather than by deliberate colouring . |