Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I mean , maybe they need a course in theory all the more for that reason , I do n't know , I think a lot of them would have real problems with it . |
| 2 | There are more living arthropod species than all other phyla combined ; if diversity is a measure of success then the arthropods are the easy winners . |
| 3 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 4 | The Laws family ran a bakery in Northgate hence the nickname Teacakes . |
| 5 | Whilst a number of considerations may limit the resort to force majeure , there is a sufficiency of means once the will to use them is present . |
| 6 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 7 | Ladislav said later that there had been a murder in Roztoky just a few weeks earlier . |
| 8 | Robert Savage referred to it as a box-iron piece , a piece of land roughly the shape of an old fashioned box-iron used for smoothing linen ; and he related that the old ploughmen used to refer to the ploughing of this type of field as goring work . |
| 9 | It was a gargantuan task : each year a piece of woodland approximately the size of a tennis court was brought into the garden . |
| 10 | Then you can put the test on a piece of paper just the questions and I 'm going to give the piece of paper to somebody else to answer . |
| 11 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 12 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 13 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 14 | J Wood in the Custom House and Silvertown Ward expressed the need to administer effectively the 1918 Education Act , 1918 Maternity Act , and the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act : ‘ In a period of reconstruction only a majority of conscious Socialist and labour men and women on the council will have the determination to make West Ham a healthier , cleaner , more sanitary town to live in ’ . |
| 15 | It certainly erm , sent a shock of horror though the whole country , |
| 16 | And , Germany suffered a massive blow to its pride when the Hindenburg crashed in a ball of flames just a few miles from Nicholson 's home town , Neptune , New Jersey soon after he was born . |
| 17 | ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void . |
| 18 | If you suspect that the child is showing a delay in development then a more formal assessment may be required ; this should be discussed fully with the parents and their permission sought . |
| 19 | It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam . |
| 20 | A walk before breakfast every day or exercise done after work every day — say a fifteen-minute run , a game of tennis or another walk — is very much better for you than a game of rugby once a week and nothing else . |
| 21 | That had all been an act , partly to lull the Men into trusting him but also , Creggan now realized , to hide the same feelings as they all had in captivity : a game to while away the endless waiting . |
| 22 | Now , what we 've got here is a lump of wood roughly the same shape trying to be a cricket bat , and if you hit a ball with it , the ball will travel about ten feet and you will drop the bat and dance about shouting ‘ Ouch ! ’ with your hands stuck into your armpits . |
| 23 | If they depart in a state of gloom then the chances of improvement are cut by at least half . |
| 24 | When we are in a state of disease then the smooth calm surface is disrupted by ripples ( or even waves ! ) spreading out from the site of disturbance . |
| 25 | ‘ He gets a remittance from England once every three months . |
| 26 | Directory Integrity Check then seeks an entry point in the package structure for each module which has been identified as a candidate for entry i.e. a package which is managed by the specified user and has an active DC for the module . |
| 27 | There may also be problems in deciding on the segmentation of a word into letters e.g. the letter combination cl can easily confuse with the letter d . |
| 28 | A word of caution here the diagram for the DIP Switches screen-printed on the memory board is correct . |
| 29 | Among the restaurants is the Savini , Milan 's most prestigious , where opera-goers congregate after a performance to while away the rest of the evening in expensive surroundings . |
| 30 | When we lived a simpler life we walked , swam , stretched and climbed as a matter of course almost every day of our lives . |