Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great judge Lord Denning in a historic judgment once said that no one , however mighty , was above the law . |
| 2 | Okay if you want a private conversation well go and have a private conversation , but borrow , borrow the code of silence from or get smart or something |
| 3 | Mixing theatrical flourish and cinematic panache ( with battles filmed in Hungary ) , CYRANO is a prodigious spectacle superbly mounted and designed . |
| 4 | However , the gene is still expressed at a low level further emphasizing that the region between -190bp and -55bp is important for basal expression . |
| 5 | A LOYALIST gunman yesterday shot and wounded a Catholic man who had been disabled in an earlier murder attempt . |
| 6 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 7 | This was one of the older parts of the forest , and its silence was a thousand-year atmosphere so distilled that it was almost physically affecting . |
| 8 | Much so-called ‘ atonal ’ music is only music with a tonal foundation so obscured or disrupted that it is not easily perceived . |
| 9 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 10 | A few nurses also commented that patients would wear them when the ulcer was healed , were too old and too frail to get the hosiery on , refused to wear it or could not tolerate it . |
| 11 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 12 | Scientific studies carried out a few years ago revealed that regular sunbed users ( those using a bed more than once a week over a period of a few years ) now have a condition called skin fragility syndrome . |
| 13 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
| 14 | The Economist a few years ago conceded that the new system had some merits , but carried with it some important disadvantages ; on the positive side The nomination process is certainly very costly , yet trying to engage the attention of a mass electorate scattered across a huge and diverse country is bound to be expensive . |
| 15 | Studies a few years ago showed that by spraying pheromones onto chairs in a doctor 's waiting room , there was a marked difference in the way people chose to sit on them . |
| 16 | Economists and politicians are already celebrating the disappearance of these huge external imbalances — even those who only a few years ago claimed that current-account deficits did not matter . |
| 17 | So I was not surprised when he rang me a few weeks later to say that Dorothy was in hospital . |
| 18 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 19 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 20 | Scarlet turned away uneasily at the mention of upbringing : Brian 's first wife had telephoned only a few weeks before to say that Brian 's son was causing her hair to turn grey and fall out . |
| 21 | After a few hits most brag that they can compete ( Britain 's Goldcrest is a famous example ) and then find that one big failure ( ‘ Revolution ’ ) destroys them . |
| 22 | whether or not he were a British citizen his possession of a British passport abroad meant that he enjoyed the protection of the crown against any malice or misfortune that he might encounter . |
| 23 | contribution , even though it is costing up to two and a half times more to collect than the revenue raised . |
| 24 | Also , field experiments with a stuffed cuckoo quickly revealed that this , too , was attacked by small birds . |
| 25 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 26 | A language-centred description typically suggests that speech-sounds are objects that can actually change ( [ a ] can ‘ become ’ [ o ] , and so forth ) , when this is not what happens at all . |
| 27 | With many more illustrations , a shorter text rigorously checked and edited , decent notes and index , the book would be greatly improved but is is sad to reflect on a great opportunity missed . |
| 28 | Might analgesia given before a painful stimulus somehow prevent or reduce the pain experienced later ? |
| 29 | In many cases a public footpath already existed and it was unclear how much more freedom walkers had gained . |
| 30 | If you do not have a personal alarm then try and shout for help , or bang on the floor or wall . |