Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost any small feature in a building or even a field wall may say something of the structures that once stood on such sites . |
| 2 | Short hair or long hair or just a man ? |
| 3 | A hat was all right or an instrument case or even a scarf with knotted corners . |
| 4 | The production of a single cost figure per contract or even a very limited split of , say , labour , materials and expenses , is not particularly helpful to the surveying or management staff , although of course better than nothing . |
| 5 | Have they become a ruling elite or even a new ruling class ? |
| 6 | Possibly it might have something to do with interoperability at the class library level or maybe a little something for OMG 's next RFT on services . |
| 7 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 8 | If your employee was employed by you for a continuous period of at least two calendar years into the qualifying week and normally worked 16 hours or more a week , she is eligible for the higher rate of SMP . |
| 9 | Three conditions apply : the claimant must be in paid working employment for 16 hours or more a week , suffer from an illness or disability which leaves them disadvantaged when applying for a job and must have recently been getting benefit such as income support , housing or community charge benefit . |
| 10 | Although their main purpose in life was the Opus Dei , the nine hours or more a day spent in the choir of the great church , the abbey was the centre of a complex industrial and social organisation . |
| 11 | Clause 23 and Sch 4 give every employee who works eight hours or more a week the right , within two months of starting work , to a written statement of the main terms and conditions of the employment , including details of pay , hours of work and holidays . |
| 12 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 13 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |
| 14 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 15 | To celebrate the arrival of two notables in town , I approached the mayor , well known for his Butchers Arms , and asked him to send a joint off the Old Dun Cow or even a Bulls Head . |
| 16 | Some are quite a major commitment , some a small but regular commitment , others no more than an hour or even a few minutes of your time . |
| 17 | Souness admitted : ‘ The temptation is to give him some sort of outing whether it 's half an hour or even a half . |
| 18 | Whether for an hour or even a full day , once you step on board it 's all hands on deck as crew members don their lifejackets and take to the seas in the adventure of a lifetime . |
| 19 | Johnson grasped hold of some solitude and became for an hour or so a noble savage and a member of the armies of medieval romance , communing with nature on the bank of a stream : ‘ The day was calm , the air soft , and all was rudeness , silence and solitude . |
| 20 | Most classes last for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half . |
| 21 | Thirdly , there is a group of institutions where only a minority of students are on advanced courses . |
| 22 | And there clearly are situations in which the collective opinion of a majority or even a dominant minority puts an unacceptable and sometimes intolerable pressure on the dissenting or deviant minority or individual . |
| 23 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 24 | When I 'm writing a course or even a session within the course , do you know what I spend most of my time writing the objective after a you know , you know but not after . |
| 25 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 26 | His strong , even teeth glinted white against the bronze of his skin , and with a peculiar detachment Shannon found herself wondering if the tan had come from a sun-bed or even a bottle . |
| 27 | Tropical species often use open sites , under a branch or even a large leaf . |
| 28 | At £26 or so a square yard , Cottage Collection may not leave you with a lot to spend on lavish celebrations . |
| 29 | AT £26 OR SO A SQUARE YARD , COTTAGE COLLECTION MAY NOT LEAVE YOU WITH A LOT TO SPEND ON LAVISH CELEBRATIONS . |
| 30 | NEIL PROSSER , co-owner of four Chipie shops , likes the options the label offers : ‘ You can buy the whole look or just a T-shirt . ’ |