Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Souness admitted : ‘ The temptation is to give him some sort of outing whether it 's half an hour or even a half . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Most classes last for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Tropical species often use open sites , under a branch or even a large leaf . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Best of all were the knitted patchwork fragments , lash-stitched together as a coat , a skirt or even a zip-fronted poncho . |
| 23 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |
| 24 | er if you stick to just just two as a maximum er ah an overhead and a flipchart or maybe a video and an overhead then it actually does n't it really helps not to confuse the audience . |
| 25 | With no onward chain involved the property is ideal for investment or equally a family home . |
| 26 | Her end product may be a highly decorative seat where once a junk shop kitchen chair stood , but it is also functional art , and the fact that it is three-dimensional gives it an element of involvement that is often missing from a flat canvas . |
| 27 | It has a large garden and a terrace where once a week , instead of dinner , you may enjoy a barbecue . |
| 28 | I realised defeat or even a draw would rest on my shoulders . ’ |
| 29 | Once I catch a glimpse of the light of a car or maybe a tractor a long way up the valley , and this sees to make my isolation even more profound . |
| 30 | erm It was really one of the guidelines , it was the , if we considered doing that then I do n't think we would have had a four nation programme or certainly a five nation programme at the start , I do n't think we would 've er stayed together , it was really one of the basic requirements not to have that capability . |