Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services .
2 Whether you pay a little or a lot , it is your skill in applying make-up which matters , and anybody can learn to be their own best make-up artist .
3 A little or a lot ?
4 A BSc , perhaps or a PhD even , BA , MA , you name it — PM ?
5 For effectively open-circuit operation the resistance of the bias circuit has to be high enough or a choke of high enough reactance has to be connected in series with it .
6 rubbing the undersides of chins together or a toast ?
7 Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash .
8 If the Christians do eventually deliver a true case of satanic child abuse — and , who knows , God forbid , they may , for satanists are real enough and a bit of copycat crime is surely due after all this publicity — it will be seen by many to validate all their arguments .
9 There is experimental work to show that a week or ten days may not be long enough and a fortnight to three weeks is probably the best theoretical period .
10 By 1971 the facts of central area deprivation were clear enough and a set of disjointed and somewhat tentative initiatives in the older , inner parts of our big cities unfolded ( Home , 1982 ) .
11 She was n't skilled enough and a tram ride lost him to her .
12 And on the second day in the morning he was happily going down this nice sunny day on the coast road er to south Wales driving away quite happily , and then suddenly and a police car came across him , came in front stopped him .
13 There is a second bar inside and a lounge , TV room and air-conditioned restaurant offering a choice of dinner and lunch time snacks .
14 This was a large rectangular building in the same tradition as the mortuary houses at Phourni , with a rabbit warren of small chambers inside and a colonnade along the east front ; it differs from the Phourni mortuary houses in having been built all at once .
15 The early weavers had cottages with a loom inside and a garden outside , and in the gardens they liked to grow flowers and fruit , especially ‘ guzgogs ’ , as they are called .
16 No. 16 , which because of the poor condition of its body , had already been re-pillared with five windows , was sent to Hendon in August or September 1928 , stripped right down and rebuilt with flush sides , two and one reversible cushioned seats inside and a number of other improvements .
17 Mr Shaw was believed to have been waiting to collect fishbait near the shores of Belfast Lough at Quay Road , Newtownabbey as he did daily when a car pulled alongside and a gunman opened fire at point-blank range .
18 He was weighed daily and a fluid balance chart was completed to check his fluid balance status .
19 The one on the left was half open , revealing a narrow kitchen , little more than a passage with a sink and draining board under a window at the far end , a cooker , refrigerator , a small table and a wooden chair on one side and on the other a laminated work-surface with cupboards and drawers below and a run of shelves above .
20 The lodge contained a large hall below and a banqueting room above , connected by a grand wooden stair .
21 An explanation of the available function keys and how these are used is given below and a summary is given in Appendix A.
22 There were sirens along the road below and a lot of excitement around the stationary train .
23 I smiled grimly to myself , still watching the trio holding one conversation aloud and a second with their eyes .
24 and I found , for me personally and a lot of other mothers that it started in pregnancy .
25 There should be at least one inch of gravel on the base of the tank , or if undergravel filters are employed , this should be a lot deeper and a gravel tidy used , as discussed in August 's PFK .
26 It 's the , it 's the what we would call the walking-out uniform , you know the , the undressed uniform , not the fire fighting uniform , which is really just a jacket and trousers and shirt and tie and , and the girls have a skirt and er er a tie and blouse and that sort of thing , so and a cap of course .
27 They would have a radius of only ten miles or so and a density of hundreds of millions of tons per cubic inch .
28 However not all respondents were able to do so and a number of them gave figures for exports during their company 's financial year .
29 However , not all respondents were able to do so and a number of them gave figures for exports during their company 's financial year .
30 There was an angry moan as she did so and a pain in her chest , which made her wonder whether the moan had not been her own .
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