Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 2 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
| 3 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 4 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 5 | The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself . |
| 6 | Commercial and industrial property is usually subject to longer agreements , while by the time domestic rates were abolished most domestic property was either owner-occupied or rented from a local authority or other public agency . |
| 7 | It can be bought undyed , bleached or dyed in a variety of colours . |
| 8 | What kid , home-grown or imported from a neighbouring household , could resist pulling a handle and watching all that water gushing out ? |
| 9 | We stand either not guilty or condemned before a righteous God and are never excused or condemned because our actions fall above or below group expectations . |
| 10 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 11 | The cost of his travels and his books ( many of which were distributed free or sold at a subsidized price ) was heavy . |
| 12 | It may be cordless or attached by a cable to the VCR . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is possible that clinicians would treat cases which they find particularly interesting or challenging from a clinical viewpoint , rather than those which offer the most returns ( in terms of health improvement ) in relation to the cost . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) A retiring partner may be discharged from any existing liabilities , by an agreement to that effect between himself and the members of the firm as newly constituted and the creditors , and this agreement may be either express or inferred as a fact from the course of dealing between the creditors and the firm as newly constituted . |
| 15 | This principle is given statutory effect in s19 of the Partnership Act : The mutual rights and duties of partners , whether ascertained by agreement or defined by this Act , may be varied by the consent of all the partners , and such consent may be either express or inferred from a course of dealing . |
| 16 | and coming up with a travesty like this that masquerades as a motion to the Council . |
| 17 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 18 | Comparison between studies is therefore difficult ; although all make it clear that caring for a dementia sufferer can be extremely stressful . |
| 19 | It 's late now , and it 'll be quicker than waiting for a cab — and it 's insured for all drivers . |
| 20 | Flipping through the pages of a notebook is quicker than scrolling through a large spreadsheet and makes finding a location or cell far easier . |
| 21 | Mr Symington 's campaign was mildly cleaner until a recent commercial that finished with a picture of Mr Goddard being locked behind bars . |
| 22 | She was marked out by her brightly coloured stockings , some red , some yellow and some that looked like a chessboard . |
| 23 | It had been built in 1876 and consisted of a whole succession of low-roofed , dormer-windowed , gabled buildings . |
| 24 | The final hymn had eight verses , not to speak of a chorus of Hallelujahs at the end of each one ; Mr Frizzell enjoyed this and sang in a pleasant tenor voice . |
| 25 | Ooh I 'll carry on watching this and go for a bloody shower ! |
| 26 | She wondered whether Philippa had really outgrown her passion for partially disabled men but she seemed oblivious of all this and sat like a springtime sprig in a bed of roses , contemplating her coincidental twin . |
| 27 | Mandeville sensed this and closed like a hawk for the kill . |
| 28 | Using exactly the same technique , I encouraged her to imagine doing just this and to practise for a further fortnight , after which she was in fact able to go to the local park and sit on a bench watching the children at play . |
| 29 | It is important to make access an integral part of land management agreements wherever possible , but the landowner must be the one to decide on this and enter into a voluntary agreement to provide access . |
| 30 | She was anxious , for no such thing has ever happened to her before , her memory was always clear and rounded as a bell-note and utterly reliable . |