Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aggrieved Main , in short , sought either an appointment as tidesman in a particular port , which would carry a regular salary , or failing that even a restoration to his former post of watchman , and naturally he attempted to secure his livelihood through his political friends , the Cunninghams . |
| 2 | He prepared vaccines from these bacteria and found that frequently a marked improvement occurred in the health of the patient after treatment by injection of the appropriate killed vaccine . |
| 3 | It 's a question of not being discouraged and persevering until suddenly a drawing looks like you hope , of seeing the possibility in something , in a line , and thinking ‘ Oh quick , I must n't change that . |
| 4 | It was simply a question , Fred declared , of having ‘ a nose for news ’ and added that only a competent reporter could make a good story out of unlikely ingredients . |
| 5 | They estimated the total population at 3000–4000 animals and discovered that almost a quarter lived around Banks Peninsula , near the South Island 's largest city , Christchurch . |
| 6 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 7 | He turned and strode away from her , leaving her weak and sickened and just a little afraid . |
| 8 | The following morning Charlie read an account of the bombing in the Daily Chronicle and learned that over a hundred Londoners had been killed and some four hundred injured in the raid . |
| 9 | The candidate quoted above — along with many clients — values stability in business and considers that once a company ( presumably in the Lloyd 's insurance market ) has established a successful formula , it then strives hard to keep the status quo . |
| 10 | She was still sitting and thinking when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran past her . |
| 11 | Starting with research on small towns in the mid-1930s and moving on to larger cities in the next decade , successive community studies analysed political processes as one aspect of the social life of the locality , and concluded that only a handful of people were influential in setting major decisions ( the Lynds , 1937 ; Warner , 1943 ) . |
| 12 | This ‘ molecular bridging ’ approach was successful ( but inefficient ) when viral particles were coupled to human MHC class I and class II antigens 27 , but not to the human transferrin receptor 28 , and suggests that only a limited number of cell surface antigens can function as surrogate receptors for MoMLV particles . |
| 13 | He was the member for a South London constituency , a safe seat which he nevertheless hardly ever left , as if fearing that even a week 's absence might put it in jeopardy . |
| 14 | He describes the injuries of 20 people in the explosion as ‘ regrettable ’ and argues that only an ‘ inclusive peace process ’ will end the conflict . |
| 15 | It was argued before the Court that this was contrary to the fundamental principle that products must freely move throughout the Community , The European Court of Justice agreed and held that once a product had been lawfully produced and marketed in a member state , other member states must recognise that fact and allow it to be imported and sold in its own territory . |
| 16 | A meeting at Bristol Guildhall on 17 November was called to congratulate the king on his escape , but attracted as well a large group who wished to implore him to end the war . |
| 17 | Not as hopeless as expected but still a million miles from anything approaching relevance or interest . |
| 18 | Not as hopeless as expected but still a million miles from anything approaching relevance or interest . |
| 19 | They have seen the Court of Appeal 's judgment as stating that even an express clause can not validly protect confidential information unless it is a narrow trade secret or its equivalent . |