Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your net margin on sales is 10 per cent and the discount offered for early payment is 2.5 per cent , you are effectively giving away a quarter of your profit . |
| 2 | I know of one Free Range Producer in East Anglia whose eggs are only collected once a week . |
| 3 | Schedules are generally constructed over a year , which is usually the client 's short-term planning cycle , but may be for a single seasonal burst . |
| 4 | Alan Tonke who has set this one up says that it has n't been easy getting together a viable collection of items to auction . |
| 5 | So er we 're still hovering around a hundred but instead of being four over the hundred the present total is ninety six by my reckoning . |
| 6 | We 're also giving away a cosy pair of totes Toasties — unique mittens for feet , with treaded soles — and a pair of gloves to keep you both warm on your flight . |
| 7 | thank you Denis … two season tickets to the manor for you Mr. Mullins … we 're also giving away a United shirt apiece to six runners up … and they 're Lee Lowe … |
| 8 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 9 | All the fish are eating and growing and they look perfectly healthy — but they are still flicking just a much as before . |
| 10 | For them " the splendid utterance of the divine in all mankind " had been definitively expressed over a thousand years previously in the way of life and teaching of Jesus Christ in Palestine , in his death at the hands of violently destructive men and in his restoration in life with the source of all being , God . |
| 11 | ‘ We are also putting forward a national launch and will be shortlisting from a creative and consultative point of view to promote Westcountry to advertisers . ’ |
| 12 | You are really giving away a part of yourself . |
| 13 | If , like her , you have a sweet tooth , you might be better leaving just a little sugar in the diet to increase the likelihood that you will continue with the new sugar-reduced regime . |
| 14 | If the planning and choice possibilities are to be fully utilised then a time-scale that allows them to be fully understood has to be in operation . |
| 15 | Over the past ten years recruitment of nurses has been relatively ease Neither a great deal of effort nor man hours has been dedicated to the process . |
| 16 | Steamers were only used once a fortnight , if there was weather . |
| 17 | And they were not mourning just a businessman , political figure and brother mason . |
| 18 | If the aeroplane broke up in the air or the engine fell apart then the designers could be at fault ; if navigation aids were not working properly a radio engineer could be responsible , or even the Director of Civil Aviation who failed to provide enough money for the maintenance of the aids . |
| 19 | Steel shutters barricaded most of the shops and those that were open displayed only a few boxes of tired vegetables and strings of plastic toys . |
| 20 | At night a clamour of frogs and crickets arose and this diabolical piping served to string nerves which were already humming tight a little tighter . |
| 21 | Meetings were usually held twice a month , and tended to be of an intellectual nature , like art shows , plays , card games , outings and theatre parties . |
| 22 | Younger folk had grown impatient and were now signalling frantically a hundred yards ahead . |
| 23 | Jerrome ( 1982 ) has explored the significance of a confidante for older women in maintaining life satisfaction , even if that person is only seen once a year . |
| 24 | ( John Banton confirmed at lunch that the system is only used once a day and I was in a room where he suspects that the volume control may have been defective , He made a note to look into it . ) |
| 25 | The highest possible award , the Stanhope Gold Medal , is only awarded once a year . |
| 26 | But it 's already created quite a bit of controversy . |
| 27 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 28 | Oh it was then , yes , now it ai n't that 's not used once a week now , cos you got all these containers , see it 's still the railway and Felixstowe cos you got these here big freight trailer go on now . |
| 29 | The malt is still mashed twice a week . |
| 30 | What I have done is hopefully brought together a er a view of people , a clash of personalities and a way forward . |