Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb base] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most trilobites were broadly oval-shaped being rather longer than wide , not greatly convex , and with eyes that occupy perhaps a quarter of the length of the head . |
| 2 | The source of meaningfulness of these ideas lies in the logical relationships that bind together a cluster of basic ideas into a coherent pattern Thus if the idea of numerical diversity presupposes the possibility of irreducible relations , the idea of irreducible relations , in its turn , presupposes the possibility of an objective order , and the idea of an objective order ( I shall argue ) is unintelligible without the idea of a plurality of points of view occupied by different selves . |
| 3 | Indeed , this very struggle that I find so fascinating in the writing of Paradise Lost , you know , a rather intimate way I feel I can see it in eleven words that come just a little earlier in the fourth book , in which he tells us ‘ Seeing the apples growing on the trees , that they are hisperian fables true , if true here only and of delicious taste ’ . |
| 4 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 5 | But , while this is broadly true , many do this within only general guidelines and have therefore an important , if subordinate , policy-making role . |
| 6 | Often , products that contain only a few basic ingredients , like Simple , Nivea , Neutrogena and good old Vaseline , are the safest . |
| 7 | There can be baby universes that contain only a few particles . |
| 8 | For just £15 you can give them a set of springs that take just an hour or two to fit under each key and make the keyboard so much bouncier . |
| 9 | Beneath the castle he proposes to open a bay in the woods and build there a cottage that ‘ will give an air of cheerfulness and inhabitancy to the scene which would without it be too sombre , because the castle tho ’ perfectly in character with the solemn dignity of the surrounding woods , increases rather than relieves the apparent solitude ’ . |
| 10 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
| 11 | It is even cheaper to pool your resources with four or five other bands and put together a composite album . |
| 12 | They defeated Rother and Grange ‘ C ’ by wide margins and need only a few more points to be totally beyond reach . |
| 13 | Use leaves from your most decorative house plants and add just a few perfect blooms to create a beautiful corsage for a special occasion . |
| 14 | These group or individual-related activities will usually be centred on one of the major design phases but address only an element of the overall scheme . |
| 15 | Similar experiments , of greater variety and equal sophistication , have long been used to test human perceptual abilities but cause scarcely a ripple over the apparatus of our everyday perceptual judgements . |
| 16 | If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’ |
| 17 | Literally speaking , ephemera are things that last only a day ; in the more accepted sense , things destined to endure only a short time ; but , by a curious paradox , in the most modern sense , things which have , in fact , long survived their predestined span . |
| 18 | They would however presumably agree that since the great majority of manufacturing firms are small businesses and employ only a small number of people , there would still be scope in manufacture for a considerable extension of the industrial co-operative sector . |
| 19 | It is usually stopped from six to fifteen inches from the hook , but this can be increased or decreased for special situations that demand either a longer or shorter tail . |
| 20 | In the face of the dreadful attacks on police officers , the Home Office should have put together an urgent review team which should have incorporated other Departments and put forward a package of measures . |
| 21 | What could be more appropriate at Christmas than to remember children who have been deserted by their mothers and know only a hospital as home . |
| 22 | SIR , — Harding and colleagues ( April 17 , p 999 ) confirm our observation that patients with malignant germ cell tumours treated in specialist units have better survival than those treated in hospitals that see only a few patients a year with this malignant disorder . |
| 23 | Some search consultants span these two worlds and have both a functional and an industry discipline . |
| 24 | mix all three of these equal amounts and fill about a tenth of the bottle . |
| 25 | It was nice to fill up with Perrier till your bladder was bursting , then go in the gents and let forth a good stream . |
| 26 | Ann Winterton , Tory MP for Congleton , called for a full legal review and a policy decision by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , to examine the options and bring forward a new law . |
| 27 | He was dropping one of his tools and let forth a number of obscenities . |
| 28 | BARE ROOTED : This means the trees have been pulled up by their roots and have only a small chance of survival if planted out . |
| 29 | I propose that we reject the central image of ourselves as victims and install instead an alternative conception which sees us as an active force working in many different ways for our freedom from racial subordination . |