Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of the scale , none of the small libraries indicated that over a quarter of any individual 's time was devoted to training , although there was an overlap between small and medium sized libraries in other categories . |
| 2 | A few large splashes fell and then a lot . |
| 3 | As with Lasswade Road , projected traffic flows indicated that only a partial grade separated junction was required at Gilmerton Road for traffic to and from the west . |
| 4 | Information collected about the relatives of cancer patients showed that only a minority have anything more than superficial contact with the staff caring for the patient , and a number of these relatives would have welcomed an opportunity to share their anxiety , not only about the patient but about their own feelings ( Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | While their opponents in 1830 believed that a considerable measure of parliamentary reform would lead to national catastrophe , the Whigs maintained that only a considerable measure could prevent a catastrophe … |
| 6 | The St Albans writer Thomas Walsingham declared that scarcely two men survived out of twenty in certain religious houses , and that many men considered that barely a tenth of the whole population remained alive ( 32 , i , 273 ) . |
| 7 | A committee composed of Shamir and two other Cabinet ministers decided that initially a 25 per cent stake in the company would be sold . |
| 8 | And bosses revealed that only a deal with Taiwan had prevented the number of job losses being DOUBLED.The shock move means BAe 's factory in Hatfield will shut by the end of next year . |
| 9 | The hon. Member for Ogmore said that the opinion polls demonstrated that only a limited number of people would be interested in total deregulation . |
| 10 | In the middle of all this , the Burton Group 's announcement that it was cutting 2,000 jobs came as rather a rude shock . |
| 11 | Opinion polls suggested that about a third of the 8,400,000 people who had been issued vouchers intended to place them with funds set up by banks or private financial groups . |