Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INCREDIBLY for a railway system that has served the nation for more than 150 years there is still a considerable amount of history either still serving or extant . |
| 2 | I qualified in 1979 and have worked as a social worker and latterly as a team manager in various London boroughs . |
| 3 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 4 | I rummage furiously for a freebie hotel mini-shampoo bottle with a screw-on lid the size of a marble . |
| 5 | They were heavily barred and on wheels , somewhere between a luggage trolley and a circus sideshow . |
| 6 | In the afternoons there was little to see other than the skateboarders who came to clatter back and forth in the bowl-shaped space under the Festival Hall , making a sound that was somewhere between a roller derby and a kendo match ; but as evening came on , bags and boxes would start to appear in the best-lighted spots under the concrete . |
| 7 | Apart from a ten year break to raise a family and one other short break , Jean has also worked continuously , mostly as a Spool Setter and then as a Colour Counter , calculating the percentage and number of colours used in each new design . |
| 8 | Giant Tortoise … a visit to the beautiful island of La Digue can be booked locally as a day excursion by ferry from Praslin … |
| 9 | Retiring members included the Chairman , of who had been in post since 1984 , seeing the Council successfully through a record number of reviews of its work , ways of working and reconstitutions . |
| 10 | You 're you 're all right for a hair brush then are you ? |
| 11 | It may be shown diagrammatically as a management grid ; for example : |
| 12 | In a sense , the shunt element behaves in its stabilising work rather as a Zener diode behaves , but the analogy must not be pressed too far . |
| 13 | In 1930 Nizan noted " I dislike the philosophy of oppressors because I feel that I have been the victim of oppression ; reconciliation with oppression does not strike me as a victory for freedom , but rather as a death sentence . " |
| 14 | Anorexia nervosa is fundamentally about an identity crisis . |
| 15 | Tempered hardboard ( tempered with oil or resin ) is more durable and water-resistant , so can be used outdoors , eg as a wall lining or cladding ; or indoors as a very hard-wearing floorcovering . |
| 16 | £80,000 would be taken from the grants budget to be used on Christian Aid 's own Education and Campaign work , eg for a Volunteer Teacher Coordinator . |
| 17 | Potted crab is very rich in flavour as well as in content , and is best appreciated quite on its own , perhaps as a midday dish served only with crisp dry toast , to be followed by a simple lettuce salad or freshly cooked green beans or purple-sprouting broccoli eaten when barely cold , with an oil and lemon dressing . |
| 18 | In the opening passages , print and adornment was kept to a minimum , excepting the occasional abstract leaf motif appliqued perhaps as an elbow patch . |
| 19 | He was then able not only to find the green with a nine-iron but be close enough for a tap-in putt for his three . |
| 20 | ‘ We were using a 2,000 watt PA — barely big enough for a pub gig — and agreed to finish at 10pm . |
| 21 | Small enough for a coach party to whip through in half an hour , but good enough to occupy the more patient visitor for an afternoon or more , the princely town house stands beside a broad pond in the heart of the city . |
| 22 | My parents could only afford to give me some small change on Sundays , but it was enough for a cinema ticket and an ice cream . |
| 23 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 24 | Fortunately , they decided they could bear each other 's company long enough for a farewell tour , starting next month , and also a valedictory album . |
| 25 | Rovers are playing the most attractive football in the division and look good enough for a play-off place . |
| 26 | The garden is not big enough for a swimming pool . |
| 27 | Aunt Kit never wrote , it would have shamed her to write my married name on the envelope , but she knitted for the baby , strange , holey garments that stretched to a huge size when I washed them , big enough for a prize boxer . |
| 28 | Once viewed as not ample enough for a family meal , duck is now available in boneless breast fillets and joints which make portion control and carving easier . |
| 29 | Anti-matter has been known to exist since the Twenties but making enough for a propulsion unit ( one milligram ) would cost $100bn . |
| 30 | Appropriately enough for a photo session with one of the fittest men in the world — capable of dancing for hours without a break — we 'd taken over a corner of top London gym , The Peak , at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel . |