Example sentences of "an [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’ |
| 2 | The latter has an advantage when discussing compositions of functions ( see 2.6.7 ) but as both are in common use we shall encourage the reader to use both by using both ourselves ! |
| 3 | Older workers tend to be at an advantage when applying for jobs in today 's labour market simply because they belong to a generation which had fewer years of schooling . |
| 4 | At higher nutrient levels with higher water-retaining capacity , trees with a higher heat load in the canopy , i.e. with densely arranged large leaves , are at an advantage and shade out others , depressing species-richness . |
| 5 | An election that had been fought by the Conservatives on the issue of , " Who runs the country — government or trade unions ? " , was won by a party that was seen by many as in the pay of the unions and there was the spectre of socialism via the ballot box . |
| 6 | Such technology , properly used , would more than pay its way , coming into its own during the intensity of an election but maintaining its worth all year round in enabling swift and efficient communication between headquarters and members . |
| 7 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 8 | It has , however , become the habit to assume that Central Office is of little importance immediately after an election and to give the chairman 's job to some minor figure in the party , replacing him later with someone of greater stature . |
| 9 | Opposition leaders increased pressure in recent weeks for an election and demanded that the government hold up until then ratification of NAFTA . |
| 10 | These parties claim that they are different from traditional Marxist — Leninist parties in three major respects : they are critical of certain aspects of the Soviet Union ; they are independent of Moscow so that if they were to win an election and form a government they would not be Soviet puppets ; and they claim that it is possible to implement communism and maintain traditional democratic institutions . |
| 11 | It was argued that the King might intervene either to persuade Asquith to call an election or to refuse his assent to Home Rule until there had been one ; this was certainly within the theoretical Royal Prerogative , for the King had an undoubted right to advise his ministers and — by the Unionist argument at least — his power of veto had been necessarily restored by the removal of the powers of the Lords . |
| 12 | She has a tendency to hug herself tightly when grappling with a question , and at one point , when I asked her how she saw herself in the future , grown up and faced with decisions about her own children , she panicked for an instant and had to be consoled by the female interpreter . |
| 13 | Jennie summed up the problem in an instant and walked along the row pouring a bottle of disinfectant on their injuries , doubling their pain . |
| 14 | She disappeared for an instant and opened her front door . |
| 15 | And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen . |
| 16 | It is extraordinary that many more people have an inspection when buying a second-hand car than they do when purchasing a house . |
| 17 | The lender will almost certainly instruct ( or require you to instruct ) a specialist firm of appraisers to make an inspection and issue a report . |
| 18 | The shales are folded in an anticline and cleaved with development of cross cutting and saddle reef quartz veins . |
| 19 | Boredom is often used as an excuse but according to sex specialist Dr Otto Kernberg it 's just a cover up for more complex reasons . |
| 20 | And to a third party — in this case Moira Russell — it would sound better to offer an excuse than to add , ‘ so tell him to put that in his drum and bang it ’ . |
| 21 | Assuming it was one of the guests , she was about to mutter an excuse and go past ; but then the man turned to her and said , ‘ Well , Ruthie , love . ’ |
| 22 | He made an excuse and went home early — there was a review he had to write . |
| 23 | Where 's the corkscrew ? ’ and he 'd answered — dead straight — ‘ What do you want a corkscrew for ? ’ and so I 'd made an excuse and left quickly . |
| 24 | When they said it was almost a certainty , I made an excuse and nipped out to see Purvis . |
| 25 | Could she make an excuse and run ? |
| 26 | There was silence for a moment then Nina murmured an excuse and hurried away , no doubt embarrassed by the turn the conversation had taken . |
| 27 | I made an excuse and settled for tea and muesli . |
| 28 | This often results in delay — postponing the choice by finding an excuse or setting an unnecessarily long timescale . |
| 29 | Drop the first letter and you get an insect that wiggles its arse , which seems plain enough . |
| 30 | Then an insect that resembles a stick in only one limited respect will fool one kind of predator , even though it is eaten by all other kinds of predators . |