Example sentences of "bit [adv] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Erm sea boundaries are now a bit more complex because the law of the sea has been changing erm over recent decades .
2 I mean you 'll work out whether it 's a bit more reactive or a bit less .
3 I think we have got a bit more confident as the Project has gone on and said to them : well really , you ought not to be buying this .
4 But a proton machine in the same tunnel , with magnets a bit more powerful than the SSC 's , could produce 8TeV beams .
5 Christmas dinner around the dining table will be rare treat and John says : ‘ Now the children are growing up , we hope they 'll be a bit more sensible and a bit less like unguided missiles . ’
6 Hypocritical though it was , would n't she have been wiser to have led Luke on a little , been a bit more responsive when the opportunity arose ?
7 He saw the state not merely as a division but as a combination of labour , an economic community or union every bit as real as the household or firm , and far more powerful .
8 This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) .
9 Yet raping a woman when you have just drugged her senseless is every bit as premeditated as the rapist who hides behind a hedge then jumps on a passing woman .
10 Well , I did n't hate anybody , but the change of running away to be a lady actress was every bit as good as a rest .
11 But erm I , I think a midwife , a good midwife , is every bit as good as a doctor because she 's doing it all the time .
12 ‘ I 'm really looking forward to linking up with David because I believe we can go on to become every bit as good as the partnership I had with Ian . ’
13 Praise indeed , and you 'll find the traditional inns that we 've selected for your accommodation are every bit as good as the food they serve !
14 He was as tall as the Great Wall behind her , but with a lean solidity that was every bit as impressive as the policeman 's sheer bulk .
15 Their ontological status is therefore every bit as secure as the status of unobserved theoretical entities in other sciences ( for example quarks in subatomic physics ) .
16 Instructors were expected to attend an instructional techniques course since the skill to instruct well was every bit as important as the craft skill .
17 What is not always obvious is that the bridle line itself , and its connections to the kite frame , are every bit as important as the kiteline ends over which far greater fuss is made .
18 The EGA graphics are very well done and make the game every bit as enjoyable as the board game .
19 The EGA graphics are very well done and make the game every bit as enjoyable as the board game .
20 The groove proved every bit as fierce as the crack , straining arm muscles and will to the limit : bloody ridiculous for 4c …
21 The storage of cleaning products is every bit as demanding as the storage of food and in some cases more so as considerable danger can arise if conditions are not satisfactory .
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