Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is n't that where his name comes from — kee-wee — kee-wee ? ’ |
| 2 | Few of the cast would have seen him in the revues of the late thirties where his career started , but they would all have caught up with the films he had made in the immediate post-war years . |
| 3 | Moreover , it can move individuals from one area of technical expertise to another where their experience is irrelevant , meaning that they face a period of low technical achievement . |
| 4 | Use this where your employee has not entitlement to SSP or where that entitlement has run out but he or she is still sick . |
| 5 | Use this where your employee is leaving and has had at least four days ' SSP in the last eight weeks of the contract . |
| 6 | ‘ Is this where your Uncle Matthew wanted to build houses ? ’ |
| 7 | In any case they were quite clear where their own priorities lay : |
| 8 | Sukarno made it clear where his Nasakom doctrine was leading ( 17 August 1964 ) : ‘ I am a friend of the nationalists , but only the revolutionary nationalists ! |
| 9 | Some ferries have been ‘ Jumbo-ised ’ — cut in half , and an extra bit stuck in the middle — and most are roomier than their predecessors , though deck space seems to have diminished with the years : action now takes place indoors . |
| 10 | As a result , many species , such as this predatory trumpet fish , are counter-shaded — their undersides are lighter than their backs . |
| 11 | Dowty 's pioneered the production of composite carbon and glass fibre propellers , which are much lighter than their metal equivalent . |
| 12 | His trunks , largely buried between the rolls of his stomach and thighs , were red-purple , a colour neither heavier nor lighter than his achieved flesh colour , which jangled the eye . |
| 13 | The most flattering effect is no more than one to two shades lighter than your natural colour . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ A highlighter — two tones lighter than your normal foundation — can define cheekbones , make eyes look bigger and slim down a nose merely by being blended into these areas . |
| 15 | Whatever the balance of gains and losses , the nationalised Area Boards were certainly more frugal than their predecessors had expected to be in their capital expenditure . |
| 16 | ‘ Wo n't he notice that you are somewhat less tinted than our friend Luther ? ’ |
| 17 | Volkswagen 's Vario I and Vario II were much more interesting than their wacky bodywork would suggest . |
| 18 | The Scots had compensated for the lack of indigenous wealth by developing a tradition , over the previous century and a half , of regarding themselves as far more powerful , more important , more interesting than their remote geographic position and comparative poverty actually entitled them to be . |
| 19 | Such stronger forms are available , as we shall see , and they are always more interesting than their weaker counterparts . |
| 20 | Far more interesting than your average conversation that involves people or a good old fashioned joke I do n't think . |
| 21 | He 's looking away so that you ca n't catch his eye ; he 's also looking away because what he can see over your shoulder is more interesting than your shoulder . |
| 22 | It was only by using the telephoto lens that I was able to take its picture — and it was much prettier than its mother anyway . |
| 23 | ‘ This place is much prettier than our house in London , ’ said Phyllis . |
| 24 | Can he turn greener than his shirt ! |
| 25 | Celebs were scarcer than their hits , but sat right at the front was famous toe-sucker ANTONIA DE SANCHA . |
| 26 | She had a heart-shaped face , of striking , creamy smoothness , and broader than its length from brow to chin , like the bright , intelligent countenance of a young cat , innocent , assured and inquisitive . |
| 27 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 28 | Searchers not only express their subject needs in brief and concise terms but also tend to use a broad search formulation to access the bibliographic tool , i.e. , broader than their expressed topic . |
| 29 | But I would 've never I would 've never said to your dad well he 's saying ah he were n't too broad in my opinion like but he was broader than your mother . |
| 30 | If the garden was more exciting than my dwelling , there was a good reason why Alec Reid 's house should have a more lived-in feeling . |