Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] and [adv] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metopes are about five feet wide and only a little higher , so the relief-figures are under life-size . |
| 2 | A Labour administration developed a planning system which made government priorities clearer and thereby a more important consideration in the minds of local decision-makers . |
| 3 | After days of near-solitude Paige found the barrage of questions bewildering and not a little alarming . |
| 4 | Shelves , if made of wood , will need to be at least three-quarters of an inch thick and preferably a little more ; and they should be supported every three feet or so . |
| 5 | She walked into the sumptuously furnished sitting-room feeling lost and not a little frightened . |