Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [det] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
| 2 | This was in turn succeeded by a Vietnamese-backed administration in 1979 , headed by the Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea , which failed to secure widespread international recognition and more than a decade later had not yet established effective control of the entire national territory . |
| 3 | Slobs like me who iron only when they are forced to , and then only the bits that show , stand to recoup their investment after less than a year 's worth of shirts . |
| 4 | I 've been a fool and more than a fool . |
| 5 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 6 | ‘ Once we 've upgraded our line 's axle loading and slightly reduced the engine 's water capacity , No. 80064 will enter service as more than a match for any of the trains we are likely to run . ’ |
| 7 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
| 8 | During this time we organized two national conferences for students with disabilities and more than a handful of steadily more accessible conferences for lesbians and gays . |
| 9 | A serious crisis erupted within the Janata Dal party ( the main component of the ruling National Front coalition ) in mid-July , and came close to destroying India 's coalition government after less than a year in power . |
| 10 | It cost my host , Andrei Nikitenko , one US dollar to park his Lada Riva with central locking and alarm a sum equivalent to 900 roubles or more than a day 's pay for the average Russian . |
| 11 | Interestingly , the projected shortfall in the availability of skilled labour has done more for equal opportunity employment than more than a decade of educational programmes . |
| 12 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
| 13 | They believed that in his teaching and life , God had ‘ visited his people ’ and sent a prophet and more than a prophet , an example and teacher of the way of truth and righteousness surpassing John the Baptist ; the ‘ Messiah ’ or anointed leader of ancient expectation . |
| 14 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
| 15 | Issuing from the loch is the River Arkaig , crossing a narrow strip of land and less than a mile in length before entering Loch Lochy . |
| 16 | Consequently , ‘ risk ’ must be something more than a remote possibility but less than a probability . |
| 17 | There are other difficulties in making an order in such a case as this where a number of defendants have been equally involved in committing a crime , for the purpose of which a vehicle belonging to one of them has been used . |