Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the whole process took only a few seconds for each blank and the woman was working full-time it could not be denied that this woman knew , from her own sensory experience , a great deal about the making of magnets . |
| 2 | This kind of simple redundancy occurs widely in databases and a significant level of compression can thereby be achieved through little more than an exercise of commonsense and ingenuity . |
| 3 | But surely in an economically and culturally disparate country such as Italy , which has existed as a single entity for little more than a century , a north-south break-up would be the best thing to promote accountability , reduce bureaucracy and eliminate waste . |
| 4 | The couple stayed together for little more than a year and their son died before he was 12 months old , an incident that was to haunt Gallacher throughout his precociously successful playing career . |
| 5 | Altogether , these small builders were responsible for little more than a quarter of the houses . |
| 6 | For little more than a decade , the high level qualification available to students seeking a first degree equivalent was the Diploma in Art and Design ( Dip.AD ) . |
| 7 | DNA bending does not seem to be a general feature of eukaryotic transcription factors and has hitherto only been demonstrated for little more than a handful of such proteins ( see e.g. 44,69 and references therein ) . |
| 8 | Fletcher is worried that half of England 's winter tour party will be at home for little more than a week before flying off again for pre-season trips with their counties . |
| 9 | For little more than the price of two rolls of 35mm this source of invaluable information really is worth having . |
| 10 | For little more than the price of ordinary-looking hardcover books you can own these extraordinary editions — books that are admired and collected in 131 countries around the world . |
| 11 | In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry . |
| 12 | In fact , Manchester 's east side ( officially referred to as Tameside ) is renowned for little more than the sweat and dirt of industry . |
| 13 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 14 | Wimpey News has teamed up with Kuoni , one of the world 's leading travel companies , to offer readers the chance of visiting one of three exotic holiday destinations for little more than the cost of a European holiday . |
| 15 | Its Military Committee , which the victors of 1945 had once hoped ( for little more than the time it takes to shake hands ) would in future enforce peace at the head of a world army , remained a jobless phantom . |
| 16 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |
| 17 | There were no training you needed for this that and the other , you went down . |
| 18 | He wrote : ‘ If someone has just stepped out of your life you 'll be better reaching for this single than a bottle , razor blade or handkerchief . ’ |
| 19 | He proved himself an effective administrator , but died 22 September 1652 after little more than a year in office . |
| 20 | Behind the industrial revolution were a series of major historical transformations , including the abandonment of popular culture by the European elites after 1500 such that the concept of culture itself became more closely related to hierarchy , but was combined with a growth in literacy and other resources by means of which lower status groups might also gain access to the new high culture ( see Burke 1978 : 270 and Mukerji 1983 for pre-1800 ; Williams 1961 for post-1800 ) . |
| 21 | After all that and the investment of nearly £30 billion in real terms , this nation has nothing to show for 12 years of this Conservative Government . |
| 22 | The idea of filling the engravings with white greatly added to the legibility , but the conventional cylinder ( just over two inches in diameter ) had insufficient space for much more than the title . |
| 23 | He knew she was grateful for much more than the gesture of making some tea and , instinctively , he held out his arms . |
| 24 | The London gold price rose two and a half times between early 1972 and the middle of 1973 . |
| 25 | The consistency of both ratings between actual driving and the laboratory does suggest that subjects performed these tasks in the same way in both cases . |
| 26 | It was , therefore , unfair to dismiss Winsper after his conviction for dangerous driving because the court had refrained from suspending his driving licence and had imposed a fine of only £20 . |
| 27 | A grille was opened , revealing an evil , narrow-faced , yellow-featured man with eyes of watery blue and a mouth as thin as a vice . |
| 28 | But in the space of little more than a year he found that Clift had ‘ deteriorated to a shocking degree ’ : |
| 29 | So sex education becomes crucially important , but while the 1986 Education Act and Section 28 remain in place , sex education in Britain will consist of little more than a hymn to family life , largely devoid of any education about sex . |
| 30 | ‘ Rural development has often appeared to consist of little more than the creation of as many plans , programmes , projects , rural centres , and special development agencies as possible . |