Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's won dozens of gold , silver and bronze medals as a distance runner … more recently he has been awarded the MBE in the New Year 's honours list … and now he will be due for at least a service medal , at the end of the Gulf War . |
| 2 | It is very laborious and time-consuming , involving the researcher full-time for at least a matter of months , and sometimes years . |
| 3 | Hey one thing I was gon na query you on Mike the erm sanding sealer you know you say you must leave that for at least a week ? |
| 4 | By raising Prussia from the position of a second-rate State to that of at least a kind of great power , and by achieving this with very limited physical resources , he provided the supreme illustration of what might be accomplished by an intelligent and dedicated ruler inspired by enlightened ideas . |
| 5 | Examinations usually start at 9 a.m. , so make sure that you are physically attuned to that time by keeping regular hours and rising sufficiently early for at least a week before . |
| 6 | Chelsea looked worthy of at least a point after Mick Harford 's 72nd minute goal had cancelled out a first half Saunders header . |
| 7 | I thought we were good for at least a point with our second-half display . ’ |
| 8 | He needed the run when not disgraced in a valuable handicap last time , and is well in on just a 5lb higher mark than when impressively landing the Mildmay Of Flete at the Cheltenham Festival in March . |
| 9 | John Webber 's gelding is well in on just a 5lb higher mark than when landing the Mildmay Of Flete at the Festival in March . |
| 10 | This improving sort is well in on just a 5lb higher mark than his recent two-length success , and clearly has the beating of Fu 's Lady on that form . |
| 11 | He bolted up by five lengths ( could have been 20 ) at Kelso last time , and is very well in on just a 10lb higher mark . |
| 12 | A certain self-reflexiveness even finds its way into otherwise realistic novels , such as Anthony Burgess 's Earthly Powers , as if no contemporary novel could quite be complete without at least a moment of creative hesitation and self-examination . |
| 13 | He did not explain why the CIA had waited until December 1990 , to draw this conclusion when the ‘ proof had been available for at least a year , nor did he explain why no advance warning based on this report , reliable or not , had been passed down the line to those responsible for airline security . |
| 14 | In actual fact in later times erm , possibly when that er when this was no longer in use , erm they er put five , instead of two or three coal rails , on the bunker , erm they put five on at least a couple of the engines . |
| 15 | Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene . |
| 16 | The future of Kedleston was uncertain for at least a decade . |
| 17 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 18 | Thus , early marriages tend , as a rule , to be barren for at least a while ( adolescent subfecundity ) . |
| 19 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |