Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [adj] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although by law hire purchase advertising had to be ‘ accurate ’ , there was no reporting process to make this more effective than a formality ( except for the efforts of individual weights and measures inspectors who became concerned about credit provision when their duties were extended by the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 to cover a very wide range of consumer affairs ) . |
| 2 | Very occasionally , flower-like impressions were detected on them , some the size of a buttercup , some as big as a rose . |
| 3 | The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked , black peat , where water lay and sharp , white stones , some as big as a pigeon 's , some as a rabbit 's skull , glimmered in the moonlight . |
| 4 | Gold bracelets , each as thick as a child 's wrist , if their hair was blonde ; amber , ebony , ivory , white gold , amethysts … |
| 5 | She opened her eyes and froze with horror and disbelief at the sight of a vast creature staring down at her with green eyes each as big as a lilypond . |
| 6 | We went to Helpston , near Peterborough , to ‘ see the skylark as he springs/ shake morning moisture from his wings/ and rise and sing to music proud/ as small as a bee beneath the cloud . ’ |