Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres . |
| 2 | A sheltered housing project in Thornaby has proved so popular that only a few flats are left . |
| 3 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 4 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 5 | This limits the number of possible combinations such that only a few examples exist in this category . |
| 6 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 7 | Maybe that 's just me , but that 's how I feel … there 's no warmth … just red paint around the outside and then a few splodges gone over with different coloured paint and [ he ] hoped for the best … |
| 8 | yes , we tend not to use P C Us as much as well a few years ago . |
| 9 | Several contractors have had it and it 's never been right and eventually a few days or weeks later a man comes round to pick up the grass which has already flown everywhere so it 's too late and a wa total waste of money . |
| 10 | Though the five years they spent here were to be ultimately clouded by the death of first their eldest daughter in 1869 and then a few months later their infant son , it was probably the happiest period in their marriage , and they enjoyed social life with the local landowning gentry . |
| 11 | Apply on stained areas , dry and reapply a few times . |
| 12 | He chose a way of loving which was so outrageous and costly that only a few friends could follow him into his dark night of the soul . |
| 13 | The seed planted in the good soil produced thirty , sixty and even a hundred times the original sowing . |
| 14 | As long as only a few predators hunt in the same area , each aposematic family is likely to produce several survivors . |
| 15 | It is , therefore , sometimes a little difficult to keep up-to-date , for although what is found may not be in the area being researched by the local historian concerned , it may , nonetheless , have a bearing , for the style of housing suggested for one place may be typical of that formerly existing in another , ten or even a hundred miles away . |
| 16 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 17 | Champagne is without doubt the world 's finest sparkling wine , but it is also the most expensive , and by more than just a few pennies . |
| 18 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
| 19 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
| 20 | However , no more than about a dozen viruses have been produced on a commercial scale and only a few of these have been used on more than a few hundred hectares per year . |
| 21 | Sometimes modern schools started O level and even A level classes . |
| 22 | Then we , father er with doing the bicycles and with interest in other engineering things like gas engines , which seemed to have a , a period of er great prosperity I would say er in the period between nineteen hundred or maybe a few years before that until early twenties the , the gas engines were ideal things for little factories . |
| 23 | ‘ Five bodies were found yesterday ( Wednesday ) , today another two and just a few hours ago the last body , ’ said a human rights officer . |
| 24 | Since Alford was described on the ballot paper merely as ‘ The Labour Candidate ’ , it would not be surprising if quite a few voters were confused , and voted for him by mistake . |
| 25 | Frankly nobody knows if the stuff is going to work when tens of thousands or even a million nodes are involved and that 's exactly what the large accounts are really interested in . |
| 26 | Maggie blushed , aware that quite a few men were looking at her now . |