Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 So far as the finger-work or typesetting goes , she is as quick or quicker than a man ? — They say she is more deft and better adapted to it " ( a trade unionist ) .
2 The chance that a random conglomeration of whale cells would swim , let alone swim as fast and efficiently as a whale actually does swim , is negligible .
3 No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’
4 She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed .
5 Could we not have er I think procedure is could we not have the er er resolution for the at first and now that a ministry is in motion ?
6 These are less fully double and there are now six separate colours available as well as a mixture and all are more resistant to bad weather conditions than any others .
7 Weekend and midweek breaks available as well as a summer special during August ; Just £203 per person for seven nights .
8 Rachel had always thought that dodgems were inappropriately named , and that day was no exception , for as they cruised round there were many more bumps than dodges , accompanied by screams and shrieks as the guitars throbbed louder than ever and a siren wailed above them ,
9 Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions .
10 Up to 1980 , there were two and before that a number of riverside cottages at different times were shops .
11 As war developed he took on many treasurerships for the army and Parliament , becoming one of the treasurers for war in 1645 as well as a commissioner for the customs in 1643 .
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