Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [subord] a [noun] " 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 It is more likely that rather than an increase in potency level itself , the large number of succussions produce a lateral intensification or energising of the solution within the confines of the dilution factor — a concept upheld by the LM method .
3 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 .
4 No bread was eatable , for it was as cold and hard as a stone . ’
5 She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed .
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 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 .
9 Demonstrations and disorders continued , some of them involving firearms , explosives and loss of life ; the decision of the Congress of People 's Deputies to elect an Azerbaijani as well as an Armenian to represent the region in the new Supreme Soviet aroused particular indignation .
10 As managing director of Peaks Marine , at Wansford , Cambridgeshire , he has a professional as well as an enthusiast 's interest in the boat business .
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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