Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Huntsman 's Inn in Ide , Kent , the refurbishment proposals were to involve demolitions so extensive that all but a portion of the building 's external wall would be destroyed , the planned reconstruction included an extension that would double the size of the original structure . |
| 2 | Currently sport occupies a quarter of the BBC 's own production and 17 per cent of its total output , though the fees for broadcasting have risen by as much or more than a thousandfold for certain sports like tennis and golf . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been in the 190s for more than a year , so I will be glad to get there , ’ said Dixon . |
| 4 | Their games are , in fact , nothing more or less than a rehearsal prior to the performance of the activities which are the serious business of all the members of the Gikuyu tribe . |
| 5 | The commissions are to strive to ensure that no constituency varies from this quota by more or less than a quarter of it . |
| 6 | Impressive as it is , however , Dame Edna 's show is no more or less than a star vehicle . |
| 7 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 8 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 9 | That the advertisement had been in a church magazine was , for my grandfather , sufficient guarantee of respectability , but when the boys arrived in the great city even their inexperience could not hide from them the fact that the respectable lodging was nothing more nor less than a brothel . |
| 10 | Nagaland 's United Legislature Front ( ULF ) government led by K. L. Chisi collapsed on June 13 after less than a month in office [ see p. 37452 for formation of ULF government from a coalition of Congress ( I ) defectors and the Nagaland People 's Council — NPC ] . |
| 11 | Kate , hurt and more than a bit shattered under his look of acute dislike , felt she had to try to justify her actions . |
| 12 | Galileo did have the insight to perceive that the effect was probably the same as that when a drop of water would remain on a cabbage leaf . |
| 13 | If we were to argue that , as a firm believer in the way of ahi sā and an unequivocal opponent of war with its brutalizing tendencies and degrading effects , Gandhi 's moral responsibility could hardly be regarded as extending to recommending people to fight for their country , it might seem difficult at first sight to know what his response would be other than that if a man is unable to choose the higher path of ahi sā , he should be encouraged to fulfil the obligations of the choice of the lower path of duty to his country . |
| 14 | If you are female and more than a stone overweight , but have already been dieting and have lost a stone or more on any other slimming method . |
| 15 | At lower birth orders , however , the risk of a still birth seems to be greater if less than a year elapsed since the previous birth , although there are two few cases in most birth order groups to make this finding statistically significant . |