Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 32 | Whilst sailing in surf you should always keep an eye out for these sets since if you do n't you may suddenly find yourself amongst the larger waves whose ‘ rinse cycles ’ are considerably more vigorous than that of a washing machine . |
| 33 | Now they would pay no more than that on a meal for two . ’ |
| 34 | Sometimes there is more than that to a lynching , as the work of Lino Jose Durrewald showed . |
| 35 | Inside the cabin , the Golf is now looking fairly outdated but the instruments are still easy to use and effective , four adults can be carried in reasonable comfort and the huge boot will swallow more than enough for a weekend away . |
| 36 | Appalled by the Flight 103 disaster , perhaps more than most as a result of his recent experiences , but still entirely unaware of any possible connection between his Cyprus assignment and the bombing , Coleman appeared with Tom Brokaw on NBC 's ‘ Nightly News ’ without realizing that , inactive or not , he was still expected to clear such engagements first with the DIA . |
| 37 | It is a category , as we have seen , which encompasses a range of disabilities from Down 's syndrome ( whose victims may even learn to read or write ) to microcephaly ( where the manifestations of life are no more than those of a vegetable ) and these differences are usually of account . |
| 38 | He was in good shape and in good heart , and although it was known that he did not run up to his best at Cheltenham , the conditions would suit him much more than those of a year ago and few opposed him . |
| 39 | THE two bosses who cut their own pay to less than that of a trainee to preserve jobs set a fine example in these tough times . |
| 40 | Therefore , it is quite possible that the actual amount of stamp duty paid may be considerably less than that on a share sale . |
| 41 | Otters gather a certain amount , but an otter holt is usually a natural hole between rocks or roots , and much smaller than that of a badger . |
| 42 | If the iceberg is too big , you might find yourself trapped underneath a moving mountain , bumped and towed along with less and less of a choice of where to go . |
| 43 | As more and more survive and are kept alive beyond the utmost limit of working life , the economic or social function of the individual provides less and less of a motive or framework for his survival ; and when we ask Why ? we find ourselves thrown back upon purpose in a sense which is neither economic nor social nor even secular . |
| 44 | It can also happen due to build-up of tolerance , when you need more and more of a drug to get the same effect . |
| 45 | At a time when Slow Play is beginning to become more and more of a scourge , it is also worth noting that the golfers needed just two hours and 45 minutes to go round , which included a break for as glass or two of Bollinger at the turn . |
| 46 | But with the spiralling expense of Christmas , crackers are coming to be regarded as more and more of a luxury . |
| 47 | Her eyes were red-rimmed but the set of her mouth was as severe as that of a judge . |
| 48 | The outer doors were as heavy as those in a bank vault and inside the air was clean , dry and quite cold . |
| 49 | But in real life such oscillations are seldom as rhythmical as those of a stone hanging freely from a string ; the comparison would be more exact if the string were supposed to hang in the troubled waters of a mill-race , whose stream was at one time allowed to flow freely , and at another partially cut off . |
| 50 | It is not known whether addictive disease is one disease that has different drugs or behaviours of choice according to each individual sufferer or group of sufferers or whether these groups correspond to one or another of a range of addictive diseases . |
| 51 | By way of abbreviation , one or another of a set of possible circumstances was necessary to e , and e necessitated the occurrence of one or another of the set . |
| 52 | It may involve one or more of a range of assessment activities from informal observation to oral , practical , or written procedures . |
| 53 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
| 54 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
| 55 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 56 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 57 | THE seller who makes a false statement in connection with the supply of goods can find himself liable in one or more of a number of ways . |
| 58 | I have to confess at this point that my own sensitivity to psychic phenomena is scarcely higher than that of a slab of concrete . |
| 59 | The charge is likely to be higher than that for a parishioner . |
| 60 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |