Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as a case for a ‘ radical extension ’ of industrial democracy by means requiring the assumption by unreformed trade unions of rights which had hitherto attached only to ownership , it merits at this point no more than a suspended judgment at best . |
| 2 | Under the reform individual private landholding was restricted to an area of 3 chó0 for most of the country ; of this area no more than a third could be rented out . |
| 3 | You 'll find that in a simple case no more than a few minutes are required . |
| 4 | She had some olive oil ; it was in a small jar , possibly a tiny jar no larger than a perfume bottle . |
| 5 | Two hours later they pushed their way out from the cover of the trees into a tiny clearing no more than a handful of yards across . |
| 6 | Having finished his dinner the candidate retired to the spick and span little room no bigger than a cubbyhole they had placed at his disposal and , when he had put his thoughts and his speeches in good order , stepped out for a breath of air , a short stroll which led him — as he had known it would — to the newly painted door of Odette Adeane . |
| 7 | Indeed , in this latter case a casual and a short-term contract worker are in many ways indistinguishable , since , as we have seen in Chapter 1 , it is only after four weeks employment that a worker is entitled to a minimum period of notice . |
| 8 | A tiny black wallet no bigger than a child 's hand . |
| 9 | Behind her in the hallway was a grey Rotweiler no bigger than a pony and no fiercer than a cobra with a hangover . |
| 10 | Growing in a neat upright habit no more than a metre or so across and two metres high at maturity , ‘ Yellow Hammer ’ produces a magnificent spring display of butter yellow , narrowly tubular flowers . |
| 11 | each flake no more than a fingersmear |
| 12 | Since a mother generally has a new baby every four and a half years , there may have been pressure on her to speed up each youngster 's training , to leave time to care for the latest addition to the family . |
| 13 | That evening in their room a low table no bigger than a music stool was set with food . |
| 14 | Sufferers and families need to be able to walk to the main services in their neighbourhood or to catch a bus into a local centre no more than a mile or two away . |