Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit at the back of a bluegrass concert in 80 of Kentucky 's 121 counties , and you will drink nothing more alcoholic than a tall glass of orange juice . |
| 2 | Also [ WEA branch members ] have the reputation in official circles of being so ‘ dreadfully earnest ’ — more an indication of the frivolous attitude that all education must be made palatable to be consumable than a valid criticism of their activities . |
| 3 | Arguably , though , the achievement of five O levels at a sitting was more demanding than a piecemeal collection of A levels . |
| 4 | The ideal would indeed be attainable if a self-contained system of imperatives could be re-established on foundations other than ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 5 | However , as Morison makes clear , their relevance to the British economy has always been doubtful because a large proportion of industrial imports enter free of duty , and membership of the European Community has limited their scope . |
| 6 | Nor is it always clear whether a given list of topics constitutes an actual plan for a book or not , or whether a given note pertains to our book at all . |
| 7 | Interest rates had risen in recent months as high as an annualized rate of 1,200 per cent as banks struggled to retain their funds , and the move initially froze the savings of thousands of Argentinians and also affected major corporations . |
| 8 | Shopkeepers there were staggered when a particular brand of noodles sold out within days — until they discovered its high score in the barcode points stakes . |
| 9 | This alloy is naturally silvery in colour and is much more hard-wearing than a thin layer of tinning , but it requires a high degree of skill to control the casting conditions . |
| 10 | We crept downstairs like naughty children and Zaria collected a leather handbag no bigger than a small keg of beer from the hallway table . |
| 11 | Soon , all twenty children were in their beds , stiff in their laundered nightgowns , without having been offered any supper , nor even as much as a sly sip of water . |
| 12 | ‘ If one of those human soldiers were to get as much as a good whiff of this hot pot of mine , well like as not he 'd be knocked clean off his feet , and should he , by some act of unforgivable negligence on our part , actually eat some — well , I for one would n't like to be held responsible . ’ |
| 13 | One of the distinctions between these two works is that Veblen 's goal is more limited ; he is not concerned with consumption in general so much as a specific type of consumption which was of particular importance in the period during which he was writing , a period which may be seen as marking the transition to the age of mass consumption . |
| 14 | Astonishing is a bureau-bookcase of the 1760s , by which time the cool winds of classicism had tamed Piffetti 's rococo ardour , where the marquetry resembles nothing so much as a stylish product of Parisian 1930s Art-Deco . |
| 15 | Musically this is very nearly correct , but not one recording includes so much as a single word of Gilbert 's spoken dialogue . |
| 16 | Better than some , in fact , since he had once had West Riding connections and , as young political agitators went , possessed a relatively unblemished reputation , with not so much as a single term of imprisonment , as yet , to be used against him at the hustings . |
| 17 | A flimsy paper-bag costs as much as a Chinese pound of beansprouts . |
| 18 | To Robyn 's eye it resembled nothing so much as a medieval painting of hell — though it was hard to say whether the workers looked more like devils or the damned . |
| 19 | In the dark mourning robes left to him by his grandfather , he was as exotic as Valentino , as dangerous as a black prince of the desert . |
| 20 | It will be seen later , however , by analysis of Table 3 , that the high proportion of Scottish geology theses from Edinburgh University reflects its wider position as one of the major research centres within the earth sciences as a whole , and that its output ( in terms of Ph D theses ) is more balanced than a casual observation of Table 3 would suggest . |
| 21 | So capable of making a kiss into something far more intimate and passionate than a simple meeting of mouths and bodies … |
| 22 | Although the wool producers seem to have borne part of the tax costs , the substantial increase in cloth production during the war is most easily explicable if a large part of the wool tax was passed on by the exporters to the foreign buyers , while the English cloth manufacturers were able to undercut their Continental rivals ( 88 , pp.39–40 ) . |
| 23 | Crocker expresses ‘ confusion ’ at the Thai conclusion that their positive samples could have been natural since a wide swath of the district was reported to have been sprayed with yellow rain . |
| 24 | If a really soft fabric is required , the backing yarn can be as fine as a single strand of 2/30 . |
| 25 | Some doubts are as uncomplicated as a clean fracture of the leg — and just as damaging — while others present a tougher problem more like a compound fracture with the possible danger of gangrene . |
| 26 | Nominal roll-calls may be useful where a small number of staff , say 25 , are involved . |
| 27 | An individual scorer might be useful where an odd number of people are concerned . |
| 28 | Now what could be more mouthwatering than a big plate of juicy , tender ribs drippin' with barbecue sauce ? |
| 29 | This program is better than a great number of Commercial drawing packages for children . |
| 30 | Cue for a queen : Spanish-born Fabiola of Belgium likes nothing better than a quiet game of billiards at home |