Example sentences of "[adj] to a [noun] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louis described James as ‘ the best fellow in the world ’ and was distinctly smitten by his wife , Mary of Modena , though the French were puzzled that , as a beautiful woman of 30 , she should be faithful to a husband 26 years her senior . |
| 2 | Further the Commission sought a general system of recognition of diplomas , subject to a minimum three years post secondary training . |
| 3 | Half-timbering is Cheshire 's speciality , after all — what better examples in the country are there than Handforth , Henbury and the spectacularly lavish Hill Bark , built in 1894 ( at a cost of £150,000 ) and moved lock , stock and barrel in 1929 to a site five miles away in order to avoid the view of encroaching development ! |
| 4 | This is a boy who is married to a woman 14 years his senior and plays father to a girl only nine years younger than himself . |
| 5 | The existence of the tape has been known for months and a copy of it was made available to a newspaper many weeks ago . |
| 6 | Two to a bag these days . ’ |