Example sentences of "[adj] or [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now on , music could be no more than tone-painting or else a stimulant for jaded nerves , where the words hardly mattered ( as was already the case in Euripidean lyrics ) . |
| 2 | Often , of course , these were different forms of the same general relations , though the latter can not be reduced to the former , in all or even a majority of cases . |
| 3 | It would be foolish , however , to argue that the problems created by the increasing urban demand for recreation in the countryside are entirely illusory or simply a matter of arbitrary taste : they clearly are not . |
| 4 | ‘ This friction between her and your mother — was it really important or just a manifestation of teenage rebellion ? ’ |
| 5 | Now that was er er more or less a favour to me . |
| 6 | The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain . |
| 7 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 8 | The Treasury and Civil Service Committee ( Second Report , 1987–8 ) recommendation that departmental reports should give information about the costs of major publicity and advertising is to apply for departments who spend £½ million or more a year on paid UK publicity . |