Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The powerful are forced to strain towards an absolute always beyond reach without which they are insecure ; but for the security of an absolute subjection , abjection , it seems that one has only to let go . |
| 2 | NASA 's programme for a steady now of shuttle spare pans has also ‘ lagged seriously ’ , the academy 's report concludes . |
| 3 | As a 15-year-old still at school I was n't too sure about it all . |
| 4 | Neighbours said one of the arrested men moved into a flat just before Christmas and lived with a woman presumed to be his wife and two sons in their mid-teens . |
| 5 | Let us imagine a very clear-cut situation in which the power of the sender over the receiver is considerable : an army sergeant speaking to a private just before parade . |
| 6 | When this happened , as it did in the golden age of cotton hand-loom weaving for instance , it could lead to an eventual oversupply of labour and restore the advantage to the hirer . |