Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | Pareto also argues that in practice the distinction between elite and non-elite is blurred and that within the elite a governing and a non-governing group can be discerned . |
2 | The Colonel did not stop to reassure his wife , but rose neatly , pushed his chair under his table and with swift , disciplined steps reached the terrace no more than a couple of yards behind Miss Danziger . |
3 | They were sweeping over the ancient continent of Africa , the everlasting wastelands of the desert no more than a patch on a great patchwork quilt . |
4 | A stone rolled free and splashed into the water no more than a yard from Trent 's feet . |
5 | This is where the forces of the earth are exposed with a dramatic clarity and where billion-year old rocks , deposited at a time when seas extended right across the valley give the stark harshness of the area a startling and a rare and sometimes unexpected beauty at different times of the day . |
6 | The Apothecaries looked no further ; they approached Charles Cheyne , a Chelsea landowner of some substance , who agreed , in 1673 , to let the Society a three and a half acre plot at a rent of £5 per annum . |
7 | It was a close result and as Seb passed the winning-post no more than a neck ahead of his nearest rival , he could hear Carrie 's shrill voice above the noise of the crowd , urging him on . |
8 | Since there appear to be no consequences in judicial practice if the label constitutional is applied to a particular law , it is in the end no more than a convenient way for textbook writers to organise their material , just as they produce books on industrial law or commercial law . |
9 | But once they had stepped out into the cool air , paradoxically , the noise seemed muted , the sea no more than a distant roar . |
10 | A shapeless bundle of dirty rags was in front of her , the face no more than a grey shadow . |
11 | The girl who picked Pascoe up was a tall redhead in a glove-leather halter top and a skirt no bigger than a broad belt . |
12 | two cars in a circle a black and a red one |
13 | It consisted mainly of a large area of more or less flat heathland that was in places marshy and out of which rose the only hill to be found here , the broad , low Knamber Foin that looked from a distance no more than a heap of stones . |
14 | ‘ Is a fiddle the same as a violin ? ’ she whispered . |
15 | It is also very preparation for climbing , since balance and swing are crucial , especially when you have to swing up six feet and balance on a ledge no wider than a fingernail … . and as for amateur dramatics — you should see some of our training sessions ! |
16 | A scientist tells me : ‘ It will come in a size no larger than a Calor Gas cylinder . |
17 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
18 | In time , a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand produced a thunderstorm . |
19 | In a garden no bigger than a pint pot , Bill moran proves that small can always be beautiful . |
20 | Some are so high that they enable their makers to detect the presence of a wire no thicker than a human hair stretched across their flyway . |
21 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |