Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adv] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had come to France ( in which he spent more than half his life as king of England ) and had , as contemporaries recognised , achieved considerable conquests , something which his predecessors had never done on that scale or within so short a period of time . |
| 2 | Rhoda would open the tin and foil once a week or at least once a fortnight before Christmas to soak the cloth with more bourbon before resealing it . |
| 3 | If you do not use an object once a day , or at least once a week , it does not deserve prime storage space ( that is within easy reach and somewhere between knee and eye level ) . |
| 4 | The original conception of ‘ the return of Mrs. Porter ’ would be pointless , or at least only a prolongation of horror , since life itself and the regeneration of it are seen , at bottom , as hideous . |
| 5 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 6 | Memories being short , it may be forgotten that until comparatively recently a spin bowler was allowed to rough up the ball in the dust to help his grip . |
| 7 | It is quite remarkable that from so early an age with so short a track record he should have inspired such an industry of interest . |
| 8 | The Australian Unwins , sitting with the rival owners of Flokati , were concerned about a lifelessness they had detected in Upper Gumtree due to the fact that on the train their horse had been fed a restricted diet of compressed food nuts and high-grade hay and the Flokati people were cheerfully saying that on so long a stretch without exercise , good hay was best . |
| 9 | Police say that at about 11am a man reported at the Green Garage service station that his car had broken down nearby . |
| 10 | This means that at least once a month , he can be found on Air Malta 's service to the Island . |
| 11 | It was , wrote the best-known and most influential of them , the Abbe de Saint-Pierre , ‘ that vain Idol to which the Nations have Sacrificed so blindly , so fruitlessly , and for so long a Time , so much Blood and Treasure ’ . |
| 12 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 13 | I then spoke to Geoff , MP for Ashfield C L P , and until recently also an M E P , strongly in favour of pairing . |
| 14 | The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo on 28 June set the European powers at each other 's throats , and in little over a month Great Britain was at war with Germany . |
| 15 | With a compulsion to work that must have been almost the equal of that of Van Gogh , he plunged into print-making and in too short a time had effectively burnt himself out . |
| 16 | Such experiences are too few and far between , and in too early a stage of development to demonstrate their effectiveness . |
| 17 | Given the CEGB 's assertion that it might take ‘ decades or even centuries ’ for soils to recover , Robert Jones MP wanted to know , ‘ is that not all the more reason for getting on with it as quickly as possible and on as wide a scale as possible ? , |
| 18 | Quotation is my only means of conveying something of that artistry , of the essence of Boulestin 's writing , of his intelligence , sense and taste , of his ease of style , un-scolding , un-pompous , un-sarcastic , ineffusive , and to so high a degree inspiriting and creative . |
| 19 | Environmental intelligence is usually provided too late in the decision process and at too high a level in the hierarchy … . |
| 20 | Consultations at the highest political level shall take place as often as required , and at least once a year . |
| 21 | Her sisters-in-law excluded her from their gossip ; the servants behaved towards her with greater formality and at least once a day she was summoned to Dona Marguerita 's room to sit with her and listen to her talking about the family 's history and her hopes and ambitions for João . |
| 22 | Accumulation of dirt and refuse , often a source of odour nuisance , must be removed from floors daily and at least once a week floors must be cleaned . |
| 23 | Eva would drink champagne and watch television in bed , which shocked me , and at least once a week she said she was determined to take us all to London for good . |
| 24 | In addition , the schoolmaster was obliged to say Mass each Sunday and holy day , and at least twice a week , at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish church . |
| 25 | I did a lot of my socialising at the barracks and at least twice a week would stagger down the King 's Road towards my bedsit . |
| 26 | The only difference I can find lies in the darker , more spiteful vision of the new film , and the fact that the cast seems almost manically inclined to get through it all as fast as possible and at as high a pitch as the Dolby Stereo can cope with . |
| 27 | Perhaps this was because Richard paid better than all rival employers , but over so long an association other bonds must have developed . |
| 28 | But at least once a week , they hunt for meat . |
| 29 | With ponds dug on the line , or streams banked up into ‘ flashes ’ to form reflecting points on the beacon track so that it might be checked when at least once a year the beacon was fired on the traditional day . |