Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of a sudden several unpleasant consequences of spending a large amount of time alone with fitzAlan , without so much as a spit-boy for chaperon , rose forcibly to her mind . |
| 2 | So six and a half for that one . |
| 3 | ( G ) In the event of any occurrence giving rise to a dispute between a party hereto and its Insured or to a claim against a party hereto other than a claim for which this Agreement provides it shall be optional to such party upon notice thereof to suspend the application of this Agreement to such occurrence until such dispute or claim has been adjusted provided that such party shall indemnify the other party hereto against all costs and expenses incurred as a consequence of such suspension in defending its interests in a matter for which this Agreement provides . |
| 4 | It likes to rent its chalets to whole groups travelling together for £500 to £1,000 each half-board — not cheap but a bargain for what you get . |
| 5 | An upholstered stool would be much more appropriate than a coffee-table for this attractive and scholarly volume . |
| 6 | Imagine hosting Christmas for a similarly huge number in a disused warehouse , with nothing more sophisticated than a Portakabin for a kitchen . |
| 7 | Others were that ‘ need ’ as opposed to ‘ reasonable requirement ’ did not have to be shown , that the case for making an order against an officer of the company was stronger than it would be against a third party , that an order for oral examination ( as in Cloverbay itself ) was likely to be more oppressive than an order for the production of documents . |
| 8 | Moreover , it is the doctor-counsellor as much as anyone else who needs to ask these questions , for often spending time considering these aspects of ill-health might be more helpful than a prescription for drugs . |
| 9 | And that is much more important than a championship for youth next year . |
| 10 | Rehearsals were nearly complete and a replacement for her was out of the question at such short notice . |
| 11 | An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion , perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument . |
| 12 | In fact , the TECs are little more than a device for luring the private sector into tackling unemployment . |
| 13 | The haul up from there to the top of the highest bank was several hundred feet of deep heather , pollen-dusty and honey-scented , but as friendly as a hedgehog for a flea . |
| 14 | Microsoft boasts it could take ‘ as little as a year for Windows NT to surpass other established high-end systems as the platform of choice for corporate networking and high-end business applications . ’ |
| 15 | Microsoft boasts it could take ‘ as little as a year for Windows NT to surpass other established high-end systems as the platform of choice for corporate networking and high-end business applications . ’ |
| 16 | And er , I first started feeling I was overweight when I fourteen and I was , I was twelve stone and I went to the doctor and got black capsules to take which had me as high as a kite for a long time ! |
| 17 | Different constituents will move through the system at different rates and one time-step in the simulation could represent a day for mobile salts but as much as a millennium for a relatively immobile element such as aluminium . |
| 18 | A representative sampling of Osiris Management Services ' clientele was there , beefy ballocky blokes who prized the rugby scrum of life as much as an opportunity for putting the boot in as for winning the ball . |
| 19 | But Thomas Carter was from Philadelphia , and his love for Oxford and for England was a pure boyish enthusiasm as innocent as a passion for preserved railways or real ale . |
| 20 | For example , military pressure-group activity and other involvement in policy-making in liberal democracies may well seem less drastic than mounting a coup , but the implications of less overt forms of military intervention may sometimes be almost as great as a coup for the political process . |
| 21 | So the wireless is not as good as a lead for that sound . ’ |
| 22 | I am reliably assured that King 's College Chapel in Cambridge , which has stood as steady as a rock for the past 450 years , could never be built today because the design would never be accepted under the safety limits of the building regulations ! |
| 23 | The entire site is well wooded and a sanctuary for badges and a profusion of primroses , wood anemones and bluebells in the appropriate seasons . |
| 24 | Occupation is never more than a shorthand for allocating social class , which leaves out other key dimensions : your education , or the house you live in , for instance . |