Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 2 | As she watched him leave , without so much as a glance in her direction , such a feeling of desolation had swept over Isabel that she had almost cried out . |
| 3 | Savouring the sweet taste of his victory , he did not even acknowledge the Controller 's presence by so much as a glance in his direction . |
| 4 | A word processor is much better than a typewriter in letting you enter and edit your text more easily ; print it out as required with much more flexibility ; save it on disc for future work ; and transfer it through an IT link ( see , for instance , below , under communications ) to a colleague elsewhere . |
| 5 | Securing a day care place is often extremely important if a child in need is to remain within the family . |
| 6 | Not much worse than a tumble in the hunting field . ’ |
| 7 | The Road Traffic Act 1988 , s. 149 provides that volenti is not available where a passenger in a car sues the driver in circumstances where insurance is compulsory . |
| 8 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 9 | Medication Imipramine ( a tricyclic antidepressant , Tofranil ) is the only drug that has been shown to be significantly more effective than a placebo in reducing wetting frequency . |
| 10 | It might even be possible to create a ‘ place in the sun ’ , where car parking has been placed underground because a place in the sun for townsfolk is more important than a place in the sun for cars ( e ) . |
| 11 | Coming from a country where the use of the appropriate word is more important than a gesture in daily life , both choreographers have resolved that words must be replaced by gestures within the choreographic design . |
| 12 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 13 | It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately . |
| 14 | The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs . |
| 15 | The person doing it does have scientific training , and the MD is more difficult than a PhD in that the supervisor does not take part in the examination . |
| 16 | On a glorious day like this , who could wish for anything more delightful than a walk in the park and a chance to share the secrets of Rainbow 's heart ? |
| 17 | Most Secretaries of State only manage to tap the helm , giving Defence policy little more than a change in emphasis during their time in office . |
| 18 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 19 | It 's even better money than you could earn in high season , so it is , but of course your father is n't Sir Thomas Bloody Breakspear and as rich as a pig in shit , so you need the money , while his Holiness here does n't . |
| 20 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 21 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 22 | Standing beside the water tank , on top of the caravan 's portable step , Pa looks as tall as a Zulu in his red stole ( brown , for me ) with the black umbrella held over his head at full stretch by Ma who is standing behind in the mud and wet with a white towel draped over her arm and her hair flat and all dark with water . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall be as tall as a house in a minute , ’ she said . |
| 24 | For a specimen of Muscovite of this shape Orowan found that the tensile strength was about 460,000 p.s.i. , that is to say nearly twenty times as strong as a specimen in which the cracks did not have to cross the planes of weakness . |
| 25 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 26 | ‘ Martin Fierro 's aim in life was to sleep on a bed of clover , look up at the stars , and live as free as a bird in the sky . |
| 27 | ‘ Just hanging there from one of the beams , swaying as free as a leaf in the wind . |
| 28 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 29 | His voice quiet but as winding as a blow in the solar plexus , he invited , ‘ Tell me more about your mother , Luce . ’ |
| 30 | In Cumbria , said Redfern , the ‘ height increment [ growth ] does appear to have fallen off markedly since about 1975/6 … down as much as a quarter in recent years . ’ |