Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] [adv] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notes refer to other dancers representing handmaidens , a bird and winds : rather complex for so short a work . |
| 2 | In reality the government 's budget deficit was probably equal to just under a quarter of GDP in 1992 and the budget passed in March could push it up further . |
| 3 | Therefore , if the origin of the phenomenon is as recent as the late eighteenth century , it is difficult to explain how it could have become so geographically widespread in so short a time : it was already highly salient and overtly stigmatized by the latter half of the nineteenth century ( for some citations see Phillipps , 1984 , 136–9 ) . |
| 4 | Verbal presentations often fail because the speaker tries to cram too much into too short a time , or goes on for far too long . |
| 5 | In the part of town where I live I see strangers who I would call truly beautiful at least once a day . |