Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 2 | It was not going to be possible to keep from Olga the information that her son had suddenly become quite a well-to-do youngster , though he had warned Hank on no account to tell her how much he had made out of his book . |
| 3 | I normally lose just a few pounds , Bobby . |
| 4 | In the solid state , 1,2-dithiadiazoles generally show quite a complex array of secondary interactions , both S … |
| 5 | Competitions vary but normally last only a few minutes . |
| 6 | Unless you are thinking of doing La Demande , put away your chocks and Friends and just take about a dozen quick-draws . |
| 7 | Beaked whales generally have only a single pair of teeth protruding from their lower jaw , and instead of teeth they use a ribbed palate to get a firm grasp on their prey . |
| 8 | These usually make quite a small pool and can frequently be purchased from department stores as well as from garden centres and water-gardening specialists . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Matey encouragingly , ‘ we hold it every year , and we usually make quite a large sum to give to the various charities connected with the Church . ’ |
| 10 | Traditional electron microscopes , which emit beams of electrons and watch them bounce off the surface , can see much smaller details but their pictures usually give only a poor impression of the relief of the surface . |
| 11 | The centres are essentially for advice and usually offer only a limited amount , if any , of further assistance . |
| 12 | Permeable areas usually have only a few streams , but they flow with little variation throughout the year and rarely flood . |
| 13 | The life-shortening effect in LAWER is claimed to be ‘ smaller than that in euthanasia because the patients usually have only a few hours or days to live ’ . |
| 14 | Individual service departments usually have quite a clear understanding of their own legal responsibilities , but are often not too sure how their work relates to other parts of the local authority empire . |
| 15 | Climbers usually need only a light pruning , ( a ) , to build up strong main stems and develop lateral side shoots . |
| 16 | The elaborate songs of male birds clearly fit best a manipulatory interpretation . |
| 17 | Is the Minister aware that most people who live in that type of accommodation do not believe that the Government take the problem seriously enough , and that we now urgently require either a direct grant or an allowance for capital borrowing to provide concierge-type services in high tower blocks in Glasgow and other parts of Scotland ? |
| 18 | Occasionally my parents will go to Tesco 's and then it 's not like , with lots of people probably spend about a hundred pound , even more probably , would n't they ? |
| 19 | But you also have only a little time . |
| 20 | Homemade pizzas often lack even a vague hint of authenticity . |
| 21 | Bonds also have more intricate cash flow patterns than money market securities , which typically involve just a single payment at maturity . |
| 22 | Now wait just a goddam minute . |
| 23 | While other ways of making money become more respectable and sometimes laudable , developers are still seen as the spiritual heirs of Victorian millowners and slum landlords , people who , even as they tear the hearts out of cities , simultaneously give then a fatal sclerosis . |
| 24 | These diversities and shortcomings in feminist approaches to class may explain why feminists often manage only a half-hearted critique of psychology 's class interests . |
| 25 | All the woodwork in the School was pitch pine , now become either a fierce saffron yellow or a dark , almost sooty , brown . |
| 26 | As this institution has now become purely a slanging match ( unfortunately the only time guaranteed to attract a full complement of Members ) , how can it possibly be taken as a serious part of governing the country . |
| 27 | Whereas tropical forests may contain hundreds of species of trees , temperate forests typically contain only a few species ( oak with ash , yew with beech ) or even only one ( as in the redwood or cedar forests of North America ) . |
| 28 | In a field where biological material is limited , experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells . |
| 29 | Since rainfall controls plant growth , and plants are the base of the food pyramid , deserts typically have only a short period when food is abundant ; it is during this time that the creatures of the desert must complete their breeding cycle . |
| 30 | Well for one thing we have got really have quite a few school teachers now who just could n't get off during How many school teachers do we have Agnes ? |