Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any delay or obstruction of measures to safeguard Venice 's heritage would not only be a bureaucratic or administrative problem or even a political game : the delay and second rate solutions have now clearly become a moral issue . |
| 2 | Not only are departments prepared for a Tory or Labour minister but also a Liberal Democrat one as well . |
| 3 | Short hair or long hair or just a man ? |
| 4 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 5 | Whatever the pathophysiological basis of RP may be , however , it is worthy of serious study as a ‘ human experimental model ’ of inflammatory bowel disease , rather than cavalier dismissal as simply a ‘ misdiagnosis ’ of Crohn 's disease . |
| 6 | A daring and devious regicide or merely a clumsy archer ? |
| 7 | This was a famous and magnificent building but only a small , well preserved , portion remains . |
| 8 | It works alongside a healthy diet and regular exercise and just a few minutes massage each day with Cellutherapie will help to stimulate blood circulation and improve the skin tone and texture on your hips and thighs . |
| 9 | The data which showed that only two per cent of calls came after 11 p.m. provided useful reassurance that statistically a broken night 's sleep was rare . |
| 10 | It is dry and it is almost aggressively refreshing — great starbursts of lime juice and orange peel and just a little grapeyness , creating a most unusual citrus cocktail for a warm , spring day . |
| 11 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 12 | They can produce these solutions with the speed , recall and immediate availability that only a computer can provide . |
| 13 | He could even — and unlike many heroes of Rincewind 's acquaintance — speak words of more than two syllables , if given time and maybe a hint or two . |
| 14 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 15 | ( 170 MN/m 2 ) , much the same as ordinary glass and perhaps a little less than commercial steel . |