Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adv] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's nothing constitutionally improper about a minister not having a seat in either House of Parliament , ’ says Lord Blake , the historian . |
| 2 | There is nothing so admirable as a man who applies his knowledge with forceful direction and from his efficiency reaps a profit . |
| 3 | The man would be discovered with his trousers down , revealing nothing so vulgar as a penis . |
| 4 | nothing so abundant as a thicket — |
| 5 | I 've never seen someone so obsessed over a hair-dryer . ’ |
| 6 | She also knows you need someone even stronger as a partner . |
| 7 | They knew that there was nothing more off-putting for a woman that a romantic encounter at the cinema holding hands with a large dollop of Castrol GTX . |
| 8 | There is nothing more annoying to a journalist who is working on a story than to be told that the PRO will ring back with the relevant numbers and then not to get them for another two or three days . |
| 9 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 10 | There is nothing more frustrating for a President to issue an order to a Cabinet officer , and then find that , when the order gets out in the field , it is totally mutilated . ’ |
| 11 | He 's none too happy with a mask , but happier . |
| 12 | It is important to note , however , that there is nothing inherently wrong with a conflict of interest situation in itself ; the issue is whether such a situation is handled properly . |
| 13 | It is obvious that the first type of temperament is the one most desirable for a riding horse . |
| 14 | That is to say , he stands between the client and the outcome of his instruction and is therefore identified as the one most responsible for a project 's success or failure . |
| 15 | There is something rather incongruous about a helicopter performing a roll , yet , given a suitable model , it is probably easier to do than a loop . |
| 16 | Moreover , as we have seen , not all the effects of these changes relate to something so intangible as a sense of community , for material resources have also been redistributed in a way which has disadvantaged certain sections , principally the poorer sections , of the local population . |
| 17 | There 's something so permanent about a book . |
| 18 | One can imagine Paddy Ashdown opting for the great outdoors where a man can dream of the balance of power while doing something environmentally friendly in a boat . |
| 19 | I had money only for something just short of a slum . |
| 20 | There were other stated symptoms , too , including singing or chanting odd songs — and what child has not spent time happily singing something totally incomprehensible to a parent ? |
| 21 | The thrill of seeing or touching something really old on a museum visit can be extremely important ( see Box 14 ) . |
| 22 | And that 's one of the things that you came out right at the time , I needed something really swanky for a caption for Rolling Stone . |
| 23 | There is something strangely comforting about a Holiday Inn . |
| 24 | Someone says something particularly stupid in a shop , or you wait half an hour in the British Rail canteen because someone ca n't decide whether they want some fruitcake or not . |
| 25 | There is something quite atavistic about a group of people sitting down together to a good dinner . |
| 26 | A college lecture is now something quite different from a reading . |
| 27 | This is something quite different from a consideration of whether the best interests of the child will be served by its living in [ England ] rather than [ Australia ] . |
| 28 | This is something quite different from a consideration of whether the best interests of the child will be served by its living in country B rather than country A. That is not the issue unless paragraph ( b ) of article 13 applies . |
| 29 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 30 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |