Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless the manifesto was in respect of nationalisation little more than an elaboration of the party 's one-term programme as accepted at the 1937 conference , with the addition of iron and steel , which had been included as a concession to a radical resolution proposed by Ian Mikardo at the 1944 conference and carried against the advice of the platform . |
| 2 | One area of boilerplate which concerns the buyer rather more than the seller is the question of the right to assign or sub-contract all or part of the order . |
| 3 | We have found our technique most useful when the stimulus of a light meal follows fasting , a state that naturally occurs in most people at breakfast time . |
| 4 | In the eyes of Louis , his near-drowning had been an act of self-emasculation , a loss of face tumbling him down the social scale to a level little higher than a peon 's . |
| 5 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
| 6 | They 're not real ‘ boat ’ necks ( the kind so deep that the back of the neck is actually level with the back of the headstock and heel ) but they 're pretty deep all the same and they both feel just excellent . |
| 7 | Scientific discovery and the disillusionment of the twentieth century made the future look less interesting than the nature of time itself . |
| 8 | When she opened her mouth to yell , a hand caught her face , pinching into the angle of the jaw so hard that the cry died in her throat . |
| 9 | The painting is estimated at a mere FFr50–80 million , not because of the recession so much as the fact it must obviously stay in France . |
| 10 | However , it he takes as souvenir so much as a blade of grass the entrance to this charming kingdom will close forever more . |
| 11 | The external appearance of the building is most unusual , with a sturdy , embattled tower at the west end of the south aisle , and a big chancel much higher than the nave . |
| 12 | I think the cut-out must have no plant form then , it should be earthy or an old withered tree trunk or some such — because the dancers personify Spring so much that the stage should represent the earth . |
| 13 | I do n't know if it 's fear so much as a matter of getting along with objects better than people . |
| 14 | IT IS of no great consequence to the rest of the world that a small island off the end of the Indian subcontinent should have sunk over the past couple of decades into a condition of violence so endemic that the murder of the president and a leading opposition politician within eight days can be regarded by the locals with something like equanimity ( see page 71 ) . |
| 15 | T S Eliot once accused Henry James of possessing a mind so fine that no idea could violate it . |
| 16 | When neighbours who entertained him in Knightsbridge spent a rare weekend at Hatherley they were surprised at the switch from newspaper owner to farmer , a switch so thorough that the paper was not mentioned the whole time they were there . |
| 17 | He clenched the steering wheel so hard that the car wobbled , and he hastily righted it . |
| 18 | Instantly they plunged into a vertical nose-dive so abrupt that the bucket flew from her grasp and dropped like a stone . |
| 19 | Does the Minister agree that his own remarks today and those of the Data Protection Registrar are a good deal less categorical than the Minister 's earlier assertion that the keeping of a register would be unlawful ? |
| 20 | The ice is thick and he is a good deal less enthusiastic when the tip breaks through . |
| 21 | And there arose a fierce gale of wind and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up and he himself was in the stern asleep on the cushion . |
| 22 | ‘ I am surprised the judge did not think this matter a great deal more serious than the sentence appears to suggest . ’ |
| 23 | At £55 , it is a good deal more expensive than a ticket on the high-speed train which runs just below the bridge . |
| 24 | ‘ And , ’ she went on , gathering more courage , ‘ it 's a good deal more comfortable than the launderette . ’ |
| 25 | These measurements also make it clear that Mercury is a good deal more spherical than the Moon , perhaps because it has not been subjected to the tidal forces of a nearby planet . |
| 26 | ‘ In our complex society ’ , he said , ‘ the accountant 's certificate and the lawyer 's opinion can be instruments for inflicting pecuniary loss more potent than the chisel or crowbar ’ ( Morgenthau 1969:17 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ My husband was sound asleep with his mouth wide open when the cat ran into the room chasing a mouse ! ’ |
| 28 | One moment he was n't there , the next he was , a shabby , monkeyish little man with his mouth wide open and an expression of horrified bewilderment . |
| 29 | He had become too cloying in his affections , his talk as saccharine as the dialogue from the Christmas classics on the television , his every gaze mawkish . |
| 30 | Many church magazines attract a readership far wider than the congregation , so it is strategic that these be prepared as attractively as possible both in content and format to create a favourable response . |