Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is more helpful to meet real people who have come to terms with their lives , than to wander around lost and alone in a maze of fantasies .
2 Both dishes may taste scrumptious and once in a while wo n't do you any harm , but foods like that eaten regularly are no basis for a healthy diet .
3 ‘ I 'm sure that once in a while we can be in the same kitchen without explosions occurring , do n't you agree ?
4 A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark .
5 Yet , despite an increase of spending on health in the UK from 3¼ per cent of national income in 1948 to over 6 per cent ( of a much larger national income ) forty years later , it is alleged that the NHS is underfunded and periodically in a state of near collapse .
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