Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will be much more difficult where an industry is geographically diffused , or where the supplier ( say , the steel industry ) faces a very wide range of market demands . |
| 2 | It is perhaps hardly more than an anecdote , generally quite short in length , in which towards the end the reader , who has been gently led along one seemingly well-defined path , is suddenly switched into seeing the situation in quite a different light . |
| 3 | A path cut precariously into the valley side , sometimes only as wide as an animal 's body , sometimes passing through the cliff itself . |
| 4 | So , why do n't we say that a rubbish dump , or Mont Blanc , or the moon , is just as complex as an aeroplane or a dog , because in all these cases the arrangement of atoms is " improbable " ? |
| 5 | I 'm still as randy as an adolescent |
| 6 | The dorsal or second dorsalmost spines is the longest , up to 2 arm segments in length , the ventral arm spines are short often less than an arm segment in length . |
| 7 | The measured ruthlessness of his tone was far more unnerving than an outburst of straightforward anger . |
| 8 | Reconstructing the participants ' definition of the situation would allow the analyst to explain their reasons for action , and this would be far more realistic than an assumption that the actors acted rationally . |
| 9 | So a budgeting shortfall today was regarded as more important than an energy shortfall tomorrow . |
| 10 | Private letters are like a conversation overheard , often more revealing than an autobiography , or than a diary which may have been written with more than half an intention of allowing it to be published . |
| 11 | Classroom interaction is even more complex than an interview because of the size of the group and the choices the teacher constantly makes about how to respond to what learners say . |
| 12 | The spittle-bug or frog-hopper is equally as soft as an aphid , but three or four times the size . |
| 13 | The will and ability to stand is one of the most basic manifestations of the life-force , almost more basic than an interest in food and water . |
| 14 | You can not expect a reference book to be quite as gripping as an adventure novel , but all the same I read it cover to cover . |
| 15 | Elephants lack these conspicuous folds , but they too are well defended against attack by their powerful , leathery skin which is sometimes as much as an inch thick . |
| 16 | Had been dead no more than an hour when he was found … |
| 17 | In conclusion , research over eight decades has demonstrated the predictive validity of ability tests to be high , or certainly much higher than an interview . |