Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such men found themselves , however , fighting what became all too clearly a rearguard action . |
| 2 | All too often a Friday buying binge has been followed by a weekend of sober reflection and regrets in the cold light of Monday morning . |
| 3 | She was not at all good-looking , or graceful , or winning , but a mere maiden ; possibly not even a country girl , but a London servant at the great house of Burdcrop nearby . |
| 4 | ‘ Compounding the problem is that , compared with German manufacturing , we 're still very much a sweatshop sort of industry . |
| 5 | That it is still very much a family business is revealed by the manner in which staff refer to their chairman as Mr Sandy . |
| 6 | Penzance , once a centre of smuggling , is now very much a holiday resort . |
| 7 | There may be one or two when we might just say well perhaps just a little bit more volume but it 's not perhaps just er slacken off on the pace a little bit . |
| 8 | Ah we were supposed to be gon na like have a little gathering for my birthday party , well not normally a birthday party |
| 9 | Later in 1991 came Adams Laboratories ( at $77m ) , with a series of branded prescription drugs , especially for respiratory disorders , but even more importantly a sales force throughout the US . |
| 10 | A minor official — quite remarkably almost a caricature Frenchman — condescended to see us . |
| 11 | Transfers and new appointments were made from the mainland to BBC Northern Ireland so that it became almost as firmly a government instrument as , for instance , the army 's information office in Lisburn . |
| 12 | The return of William Purser to England released me from my obligation not to preach in English , and shortly after his departure I was invited to preach in Rangoon cathedral , then very much a chaplaincy parish church , and only rarely having great services in Burmese . |
| 13 | In the following decades Pavlos created three-dimensional objects from bundles of paper strips : bottles , still lifes , ties and most recently also a cypress grove and a 250 cm-long flower meadow ( until 12 December ) . |