Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an animal can be looked after or rescued on the Sabbath day , then it seems somewhat strange that a person in need could not be helped . |
| 2 | Not only that but a drought in Maharashtra in 1987 and 1988 , probably the most severe of the century in the subcontinent , has caused barely a ripple of news interest in the world . |
| 3 | Not only that but a change in methods of working , in its ethos and what were seen as its privileges , such as index-linked pensions , was to follow . |
| 4 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 5 | As she watched him leave , without so much as a glance in her direction , such a feeling of desolation had swept over Isabel that she had almost cried out . |
| 6 | Savouring the sweet taste of his victory , he did not even acknowledge the Controller 's presence by so much as a glance in his direction . |
| 7 | A word processor is much better than a typewriter in letting you enter and edit your text more easily ; print it out as required with much more flexibility ; save it on disc for future work ; and transfer it through an IT link ( see , for instance , below , under communications ) to a colleague elsewhere . |
| 8 | For many years , courts in the United States failed to understand the Latin American approach ; the failure was so fundamental that a plaintiff in a Latin American republic had no means of serving process on a defendant in the United States . |
| 9 | Securing a day care place is often extremely important if a child in need is to remain within the family . |
| 10 | Not much worse than a tumble in the hunting field . ’ |
| 11 | In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm . |
| 12 | it is more private than a hearing in the civil courts — the press and public are not entitled to be present |
| 13 | Medication Imipramine ( a tricyclic antidepressant , Tofranil ) is the only drug that has been shown to be significantly more effective than a placebo in reducing wetting frequency . |
| 14 | It might even be possible to create a ‘ place in the sun ’ , where car parking has been placed underground because a place in the sun for townsfolk is more important than a place in the sun for cars ( e ) . |
| 15 | Coming from a country where the use of the appropriate word is more important than a gesture in daily life , both choreographers have resolved that words must be replaced by gestures within the choreographic design . |
| 16 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 17 | It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately . |
| 18 | The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs . |
| 19 | The person doing it does have scientific training , and the MD is more difficult than a PhD in that the supervisor does not take part in the examination . |
| 20 | On a glorious day like this , who could wish for anything more delightful than a walk in the park and a chance to share the secrets of Rainbow 's heart ? |
| 21 | It is arguable that this is a practical necessity given limited time and resources , but it is also arguable that a discontinuity in teaching methods and learning experiences is likely to result . |
| 22 | Most Secretaries of State only manage to tap the helm , giving Defence policy little more than a change in emphasis during their time in office . |
| 23 | Seven days a week he works on the new ski lodge in the woodlands overlooking the valley , his private quarters little more than a sleeping-bag in a back room behind the new reception area . |
| 24 | It 's even better money than you could earn in high season , so it is , but of course your father is n't Sir Thomas Bloody Breakspear and as rich as a pig in shit , so you need the money , while his Holiness here does n't . |
| 25 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 26 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 27 | Standing beside the water tank , on top of the caravan 's portable step , Pa looks as tall as a Zulu in his red stole ( brown , for me ) with the black umbrella held over his head at full stretch by Ma who is standing behind in the mud and wet with a white towel draped over her arm and her hair flat and all dark with water . |
| 28 | ‘ I shall be as tall as a house in a minute , ’ she said . |
| 29 | For a specimen of Muscovite of this shape Orowan found that the tensile strength was about 460,000 p.s.i. , that is to say nearly twenty times as strong as a specimen in which the cracks did not have to cross the planes of weakness . |
| 30 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |