Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've gone a little astray and a lot of it 's no doubt been your own fault . |
| 2 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was appalled that I wanted to study English and history , both of which he thought not only pointless but a danger to my identity . |
| 6 | So six and a half for that one . |
| 7 | A woman with many daughters and no sons is considered not only unfortunate but a carrier of misfortune . |
| 8 | Which which is why really at that th for the development funding they did the did n't particularly want I I P supporting because it is so structured and a lot of it is on a plate in a sense . |
| 9 | Swords which affect psychology are extremely useful and a Sword of Fortitude is a must for any Orc or Goblin army , as it makes the bearer and the unit he is with immune to fear , terror and panic . |
| 10 | She/he was ever so nice but a lot of the staff and nursing staff were right bastards to him . |
| 11 | His treatise was an attempt to argue that , despite what his critics said , this kind of religious experience was not only valid but a sign of God 's special favour . |
| 12 | Outside it was already dark and a squall of rain burst into the house when Peter opened the door . |
| 13 | That conclusion in a way seems rather obvious and a matter of common sense . |
| 14 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 15 | Biological media is totally unnecessary and a waste of space . |
| 16 | O'Rourke sells a lot more than Hot Press , he is a lot more entertaining and a hell of a lot more sincere , and I bet that O'Rourke makes a lot more money than the po-faced , sanctimonious utterances on plebs , puffs , poetry and Provos from the likes of gobshites like Higgins , McCann et al will ever generate . |
| 17 | Today the climate is totally different and a number of us can make some money from athletics — enough , at least , to enable us to devote all our time to it . |
| 18 | You 'll do me more good nor a bucket o' medicine . |
| 19 | Here the situation becomes more complex and a number of different possibilities need to be explored . |
| 20 | Indeed , nearly one in five of all temporary workers are under 20 and a quarter of all teenagers in the labour force work on a temporary basis . |
| 21 | Rehearsals were nearly complete and a replacement for her was out of the question at such short notice . |
| 22 | A study of simple programmes that encourage oscillation between growth and decline can be both instructive and a spur to the imagination . |
| 23 | Nearly 1,200 and a petition of 467 names objected . |
| 24 | His idea could help meet the common criticism that turbines are both noisy and a blot on the landscape . |
| 25 | They may be geometrically related , as previously described , geometrically independent or a combination of both . |
| 26 | Notice that this doubt is not purely spiritual , nor purely intellectual , nor purely emotional but a question of a subtle though complete change of heart . |
| 27 | basic of about eight and a half of something |
| 28 | Weiner regards this as irrational and a root of Britain 's weakness ; in fact these values fit closely with the dominance of other kinds of capitalistic activity in land , finance and empire . |
| 29 | Hugh Stuart , now 47 and a member of the winning Walker Cup Team at St. Andrews in 1971 , and Joe Carr , one of the great post-war amateurs and now , at 67 , using one of the new extended putters , defeated Bernard Hunt and Peter Mills by 3 & 2 but that was the players ' only success . |
| 30 | Human beings as we know are sexually dimorphic and tha that figure seems to fit the er the , the pattern , but erm women have a lot of characteristics that are peculiar to them , like for example erm more youthful looks , women will retain more youthful looks longer than men do and it is normally regarded as important and a lot of women spend an awful lot of money in the modern society on trying to remain erm looking er looking youthful . |