Example sentences of "[adv] by a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anderston was a warren of narrow gas-lit streets , of tenements linked together by a spider 's web of overhead tram wires , swaying in the wind above the cobbles . |
| 2 | Yes , that was how he would draw them : soldered together by a mother 's love . |
| 3 | Martin Rosenbaum , the family adviser , added : ‘ This very narrow decision by the court shows that the Government can hang on to its defence of corporal punishment only by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 4 | Martin Rosenbaum , the family adviser , added : ‘ This very narrow decision by the court shows that the Government can hang on to its defence of corporal punishment only by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 5 | It featured a Carolyn no less real than herself : her double , her living image , separated from her only by a second 's timing in a rainsoaked dash across Leap Lane . |
| 6 | The condition requires the deposit to be paid only by a banker 's draft or solicitors ' cheque . |
| 7 | The problem may be solved just by a solicitor 's letter , though in many cases court action is needed . |
| 8 | Should the head be removed accidentally by a farmer 's hedge cutter , or purposely by a political hooligan , the stout stalk can be recycled . |