Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single mothers and separated mothers were the next largest groups at around 20 per cent each and widows and lone fathers ( of whom two thirds are divorced or separated and almost a quarter widows ) are the smallest groups . |
| 2 | Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships . |
| 3 | A pupil at Hummersknott School , she is studying for GCSEs and hopes to go on to do A levels in politics , economics and English and eventually a degree . |
| 4 | What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place . |
| 5 | And then , when I put the phone down again , it resumes its full natural flow , inside my head instead of outside , as perfectly articulate and well-modulated as only a voice inside one 's head has a chance to be . |
| 6 | She had just stood there , scarcely able to breathe , and aware that only a hair 's breadth of control separated her from a fury that would shake her to her soul . |