Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had come to France ( in which he spent more than half his life as king of England ) and had , as contemporaries recognised , achieved considerable conquests , something which his predecessors had never done on that scale or within so short a period of time . |
| 2 | Rhoda would open the tin and foil once a week or at least once a fortnight before Christmas to soak the cloth with more bourbon before resealing it . |
| 3 | If you do not use an object once a day , or at least once a week , it does not deserve prime storage space ( that is within easy reach and somewhere between knee and eye level ) . |
| 4 | The original conception of ‘ the return of Mrs. Porter ’ would be pointless , or at least only a prolongation of horror , since life itself and the regeneration of it are seen , at bottom , as hideous . |
| 5 | It was , wrote the best-known and most influential of them , the Abbe de Saint-Pierre , ‘ that vain Idol to which the Nations have Sacrificed so blindly , so fruitlessly , and for so long a Time , so much Blood and Treasure ’ . |
| 6 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 7 | The assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo on 28 June set the European powers at each other 's throats , and in little over a month Great Britain was at war with Germany . |
| 8 | With a compulsion to work that must have been almost the equal of that of Van Gogh , he plunged into print-making and in too short a time had effectively burnt himself out . |
| 9 | Such experiences are too few and far between , and in too early a stage of development to demonstrate their effectiveness . |
| 10 | And over how long a period should the migration be taken . |
| 11 | Given the CEGB 's assertion that it might take ‘ decades or even centuries ’ for soils to recover , Robert Jones MP wanted to know , ‘ is that not all the more reason for getting on with it as quickly as possible and on as wide a scale as possible ? , |
| 12 | Quotation is my only means of conveying something of that artistry , of the essence of Boulestin 's writing , of his intelligence , sense and taste , of his ease of style , un-scolding , un-pompous , un-sarcastic , ineffusive , and to so high a degree inspiriting and creative . |
| 13 | Environmental intelligence is usually provided too late in the decision process and at too high a level in the hierarchy … . |
| 14 | Consultations at the highest political level shall take place as often as required , and at least once a year . |
| 15 | Her sisters-in-law excluded her from their gossip ; the servants behaved towards her with greater formality and at least once a day she was summoned to Dona Marguerita 's room to sit with her and listen to her talking about the family 's history and her hopes and ambitions for João . |
| 16 | Accumulation of dirt and refuse , often a source of odour nuisance , must be removed from floors daily and at least once a week floors must be cleaned . |
| 17 | Eva would drink champagne and watch television in bed , which shocked me , and at least once a week she said she was determined to take us all to London for good . |
| 18 | In addition , the schoolmaster was obliged to say Mass each Sunday and holy day , and at least twice a week , at the altar of St John the Baptist in the parish church . |
| 19 | I did a lot of my socialising at the barracks and at least twice a week would stagger down the King 's Road towards my bedsit . |
| 20 | The only difference I can find lies in the darker , more spiteful vision of the new film , and the fact that the cast seems almost manically inclined to get through it all as fast as possible and at as high a pitch as the Dolby Stereo can cope with . |
| 21 | But at least once a week , they hunt for meat . |