Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A vicious circle devel-ops , weight fluctuations being as much as 10lbs in a couple of days .
2 The production of multiple copies of the same material , such as parts for a church choir , is specifically banned by the Act .
3 His magic , the magic of uncovering a man who had trod the land that I now trod , who died and was laid in the chalk 3,000 years ago , had been little more than pages in a notebook : another find in the ceaseless archaeological round .
4 Is it fair that some people earn much more than others in a market economy ?
5 Mr Wise 's Mill continued to make cloth for some time , although it is not clear whether the firm of Ellis and Apperly , who were later recorded there , were more than tenants for a while .
6 Religions as sociological entities are not meant to be more than stepping-stones to an appreciation of the profound Mystery at the heart of reality .
7 They constitute no more than pointers towards an agenda for more detailed , empirical research .
8 But there are four reasons why these years should not be used as anything more than points on a continuum .
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