Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] a [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where only a proportion of the damage has occurred since we have been on cover , we should pay the cost of the underpinning , subject to the adequacy of the sum insured and the policy excess . |
| 2 | ISF officials are selecting researchers on the basis of the quality and quantity of their published output ( see Nature 362 , 95 ; 1993 ) , although only a portion of the 35,000 who are eligible are applying for money to keep their laboratories going . |
| 3 | Section 2 to read : The Coordinator as part of his/her responsibility is part Area Secretary for a geographical area with no more than approximately a quarter of a million population . |
| 4 | And Liberal leader Paddy Ashdown 's popularity actually increased after the revelation that he 'd dipped more than just a toe into the typing pool . |
| 5 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 6 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 8 | The full story of the WM & CR is more than just a recalling of the day-to-day running of a railway . |
| 9 | This disagreement between the different schools of thought is more than just a storm in an academic teacup . |
| 10 | Cairo is too far away to be anything more than just a stake in the ground against IBM/Apple Computer Inc while the hoopla surrounding Windows For Workgroups is meant to distract attention away from an increasingly late NT . |
| 11 | The haircut , however , evolved into far more than just a one-off for a TV series . |
| 12 | Now need you help , because they hope to offer a lot more than just a roof over the heads . |
| 13 | ‘ But we did n't mind a bit , a job here was so much more than just a means to an end , it was never a case of them and us . |
| 14 | But was it ever more than just a project for a project ? |
| 15 | But this is more than just a taste of the past . |
| 16 | A team , according to Adair ( 1986 ) , is more than just a group with a common aim . |
| 17 | ( The proportion of those with a formal education ascribing influence to the government was lower than that in the United States and in Britain , albeit still a majority among the university-educated ) . |
| 18 | Scientific studies carried out a few years ago revealed that regular sunbed users ( those using a bed more than once a week over a period of a few years ) now have a condition called skin fragility syndrome . |
| 19 | With the reading of Hippolytus and the cracking of the outer shell of his cheerful , hard-working , no-nonsense self , introspection was running riot and ‘ spiritualism ’ — by which he clearly meant dabbling in affairs of the spirit rather than solely a preoccupation with the dead — had , by the summer of 1929 , taken a firm grip on him . |
| 20 | In doing this , they make it easier to understand why some form of local government continues to survive as more than simply a creature of the centre . |
| 21 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 22 | The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years . |
| 23 | Wide wooden verandas often surrounded a house on all four sides , although sometimes a part of the veranda had been enclosed to provide extra living space . |
| 24 | Although outwardly a man of the Establishment , Bill McEwan Younger had the self-confidence to adopt unorthodox views which stood the test of time . |
| 25 | If only a portion of the balance is to be switched into another currency , the service will take two working days , using the exchange rate quoted at the requested time of transfer . |
| 26 | She seemed ready to attend one of those cocktail parties where she smeared her lips on cheeks and glasses and cigarettes and napkins and biscuits and cocktail sticks until barely a foot of the room was not decorated in red . |
| 27 | Few of these were memorable , but in a fiercely competitive profession Reagan was a notable success even if never a star of the front rank . |
| 28 | Because quite a lot of the peasants did n't |
| 29 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 30 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |