Example sentences of "in [det] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In little more than a year 's time the forest will be gone and there 'll be farms in its place . ’ |
| 2 | Coming into the event at Walton Heath , Murray was languishing in 71st place on the Order of Merit , but worse than that , he had also been warned that an arthritic condition called spondylitis could force him out of the game in little more than a year . |
| 3 | Quite apart from the adverse opinion polls , they were conscious that Britain was in the midst of its second deep recession in little more than a decade . |
| 4 | In little more than a decade , its operating systems have won dominance in the personal-computer industry . |
| 5 | She spoke in little more than a whisper : ‘ Is it possible to speak to Comrade Levkovich ? |
| 6 | When he spoke again , it was in little more than a whisper . |
| 7 | ‘ You — you want me to — to live with you , Felipe ? ’ she asked in little more than a whisper . |
| 8 | An outbreak of scarlet fever had taken the nine-year-old twins in little more than a week . |
| 9 | But here too , room for manoeuvre is limited : the long-term nature of most major weapon programmes is such that few can be brought to a successful conclusion in much less than a decade , and in some cases even longer . |
| 10 | Such models attempt to clarify the relationships between the variables that influence the buying situation , and may assist the marketer to predict the outcome of change in any one or a number of purchase variables . |