Example sentences of "a [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stewarts and Crazy Prices supermarkets are cashing in on the schooltime purchases with a bigger than ever range of bags and stationery . |
| 2 | The amount involved could have funded a dozen or so investigations of the social implications of the reduced rail network , or it could have kept open one of Serpell 's threatened stations — Stratford-upon-Avon , for example — for a year . |
| 3 | Toby had a cupboard there in which he threw his golf clubs , normally with a high degree of disgust , and where he kept a dozen or so bottles of wine . |
| 4 | He passed the same group of children playing on the rocks and was surrounded , as on the previous day , by a dozen or so pairs of inquisitive hands , young but not so innocent . |
| 5 | So I live with a constant and uncomely reminder of folly and failure , and no doubt it does me good . |
| 6 | It 's commonly held that instruments are generally better made these days — even the cheap ones — and one of the prime benefits of this is that the purchaser has a better than even chance of buying a worthwhile instrument , regardless of cost . |
| 7 | At the time when the Hundred Years war broke out , a defender had a more than even chance of beating off an attack . |
| 8 | Vets who cut out 10ft of his gut to cure colic on November 25 gave him a less than even chance of survival . |
| 9 | Previous issues from November 1990 to the last edition show that the major features have been on Gabby and Steffi , Zvereva and Martina and Monica , Capriati and Monica , Anke , Jana Novotna and Arantxa respectively , evidence of a fair and even representation of all women players by Tennis World . |
| 10 | It was home to a million or so settlers of European origin , the so-called " pieds noirs " . |
| 11 | Routine administrative functions were sited in the free-standing towns and cities within a hundred or so miles of London . |