Example sentences of "a [adv] [det] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon . |
| 3 | A little less than a year ago , the Labour leader of Leeds City Council , Jon Trickett , unveiled plans for a transformation of the city 's central shopping streets . |
| 4 | Despite a tug of interest he moved away , and after a little less than a minute Alison returned . |
| 5 | Diderot was a provincial , from Langres in Champagne , where his father was a master cutler , who would eventually leave him a comfortable inheritance , a little less than the salary of a professor at the Sorbonne . |
| 6 | He stayed in the overtaking lane , averaging only a little less than the car 's maximum speed , the quadruple headlights sweeping a path for the commanding prow of the Jaguar . |
| 7 | It was his desire to play the Senior Tour and his love of golf which has given the Notts professional the inspiration to overcome his terrible injuries and pick up where he left off a little more than a year ago . |
| 8 | Since opening the gates to the Magic Kingdom a little more than a year ago , Euro Disney has been beset by a series of much-publicised problems : poor attendance , labour disputes , French snobbery and pan-European discontent over high prices and long queues . |
| 9 | After a little more than a year , she alone had transformed it into a place where the children could play in safety , a stretch of patchy grass with a few well-cared-for roses round its border , and an immensely high wall skirting the garden from one end to the other . |
| 10 | When the Minister made it clear a little more than a year ago that he was changing his attitude towards the Government of Syria , he said that he was able to do so because there was no known connection with terrorist organisations , such as that involving the appalling man , Jibril . |
| 11 | Although it is often treated as a little more than a menu system , the Windows Program Manager is a flexible organising tool for the Windows environment . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's time he was a little more than a fiancé , in my opinion . |
| 13 | In a few lines , just a little more than a note , he had told her that Maria was depressed . |
| 14 | The wound of entry was small and I 'd say the gun was held at a little more than an inch from the chap 's neck . ’ |
| 15 | Alex Yorke got back to his apartment a little more than an hour later . |
| 16 | The two year deal took nine months to negotiate , according to Neuron Data chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Perez , and is worth a little more than the company 's entire turnover for the month of December last year — see below . |
| 17 | Eighty billion dollars was a little more than the mind of Colt could cope with . |
| 18 | Mercury 's perihelion advanced a little more than the theory said it ought to . |