Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl who picked Pascoe up was a tall redhead in a glove-leather halter top and a skirt no bigger than a broad belt . |
| 2 | two cars in a circle a black and a red one |
| 3 | It consisted mainly of a large area of more or less flat heathland that was in places marshy and out of which rose the only hill to be found here , the broad , low Knamber Foin that looked from a distance no more than a heap of stones . |
| 4 | ‘ Is a fiddle the same as a violin ? ’ she whispered . |
| 5 | It is also very preparation for climbing , since balance and swing are crucial , especially when you have to swing up six feet and balance on a ledge no wider than a fingernail … . and as for amateur dramatics — you should see some of our training sessions ! |
| 6 | A scientist tells me : ‘ It will come in a size no larger than a Calor Gas cylinder . |
| 7 | ‘ What seems now a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand could turn out to be yet another inflationary and political storm for a government that could do without either . ’ |
| 8 | In time , a cloud no bigger than a man 's hand produced a thunderstorm . |
| 9 | In a garden no bigger than a pint pot , Bill moran proves that small can always be beautiful . |
| 10 | Some are so high that they enable their makers to detect the presence of a wire no thicker than a human hair stretched across their flyway . |
| 11 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |