Example sentences of "with [adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly the Lords have been cautious and , apart from Rhodesian sanctions , have avoided a head-on clash with Labour when a Labour Government had a clear majority in the Commons . |
| 2 | Now I look at the confident sexual swagger of young men with more than a faint envy . |
| 3 | The widely-held fears stem from the reasonable assumption that an independent or a devolved Scotland would be incapable of existing without considerable handouts from Whitehall and would have an administration with more than a left-wing tinge . |
| 4 | Thomson recreates the Australian Fifties with more than a cursory skill and catches the censorious , more petit bourgeois than the English tone of the times well enough to convince . |
| 5 | ‘ I take it then that you neither have children of your own , nor indeed a hotel , ’ she said now , with more than a slight trace of sarcasm . |
| 6 | His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden . |
| 7 | Numbers of influential visitors to Germany , mostly connected with commerce , the aristocracy , or both , came back with more than a little sympathy for what Hitler was achieving . |
| 8 | In teacher-training colleges lecturers have new theories of history that do away with the learning of ‘ facts ’ in favour of imaginative identification with more than a little colouring from the modern stereotypes that possess their own imagination . |
| 9 | The policemen on the cordon had lifted the barrier-pole to let the small convoy of police cars and vans past , ignoring with more than a little impatience the fusillade of questions thrown at them by the remaining newspeople . |
| 10 | As for the pieds noirs , his attitude was tinged with more than a little contempt : he did not think that " southern types " like them could threaten his regime . |
| 11 | Broadly speaking , the support of Parliament for any government with more than a nominal majority can be taken for granted and ministers come to the House to explain their policies , put through their bills , counter opposition propaganda and keep their supporters happy . |
| 12 | He reflected that in his twenty year association with the Institution the lifeboat fleet had been adapted to cope with an increasing variety of casualties , from being tailored to serve merchant and fishing vessels it was now dealing with more than an equal number of calls from the holiday maker and the pleasure sailor . |
| 13 | Indeed , the Colonel saw no reason to answer his wife with more than an equivocal smile . |
| 14 | Administrators also reacted with less than a becoming degree of sympathy to the problems of neighbouring agricultural peoples whose population was outstripping their resources in land . |
| 15 | Fitzgerald chief and B&WR Finance Director Peter Fitzgerald said : ‘ BR can not run traffic with less than a full train . |
| 16 | Only , next day , he rode to Famagusta with less than a light heart , to lead his men to the end of the game . |
| 17 | As a general guideline it would not be worthwhile for people with less than an absolute minimum of £5,000 to invest per stock . |