Example sentences of "'s [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that water levels on the Alaskan coast , caused by tsunami , earthquake-related tidal waves , have risen over three hundred feet but this only happens when the sea-bed shallows close inshore : in the deep sea , although the tsunami can travel tremendously fast , two , perhaps three , hundred miles an hour , it 's rarely more than a ripple on the surface of the water . |
| 2 | It 's less common than a beef tapeworm , but more dangerous , because its larvae will settle into almost any part of the body , including eyes . |
| 3 | It 's less formal than the consulting-room . ’ |
| 4 | He 's much taller than the woman , and she sort of hangs from his neck when they kiss , stretching up on tiptoe to reach him . |
| 5 | It 's much cheaper than the show products . |
| 6 | I tell you something , it 's much better than the operating table ! |
| 7 | It 's extremely noisy because the surfacing at one stage just did n't take properly for all sorts of reasons the traffic along there is increasing quite dramatically and I hope that will be part of those schemes . |
| 8 | I mean you ask what it 's like erm being a member of the majority Labour group , being the leader of the City Council , it 's extremely hard work , it 's an enormous responsibility , and on many occasions it 's extremely frustrating because the amount of freedom that the City Council has to decide its policy and decide its spending priorities is reducing all the time . |
| 9 | Kingsley says he 's not sure whether the hunger is there to win for the second year . |
| 10 | It 's not easy When the wind is force two or three — but by now it is blowing force six with a sea state to match and it is becoming dangerous . |
| 11 | ‘ The road 's usually clear until the river floods its banks . |
| 12 | It 's always sad when a figure of fun , an easy target for a laugh , disappears into oblivion . |
| 13 | But it 's still cheaper than a pub . |
| 14 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 15 | It 's more dangerous because a mammoth was near . |
| 16 | It 's more ridiculous than a coincidence . |
| 17 | She 's more fat than a chip and he 's feeding her tons of stuff . |
| 18 | ‘ There are two routes , one being to take advantage of the Sunday trading debate , which we could turn around with slogans like ‘ Church — it 's more fun than a DIY shed ’ . |
| 19 | We used to picnic below Michel 's tower , it was shut up — they told us it belonged to a French man of letters — it 's more sheltered than the villa . |
| 20 | Do you think a four-poster 's more erotic than a divan ? |
| 21 | Your bum 's hardly bigger than a fist . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’ |
| 23 | No wonder she feels she ought to hold onto it , especially since she 's also uncertain whether the bike remains hers while someone borrows it . |
| 24 | It 's slightly higher than the other . |
| 25 | And for the gentlest simmer you have ever seen , you choose a pan that 's slightly smaller than the Disc and the heat will spread evenly through the base of the pan . |
| 26 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 27 | He 's as odd as the rest of them really . |
| 28 | For one inclusive price you can enjoy the thrills of the Astroglide ( a six-lane slide that 's as tall as a house ) , roller-coaster , Western train ride , adventure play area plus roundabouts specially for the very young . |
| 29 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 30 | My left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |