Example sentences of "and [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as lifeless and rigid as a piece of sculpture ; dispelling the illusion of flight . |
| 2 | After the sober belches of the shoe-gazing clique ( itself a knee-jerk reaction to the brash swagger of baggydom ) , The Franks came across like circus clowns pissing around in a casualty department , all charmingly naive , astoundingly cheerful and dafter than a boardroom of brushes . |
| 3 | However , the team considered that some independent assessment was desirable and appropriate where a project of this magnitude was involved . |
| 4 | The intended words might be able to be suggested for examples 1 and 4 if a method of whole word recognition were employed , because sleep and steep , boots and books have the same overall shape . |
| 5 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 6 | Brooks Brothers ' past success was based on the personal touch and more than a soupcon of snobbery . |
| 7 | WITH CHARACTERISTIC PRECISION AND MORE THAN A SOUPÇON OF INSPIRATION , THE SWISS CREATED THE DUROMATIC |
| 8 | During this time we organized two national conferences for students with disabilities and more than a handful of steadily more accessible conferences for lesbians and gays . |
| 9 | Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference . |
| 10 | The smile was still there , but behind it now was a hint of trouble , and more than a hint of tiredness . |
| 11 | A fruit and vegetable mixture with a delicately balanced flavour and more than a hint of summer . |
| 12 | His voice was as flat and heavy as a sheet of lead . |
| 13 | At present north Belfast and Newtownabbey contain less than five per cent of the office space in Greater Belfast : much less than is contained in the small area around the university and less than a quarter of that found in east Belfast . |
| 14 | Pavel was feeling as loose and unconnected as a bag of spanners , and with about as much energy . |
| 15 | ‘ Take these grains as my blessing , and may your days be as bright and continuous as a garland of flowers . ’ |
| 16 | What the critics say about Oscar ‘ As black and satisfying as a pint of Guinness ’ The Independent ‘ brilliant and disturbing ’ Sunday Times , about Anne ‘ Sharp and idiosyncratic ’ The Guardian . |
| 17 | Enya , as ever , is dressed in a simple but elegant style , straight and sturdy as young reed and sharp as a blade of grass . |
| 18 | The sky darkened and the moon came out , going from full into its last quarter , and bright as a chunk of Wensleydale cheese . |
| 19 | His voice became as thin and insubstantial as a trail of smoke . |