Example sentences of "was [adv] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was saying that the proportion of advertising expenditure given was for that in the two lowest tar groups , which was rather less than the proportion of total sales . |
| 2 | And that was rather less than the effect these fashion fancies had on Third World local economies . |
| 3 | Yet , unlike the middle class , the worker was rarely more than a hair 's breadth removed from the pauper , and insecurity was therefore constant and real . |
| 4 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 5 | We had to pay a $300 cash deposit , refundable on delivery , or entirely lost if there was so much as a cigarette burn in the carpet . |
| 6 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 7 | It was perhaps more than the chill air that flushed the parson 's cheeks as he bent to fasten his skates . |
| 8 | But Lij Yasu 's partiality for Islam was apparently more than a question of convenience . |
| 9 | And her beauty was already more than a promise . |
| 10 | Clive was already less than a ghost , less than a memory . |
| 11 | And his will was that the slave , the young man who was scarcely more than a boy , should somehow die for his brief moment of rebellion . |
| 12 | THE audience that turned up for the recital of British violin sonatas was scarcely more than a sprinkling , which made one despair of our unadventurous public . |
| 13 | If Labour offered only a feeble challenge , the Alliance was scarcely more than a rabble . |
| 14 | The ‘ development risks ’ defence is available where the defendant shows ‘ that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control . ’ |
| 15 | ( c ) Where the defendant can show that : " the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control " ( s. 4(1) ( e ) ) . |
| 16 | Section 4(1) ( e ) states as follows : ( e ) that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control … |
| 17 | Secretary of State for Social Services , ex parte CPAG , ( [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 1047 ) the Court of Appeal affirmed a decision of the High Court in which the trial judge had said that the practicability of such speedy decision making was not such that the Secretary of State was required to appoint sufficient adjudication officers to enable claims to be decided within 14 days , and recognized that workloads may lead to delays beyond the time limit expressed in the Social Security Act 1975 . |
| 18 | His face was not more than a foot away from hers and his dark brown eyes were smiling into hers . |
| 19 | Lord Jauncey stated that the issue was whether clause 3 amounted to an unlawful and invalid fetter on TBL 's statutory power to increase its share capital or whether it was not more than an agreement between shareholders about their manner of voting in a given situation . |
| 20 | They have played some great football and it was not more than the team deserved , and was great reward for manager Doug Williams in his first year in charge . |
| 21 | As the employer dictated the contract of employment there was usually little or no liability . |
| 22 | One may doubt whether this was ever more than a schoolboy game . |
| 23 | There was always more than a hint , of course , that the real source of anxiety was that the bicycle might be enlarging the freedom of women in undesirable directions , because both in terms of class and sex the bicycle was a great leveller . |
| 24 | Alina peered toward the lake , which was hardly more than a sliver on the horizon . |
| 25 | It was hardly more than a flicker in the eyes , but suddenly Ruth felt she glimpsed Adam again , her own brother , looking out at her desperately . |
| 26 | The inquest was hardly more than a formality , the verdict an inevitability . |
| 27 | Vine Street itself appeared to be a short cul-de-sac that was hardly more than an alley , and mostly dominated along one side by the towering rear facade of some big hotel . |
| 28 | Their pay , expressed in pence per 1000 ens , varied , but was still less than a man 's . |
| 29 | Over a long period then , the cost of elections was still more than the cost of the permanent organization , and this cost was so great as to rule out all but a tiny minority . |
| 30 | She was clearly more than a shop assistant . |