Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My method of writing and producing a play was as follows : being a little lazy and a great procrastinator , I would leave the writing of the Saturday night play until the day before , meanwhile working out the plot and sequence of scenes in my head . |
| 2 | It may appear rather odd that a book on an emerging language devotes a chapter to the process of translating meaning from that language to another and vice versa ( especially when this second language will be , virtually always , English ) , but the development of BSL , and its community of users is so bound up in its treatment by hearing people that it is essential to have some discussion on the matter . |
| 3 | When he thought about it , Nigel did find it a little odd that a photographer should return after he 'd finished a job . |
| 4 | You 've gone a little astray and a lot of it 's no doubt been your own fault . |
| 5 | Glancing with irritation at the cocky girl who was n't even properly French but a bourgeoise English snob with no clue about what was what . |
| 6 | On one level , it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read . |
| 7 | In the UK this is not only absurd but a waste of time . |
| 8 | It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast . |
| 9 | ‘ Nigel is so laid-back and a real joker but he works like hell and gets the horses very fit . |
| 10 | Their seven-wicket victory with seven overs to spare was only marginally less emphatic than a crushing 10-wicket triumph in the second match on Saturday . |
| 11 | There appears to be little evidence that as a society we have become so rich that a substantial number of people are at this point . |
| 12 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 13 | To this day , public fascination with the disaster remains so strong that a flourishinhg market has developed for Titanic memorabilia . |
| 14 | In some cases , preferences are relatively weak , so that two ordered results are produced ; in others , the preferences are so strong that a second result is not produced . |
| 15 | The museum , owned by U.S. Aerobatic Team member Kermit Weeks , was totally demolished by winds reported to have exceeded 200 mph — so strong that a DC-6 which had been parked at the airport was found over a mile away . |
| 16 | He was so low that a wing-tip touched the ground , causing a ground loop . |
| 17 | Already losses in fibre are so low that a light signal can travel well over 16 km before it halves in intensity ( a 3 dB loss ) . |
| 18 | There are a number of modelling programs suitable for use on microcomputers at a price which is so low that a complete system often costs less than the terminals used merely to communicate with larger computers . |
| 19 | Annie was a cheerful , tireless and obliging young lady who had a young man , a dowry in an old sock , and a helpful welcome for customers who were not only hard-up but a bit embarrassed . |
| 20 | One must stand in awe of the scientist so Promethean that a single obscenity is all that is needed to clarify and educate . |
| 21 | Remember that Fermi resonance is only possible when a fundamental and a second-order band have the same symmetry and are close together in energy . |
| 22 | Such a credulity-straining coincidence is only possible when a dybbuk pulls the strings . |
| 23 | If an animal can be looked after or rescued on the Sabbath day , then it seems somewhat strange that a person in need could not be helped . |
| 24 | The sequence was then interrupted by a flood that was so devastating that a new start had to be made and again kingship had to be ‘ lowered from heaven ’ . |
| 25 | Instead of seeking to contain royal power they were preoccupied with gaining the favour of the Grand Prince , or control of the government when the monarch was personally weak or a minor . |
| 26 | As many as one in five of the population attends an accident and emergency unit every year , yet staff shortages are so acute that a quarter of the 239 units in England and Wales do not have a trained consultant in charge . |
| 27 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 28 | In the words of one of them , the background noise was so loud that a rifle shot sounded comparable to ‘ the popping of a champagne cork amid the hubbub of a banquet ’ . |
| 29 | Moreover , the supporters of Morgan add , this should not lead to unmeritorious acquittals , because juries will not allow bogus defences to succeed : in Morgan itself the House of Lords was satisfied that the basis for the defence was so weak that a correctly directed jury would have found the defendants guilty . |
| 30 | This decision was somewhat controversial and a gloss was placed on it in Boyle v Kodak [ 1969 ] 1 WLR 661 . |