Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the pillar , the 26-year-old guide picked up a new sack of food and popped across to the Freney face to solo a new direct version of the Central Pillar ( Chris Bonington 's finest hour ) . |
| 2 | What the fuck did that matter , better a live queer … |
| 3 | This is sometimes regarded as old fashioned thinking , unfortunately , and it 's a shame , for although clothes do n't actually make you perform better a good comfortable appearance does give the panel a chance to see how you see yourself and how your body uses clothes . |
| 4 | Better a sleek elegant automobile than an ugly box on wheels . |
| 5 | Suddenly a small single-decker bus appeared at a corner not far away . |
| 6 | She was making her way happily toward the roped-in square from which the fancy-dress competitors were to start their parade when suddenly a big black alsatian dog bounded up to her . |
| 7 | We had been on holiday in Scotland and I was doing the washing on the Monday when suddenly a huge black cloud seemed to descend — a mass of fear , anxiety and utter depression . ’ |
| 8 | Suddenly a bright green glow pulsed through the trees up ahead . |
| 9 | Some of it misses and there 's suddenly a livid green stain around her mouth and down her front . |
| 10 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
| 11 | I work the same as the rest of them ; I 'm very much a working Head Gardener as opposed to a white-collar Head Gardener . |
| 12 | They are worth a great deal even today , because of the familiar insinuations that Eliot was as much a political reactionary as a religious bigot . |
| 13 | With reference to the official statistics , Durkheim did this first of all by regarding the rates compiled by officials in the pursuance of their routine duties as not so much a simple factual registration of certain types of death , but as indicators of a " suicidogenic " current caused by various states of society itself . |
| 14 | This is very much a '50s rock'n'roll-type intro which consists of a combination of 4th double stops , two note bends ( 6-♭7 , over static b3s ) and full chords ( B7b9 and E7 ) . |
| 15 | Neutral commentators may disagree about exactly how much a statutory minimum wage would increase unemployment , but they all agree that it would increase it by between 64,000 and 500,000 . |
| 16 | It was very much a brash young man 's piece — I was 24 when I wrote it . |
| 17 | And look for long and , like one of Cézanne 's views of the Mediterranean , the water seems as much a vertical blue screen as a horizontal lake . |
| 18 | This is n't so much a brave new world , more a retrained version of the old one . |
| 19 | Therefore , earth tones are very much a favourite combining terracotta and golds with rich spice colours . |
| 20 | Polymerisation may be induced when the phospholipids are in the solid state , dispersed in aqueous solutions to form vesicles , arranged as a monolayer at an air-water interface , deposited as multilayers on a suitable support — eg a hydrophobic biomaterial such as polyvinylchloride or polyethylene , or following the biosynthetic incorporation of diacetylenic fatty acids into the membranes of living cells . |
| 21 | A local authority may therefore bring proceedings : ( i ) to prevent parents from removing a child accommodated by the local authority under voluntary arrangements where a return home is likely to harm the child significantly ; ( ii ) to protect a child who has been significantly harmed in the past where this is likely to happen again because , for example , a parent is known to abuse in certain recurring circumstances ; ( iii ) to protect a child who has never been harmed where the family history clearly places him at risk , eg a new born or a child reaching an age at which other children in the family have been harmed . |
| 22 | Apparently a Western Civil Engineer had determined that a most of the branch line stations concerned , the platform clearances were more generous and in any case , the limited motive power requirements for these lines could be covered by inside cylinder tender engines . |
| 23 | In the installation ceremonies of the Divine King of the Shilluk tribe of the southern Sudan one of the most cherished items in the ceremonial regalia is now apparently a Scottish international rugby cap — one of the more exotic relics of the British colonial legacy in Africa . |
| 24 | The motor is basically a closed-loop hydraulic control system which derives its input from a small conventional electrical stepping motor . |
| 25 | It was basically a Roman Catholic movement with substantial Protestant support and sympathy . |
| 26 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 27 | I love it because it 's Christian and Christmas to me is basically a traditional Christian festival , and that 's the part of it that I enjoy . |
| 28 | The oral shield is somewhat variable in shape but is basically a rounded rhombic or triangular with a wide distal edge which may be slightly indented ; all are separated . |
| 29 | I believe there are several thousand States in Ireland now and I see the sense of locality that has always dominated here as basically a time-serving National identity . |
| 30 | Here both buttocks and the far side of the back are visible in what is basically a simple three-quarter view of the figure ; one leg is in strict profile , while the other is seen almost from a frontal position . |