Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must have been rich then a couple of years ago ? |
| 2 | Even so , I suspect that the visit of Pope next month would n't have been possible even a couple of decades ago . |
| 3 | Emily drank the tea , suddenly aware of the incongruity of the situation : here she was , sitting in the kitchen like one of the servants , something that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago . |
| 4 | Film actors are not the only ones getting vastly rich : some pop stars command sums that would have been unthinkable only a decade ago . |
| 5 | But while Kaohsiung 's attention to quality is not unique to Yamaha ( and we should n't forget that lower rejection rates also benefit the manufacturer , translating into lower cost per unit ) , their pioneering attitude , honouring quality above all else , has helped raise the standard of Far Eastern guitars to levels which would have been unthinkable only a few years ago . |
| 6 | She 's enjoying herself , we met her at John 's house I felt nervous this morning for sleeping home late although in fact I have been awake quite a lot in between , but |
| 7 | I mean I walk around the town and I see a factory or a shop or a house , it only got to be empty about a week and all the windows are smashed . |
| 8 | A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance . |
| 9 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
| 10 | To be effective therefore a framework must be set up which will allow expense to be apportioned and identified and variations detected . |
| 11 | If the leadership of educational institutions is to be effective then a number of fundamental changes are needed . |
| 12 | Olive trees can grow to be well over a thousand years old . ’ |
| 13 | Will you kiss me , or will you be unkind just a little while ? |
| 14 | A three-hour three-course lunch saturated with gin and tonic , Chablis and Rémy-Martin might be enjoyable once a month , but more frequently becomes a dangerous chore . |
| 15 | Many situations where the glider is very low and flying slowly are insoluble quite a time before the accident actually happens . |
| 16 | Such obtuseness would have been common enough a few years ago . |
| 17 | Marion Howells and her daughter Kayleigh were asleep just a few feet from a window which was shattered by the blasts . |
| 18 | Ironically perhaps , supplies of some semiconductors which were popular only a few years ago seem to have completely dried up , whereas most valves of around 50 years ago are still available . |
| 19 | The way it was done , with absolutely no warning , was traumatic for the staff and startling for its subscribers , of whom there were well over a million . |
| 20 | And as I recall as a child there were well over a hundred ponies down Pit at that time , because during the nineteen twenty one strike they brought them all up to the surface and put them in the fields and I used to go with my father to sort of look after them . |
| 21 | LEFT Home computers were unheard-of only a couple of decades ago ; now they have become routine magic' . |
| 22 | she is deaf twice a day |
| 23 | If the appreciation is high enough and the price is possible then a purchase results . |
| 24 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 25 | Other diversions include a sauna and steam bath which is free once a week , but otherwise is payable locally . |
| 26 | Facilities include an indoor pool which opens onto a large garden , a solarium , sauna ( which is free twice a week ) and sun terrace . |
| 27 | On the other hand , if the grass material is dark then a longer exposure is desirable . |
| 28 | No free oxygen is present so a different set of reactions takes place ; the atoms rearrange themselves , seeking the most thermodynamically stable combinations . |
| 29 | Top 40 Hits , for instance , only lists records that entered the US Top 40 up to July 27 , 1991 and thus is well over a year in arrears . |
| 30 | er the figure is well over a thousand pounds . |