Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pumping Station at this village on the River Witham near Tattershall was built to drain the surrounding land because shrinkage of the peat ( see Holme Fen ) has left the surface level lower than the rivers . |
| 2 | Obviously the City boys are a bit fussier than the country boys about when they play . |
| 3 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 4 | ‘ He got a bit upset when the bowels did n't work and let me know it , ’ he recalls . |
| 5 | The use of the relay at this point may seem a bit odd as the switching could be electronically activated , but the use of a mechanical relay introduces a small but desirable time variation ( as well as possible bounce ! ) in the duration of the relays closure and so helps in enhancing the random operation of IC6 during the short time that the VCO is producing its high frequency output . |
| 6 | One leg was a bit shorter than the other , I think . |
| 7 | ‘ The case of the customer who simply removes goods from the shelves is of course different because the basis on which a supermarket is run is that customers certainly have the consent of the owner to take goods from the shelves and take them to the checkout point there to pay the proper price for them . |
| 8 | They changed that , so the money er it 's a bit different than the Maxwell , the money has n't been erm a switched over to the Cayman Islands and all over the place , it 's it 's stayed in , in the but of course we 're told by the trustees and by our legal advice that nothing illegal 's taken place , the money 's been used to st er finance early voluntary retirement etcetera , etcetera . |
| 9 | And now I am going to have to tell you WHAT TO DO and WHAT NOT TO DO , but this time it 's a bit different because the DOs and DON'Ts that I am going to give you may easily SAVE YOUR LIFE . |
| 10 | This tiny car — it 's a foot shorter than a Mini — might be the breath of fresh air Europe 's choked and choking cities have been looking for . |
| 11 | Also important is the limited availability of alternative sources for retailer 2 once the first agreement is signed . |
| 12 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 13 | These horses have a Jockey Club official handicap rating that merits carrying a weight lower than the minimum weight allotted for a race . |
| 14 | I found it boring , self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it 's based . |
| 15 | Though this model has the same excellent Vibram sole as the S-SB3 L GTX , this does not confer the same walking characteristics as the boot is much more flexible and has much less lateral foot support . |
| 16 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Things were looking very bad because the lowest estimate we received for putting the club right after the fire was £180,000 . |
| 18 | He was much paler himself , and looked a good deal sicker than the red-cheeked young man . |
| 19 | When a candidate is preparing to be interviewed ‘ on air ’ , there is usually a period of five to 10 minutes before the interview proper when a live satellite link will be sent back to network headquarters . |
| 20 | The Court declared such practice unconstitutional as the black schools were invariable inferior . |
| 21 | Theorem 1.2.5 If a , b c ε Z are such that |
| 22 | Figure 8.2 As the tethered female cricket walks along the Y-maze it moves beneath her feet . |
| 23 | Although Buddie seemed to loom like a lusty giant over Frankie , he was a good deal shorter than the other men who worked around Old Ashfield . |
| 24 | She closed the front door , and from her rocking walk Jess realized that one of her legs must be a good deal shorter than the other . |
| 25 | I 'm afraid it 's a good deal classier than the tumble-down old Pullmans I 've found for the rest of you . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , where specific goods are to be weighed or tested , etc. , by some person other than the seller , property will pass under Rule 1 or Rule 2 unless the parties have agreed otherwise . |
| 27 | There were no houses , no people , no hills , and not a rock bigger than a cricket ball . |
| 28 | Meredith was frozen , her mind numb as the meaning of his words sank in . |
| 29 | Finally , you will get slightly improved sound insulation as well — although for best results you need an air gap bigger than the 20mm maximum usually found in sealed units , and you may want to consider having secondary acoustic double glazing as well . |
| 30 | You 're never alone with Club 18–30 because a Clubrep is always nearby 24 hours a day . |