Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | a great waste ground of four miles broad and more … and the side thereof that lieth towards England is the common pasture of the uttermost inhabited towns of England , and the side thereof towards Scotland is so wet a moss or marshy ground that it will neither bear corn nor serve for the pasture of any cattle , also their way scarcely any man pass over it . |
| 2 | But you do n't have to be as colourful a performer or as vivid a personality as these two to make an interesting subject . |
| 3 | Neither case is an authority on how serious a discrepancy or inaccuracy has to be for a challenge on the ground of mistake to succeed . |
| 4 | The box insulates and prevents too rapid a rise or fall in water temperature , and the blanket assists this . |
| 5 | She 'd been feeling sick a morning or two , but not so as it interfered with her work , and no one remarked on it . |
| 6 | The most interesting example though is of a man whose name was probably Barathes ; he is described as a Palmyrene , from Syria , and also as a vexillarius , most likely a manufacturer or merchant of military standards , although the possibility that he was a standard-bearer can not be entirely ruled out . |
| 7 | Never before have I had so good a time or taken so little medicine . ’ |
| 8 | The dinosaurs can have Scafell until they die out , then if anyone can still be bothered to walk ( ! ) up there , I 'm sure a line or two of bolts would n't go amiss . |
| 9 | Today 's judgement means that banks in future must make sure a spouse or partner is directly informed of risks . |
| 10 | He got married a year or two later and had a son and a daughter . |
| 11 | It is difficult to believe that she was not embalmed and Elizabeth Southwell , a minor courtier , relates how Lord Cecil ordered it to be done and Clapham , in his Elizabeth of England , states that ‘ The Queen 's body was left in a manner alone a day or two after her death and meane persons [ embalmers ] had access to it . ’ |
| 12 | The frailty of human memory is such that it is by no means uncommon for a delegate to criticize fiercely the very rule for which he himself was responsible a year or two before ! |
| 13 | I got on well with him and he was partly responsible a year or so later when I moved to a morning paper in Wales . |
| 14 | In order to be classified as small a company or group of companies must meet at least two out of the following three criteria : ( a ) annual turnover not exceeding £1400000 . |
| 15 | The further problems are associated with difficulties that are encountered when trying to be precise about just how probable a law or theory is in the light of specified evidence . |
| 16 | So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them . |
| 17 | If the water is frozen , and shifts as a glacier , then it can carry entire boulders , as big a h or as big as a hotel , hundreds of miles , and gouge great scars . |
| 18 | So how big was a how big a institution or how important a institution was the Cooperative then , here ? |
| 19 | It had a breathless untidiness , with an underlying stratum of solid good things : expensive carpets and curtains in dark plain colours , antique furniture ranging from valuable to junk , but having in common a charm or whimsicality that had made each piece claim her attention originally . |
| 20 | The radio keeps telling you that the eye of the hurricane is here or there , getting near anyway , and you try to figure whether to leave the windows open a crack or tape them and you remember that the highest point of Key West is only 16 feet above sea level , and how the great hurricane of 1936 caught a train half way up the Keys filled with refugees from Key West and drowned them all , and you can get nervous . |
| 21 | After two seasons the quality will start to deteriorate , and replanting will be necessary a year or two later . |
| 22 | Men who had found him unsufferable a year or two ago began to see his abilities or his charm . |