Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So where in Ten Dudley Moore was merely menopausal , here Anthony Quinn is dead . |
| 2 | This style allowed other-worldly figures to express themselves more naturally than in classical ballet where technical precision and command over conventional gesture were necessary . |
| 3 | This has resulted in siblings being born much closer together than in earlier time periods . |
| 4 | At the same time the general level of wealth in this unremarkable corner of the East Midlands , peopled entirely by peasant farmers , with a leavening of yeomen and only a handful of rich squires , was lower only than on the fertile cornlands of Norfolk and in the opulent Stour Valley manufacturing district — higher not only than in other , similar regions but also Berkshire , which the yield of the loans , 1522 — 3 , placed fifth jointly with Suffolk , and Gloucestershire which shared fourteenth place with Rutland itself . |
| 5 | It was said that Stoddart never played better than in 1890 when representing the South against the North — he scored 115 out of 169 — as Attewell , Barnes , Briggs , and Peel bowled against him . |
| 6 | There was a certain entrepreneurial spirit about our man ; he seems to have had an eye for the main chance , and at no time more so than in 1854 , when he left behind the delights of Hoxton and begun a brief flirtation with the idea of running a lodging house . |
| 7 | owing to its early introduction in 1920 and also because of the substantial extension of its rights in 1952 and 1972 it was able to evolve into the virtual bargaining monopolist on the employees ' side at the plant level , to the extent of being considered by unions as the proper bargaining agent at that level , much more so than in other countries . |
| 8 | In Britain , more so than in other countries , science fiction has always had a stigma attached to it . |
| 9 | Mycenaean Boiotia had indeed been open to the greater world , much more so than in classical times : in the Thebes Museum there are stirrup jars proving commerce with Minoan Krete , and there is even some lapis lazuli from Afghanistan , evidence of a Hittite connection . |
| 10 | The Burns Supper was less so than in previous years but still was an excellent evening arranged by Dr A. Watson . |
| 11 | But a Garda spokesman in Dundalk said : ‘ There has not been any notable increase in crime , certainly no more so than in any other area . ’ |
| 12 | However , in 1993 the benefit from hedging was less than in 1992 as the gap between sterling interest rates and precious metal interest rates narrowed . |
| 13 | Local investment , particularly in manufacturing projects , tended , however , to decline ; local investment proposals in new projects slipped to 3,500 million ringgits in 1989 , 675 million ringgits less than in 1988 , while new Malaysian equity investment in approved manufacturing projects dropped from 1,500 million ringgits in 1988 to 1,200 million ringgits in 1989 . |
| 14 | The swing from the Conservatives here of 5.21 per cent was less than in either nearby Gloucester ( 5.34 ) or Stroud ( 6.22 ) , where sitting members were candidates , and only a little more than Bath , where 4.95 per cent defeated a Cabinet minister . |
| 15 | For instance , if child benefit had been uprated fully in line with prices since 1984 , a three-child family would receive £31.20 a week from next April , whereas they will receive only £25.25p — £5.95p a week less than in 1984 , or a loss per child of £100 a year . |
| 16 | The contact becomes an act only if in some way or another it can be provided with a social meaning . |
| 17 | In severe deafness so much effort goes into making sense of what is only heard imperfectly that there is more difficulty in remembering facts , so if in any doubt it is helpful to write a note of key points , one 's name , agency , and when a return visit will be paid . |
| 18 | So if in any way you 're different , if you 're black or if you 're short or if in any way you 're different , you 're fair game for the bullies perhaps ? |
| 19 | Its coverage of the 1919 campaign is subdued , perhaps because in that ‘ khaki election ’ Europe was still mourning the dead of 1914–18 . |
| 20 | Historically , brewing has justified its recession-proof rating , perhaps because in good times or bad , people still keep on drinking . |
| 21 | The problem is , they will not own up to their selectivity ( perhaps because in most cases , it is so biased as to be indefensible ) . |
| 22 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
| 23 | Quine would accept that this is so , but hold that it is only so because in this familiar case there is an agreed general scheme for French — English translation . |
| 24 | In the light of this fact it seems possible to suggest that those authors who subscribe to the former view do so because in later times it would have been only in the rarest of circumstances that one would have held the kadilik after the kazaskerlik . |
| 25 | Nobody suggested discouraging emigration , but it was certainly not welcomed as eagerly as in earlier decades , and the flow may have declined a little . |
| 26 | Much as in 1980–1 , the ‘ social causes ’ argument can not be seen separately from the broader debate about the future of the British economy and society . |
| 27 | Is it not the case that there is one absolute being whose power is shared among the gods , much as in Christian tradition one divine power is shared out among Father , Son and Holy Spirit ? |
| 28 | Again , he could not have stayed for long as in 1680 he was back preaching in Mauchline . |
| 29 | Once these mothers and children started an argument they were likely to last twice as long as in non-clinic families . |
| 30 | I happened to believe that it was important that they protected this week in the international calendar for Britain , especially as in two or three years time , there is the possibility of it being moved to a time when , in theory at least , it ought to be easier to attract top players . |