Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that schedule … later became a printed schedule and he had a very finely developed scenario where eventually a certain amount of equipment , particularly TOW missiles , would be sent to Iran , ( and ) hostages would be released … |
| 2 | Across the Atlantic , where only a tiny minority took a serious interest in global politics , there was little obvious response . |
| 3 | This may particularly apply where only a small number of items are involved , e.g. jewellery/carpets . |
| 4 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 5 | Multiple bands were also clearly seen in orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus ) and the old world monkey Ceropithecus aethiops , but not in more distantly related species , such as pig or cow , where only a single hybridising band is seen . |
| 6 | These are all roads where the pedagogical tradition has pointed signposts in the wrong direction , making us search for English ( the nature of English conversation , at least ) where it is not — and where only a careful analysis of natural conversational data can get us on the right road again . |
| 7 | Polar desert is the area of bare rocks and soils beyond the tundra , where only a thin , patchy covering of plant life is found . |
| 8 | Some guides are indeed very brief , suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen . |
| 9 | The geography of fifteenth-century palaces had been relatively simple : there was a Great Hall , where ceremonious and public appearances were made , and the Chamber where the King withdrew and where only a few could follow him . |
| 10 | " After seven hours we arrived in Ekondo Jundu , a village in a forest clearing , where only a few outsiders had been seen before . |
| 11 | ‘ A company where only a few outside interests own the shares . |
| 12 | With only shocked monosyllables passing between us , we waded into the living room , where just a small steam flowed through from the area of the guest bedroom and bathroom . |
| 13 | Clonmacnoise had now become scientific , with a large brick Interpretive Centre where once a motherly woman had sold entrance tickets in a shed . |
| 14 | THREE years of undergraduate study now requires 10 to 20 paperbacks where formerly a few solid textbooks sufficed . |
| 15 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 16 | The centre of the Bray district is Gournay , where over a hundred years ago Petit Suisse cream cheeses were evolved by a farmer 's wife and a Swiss herdsman . |
| 17 | We walk over to a dusty square where over a hundred women , migrants from the countryside and recently closed state mines , are digging and paving with picks and shovels . |
| 18 | Repeat elections were needed where neither a sole candidate nor either of two candidates had secured 50 per cent of the vote in the first or second round . |
| 19 | At least he sees that it 's funny , and in Britain , where Bruce Springsteen is just another pop star , albeit rather a famous and successful one , we will probably laugh along . |
| 20 | Despite such problems of national differences and policies , the ECSC experiment could claim some success , albeit only a partial one . |
| 21 | If she were truthful , she had never properly imagined Bella as anything , except perhaps a spiteful , over-painted tart , drenched in a cheap scent , who was beginning to put on weight and let herself go . |
| 22 | No-one , except perhaps a few scientists , had any idea of the long-term effects the dropping of these two bombs would have on the unfortunate Japanese — and perhaps even the scientists were unsure . |
| 23 | Nothing could be more provocative to Tolkien than a word without a referent ( emnet , wodwos , Gandálfr , ent ) , except perhaps an ancient poem written off by modern scholars as hopelessly irrational . |
| 24 | Morrissey , although naturally a quiet and peaceful person , was never one to mince words . |
| 25 | This sounds like one of his more severe remarks , although perhaps an ironical inflection has not survived its reporting . |
| 26 | This must always be controlled and if injury is caused — other than perhaps a slight reddening — a penalty rather than a score will result . |
| 27 | But Caterham 's independence does enable it to be more adventurous than perhaps a large parent would allow . |
| 28 | Although only a recent feature of modern financial systems , options have existed at various times in the past . |
| 29 | The reports have attracted considerable publicity although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House . |
| 30 | Candida is a yeast — the same sort of organism that we use to brew beer and make bread , although only a distant relative of these domesticated microbes . |