Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The property lies two and a half miles from Ravenstonedale , near the source of the Lune . |
| 32 | The life of this Government still has four and a half years to run , a terrifying prospect for us all . |
| 33 | Doug 's machine has four and a half meg free . |
| 34 | The Siberian crane stands four and a half feet tall , its brilliant white plumage offset by a blood-red beak , face and legs . |
| 35 | Davies , 30 , who has two and a half years of his contract to run , is understood to be disillusioned and keen to quit the professional game . |
| 36 | The Bridge has two and a half thousand steel wires running through its spans which act as support for the concrete . |
| 37 | Holding high small thin green shoots thicker than a matchstick but no thicker than a pencil , he jeered at women satisfied , he said , by ‘ little boys ’ . |
| 38 | And now we look closer at Stan Gilligrew , he bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain well-known PR consultant . |
| 39 | And Charlie , as her lover , bears more than a passing resemblance to yesterday 's hero , James Dean . |
| 40 | The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one . |
| 41 | The voice of Bess of Hardwick can be heard ordering her household in Derby shire at the end of the sixteenth century , but less well-known women also make their appearance , including Mary-Ann , the dairymaid at Uppark in Sussex who captured the heart of Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh , and Carolyn Workman , whose transfer from her father 's parsonage in Norfolk to the grandeur of The Vyne in Hampshire bears more than a passing resemblance to Fanny Price 's story in Jane Austen 's Mansfield Park . |
| 42 | And as recently announced ( with applause from Kenneth Baker , the minister for information technology ) , GEC has acquired the rights to build the Hitachi Process Robot , a machine which bears more than a strong resemblance to a robot made by the Swedish company ASEA . |
| 43 | He 's uglier than Corky , fatter than Phi and has less charm than Steve — in fact he bears more than a passing resemblance to Lucy ! |
| 44 | The Index catalogue , Guha admits , bears more than a coincidental resemblance to that of rival Argos . |
| 45 | It is interesting , however , to look at his very recent designs for the chair called Elémentaire , manufactured by Ligne Roset , which bears more than a passing resemblance to the spooky opera house . |
| 46 | Pan Am says more than a sale is involved ; it has a new marketing deal with United that will help prop up its other operations . |
| 47 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 48 | The average chocoholic eats twelve and a half , 60-gram bars a week — three times more than is usual . |
| 49 | Coming southwards on the main Arezzo — Lake Trasimeno road , just before Policiano , a sign points left and a straight avenue leads to this handsome country residence surrounded by cypresses , palm trees , bamboo cane , conifers and much tranquillity . |
| 50 | A dense pile wears better than a loosely-woven one , which can be parted to reveal the backing . |
| 51 | At just £5.99 the Blitzer costs less than a can of airbrush propellant ! |
| 52 | A round of bullets costs less than a packet of cigarettes . |
| 53 | But with a cheap overdraft facility at around 17.5 per cent , holders should have not difficulty in settling the month 's account in full — and it costs less than a conventional credit card . |
| 54 | Tap water which costs less than a penny a litre is being filtered , treated and then sold for more than fifty times that much . |
| 55 | Get it out out the tap and it costs less than a penny a litre . |
| 56 | After years of abusing students , minsters are clearly now hoping that nothing washes whiter than a government 's attempt to get re-elected . |
| 57 | This includes more than a few in the occult . |
| 58 | The list includes more than a quarter of the noctuid moths and ichneumonid wasps on the British list , a third or more of the hoverflies ( Syrphidae ) , butterflies and bumblebees , more than half the Serphidae ( also wasps ) , and six cf the seven social wasps ( Vespidae ) . |
| 59 | They 've learned a manoeuvre or two from the Red Arrows , but the Chileans ' repertoire includes more than a few party-pieces of their own . |
| 60 | Sketching out the good and bad side of human nature … cartoons get a fleeting glance in daily papers … but for many there 's a more serious side … the cartoonists work raises more than a smile . |