Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj -er] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The piece prepared by the six young musicians includes a crisp packet being scrunched , playing cards flicked with the skill of a sharper and the zip on 14-year-old Sunjeev Singh 's bag buzzing backwards and forwards . |
| 2 | Then I heard the snap of a lighter and a cloud of blue smoke came out of the doorway , followed by a rattle sound . |
| 3 | No one stepped forward , no one seemed to be on the lookout for a stranger and the other passengers quickly dispersed . |
| 4 | Too late then , surely , to change him for a better if the word goes against him . ’ |
| 5 | Galerie Jahnhorst & Preuss provides a platform for a calmer but no less original artist . |
| 6 | You may be written off as a malingerer or a neurotic or , perhaps even worse , as someone who must be gently humoured back to health . |
| 7 | Though covenants were made between equals , the religious use of the term always referred to a relationship between a greater and a lesser partner . |
| 8 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 9 | For why should anyone involve themselves with a stranger when the one thing that everybody had in plenty was trouble ? |
| 10 | They also go about with a galvanometer and a Geiger counter to measure ‘ sources of power ’ . |
| 11 | Determined to experience life as a catwalk photographer , I swapped my pen and notebook for a Canon Eos camera , 200mm lens with a doubler and a monopod ( bravely loaned by Michel Arnaud ) and squeezed into the ‘ gun emplacement ’ at the back of the Salle Sully . |
| 12 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 13 | Or in a greater or a less Degree . |
| 14 | This reply comes in a stronger and a weaker form , but in either form it has clearly got some point . |
| 15 | It is best to acknowledge that " style " , like " meaning " , is a word which can be used either in a broader or a narrower sense . |
| 16 | They will all tend to put a stress on the system and depending on our health or susceptibility we will be affected to a greater or a lesser degree . |
| 17 | Each of these organisations is , to a greater or a lesser extent , involved in transferring technology to an end user . |
| 18 | SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot . |