Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Royal Insurance , which holds one and a half million Morland shares , says the offer undervalues the company , and it will not be accepting . |
| 2 | The latest move to supply India , a country which exploded a nuclear device in 1974 with material produced from a research reactor , typifies France 's ‘ go it alone ’ approach which has more than a hint of economic expediency in it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tap water which costs less than a penny a litre is being filtered , treated and then sold for more than fifty times that much . |
| 6 | An open question is one which requires more than a one word or one phrase answer . |
| 7 | Any report which demands more than a full day of your time , or of your subordinates ' , should have written terms of reference . |
| 8 | As a rule of thumb , any tile which weighs more than a in thick ceramic tile should be additionally fixed with a mechanical fixing . |
| 9 | Bernard Lavery is the doyen of the home-grown British giant vegetable world , and he organised yesterday 's event at Alton Towers , the Midlands pleasure park which attracts two and a half million visitors a year . |
| 10 | Britain 's second biggest electricity supplier , which generates more than a quarter of the nation 's electricity , is urging the Government to close down out-of-date nuclear power stations . |
| 11 | After years of abusing students , minsters are clearly now hoping that nothing washes whiter than a government 's attempt to get re-elected . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Although she seems tired and a light sweat shines on her forehead and neck , she 's smiling her usual fragile-looking smile . |
| 14 | If something goes wrong while a user is accessing LIFESPAN , the current displayed page is temporarily replaced by a ‘ Transaction Failure ’ page which describes the fault and tells the user what action to take ( usually to log off or consult the LIFESPAN Manager ) . |
| 15 | I did it with erm , with er , I went from one and a half and I 'm down to one , 'cos I was , I I 've tasted my father 's sometimes , 'cos he thinks two and a half , he used to take three , and I 'm like aw it 's |
| 16 | That means Clarke will miss the Greenalls Lancashire Cup final in a fortnight , assuming Wigan beat Oldham in tomorrow 's semi-final and he receives more than a one-match ban . |
| 17 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 18 | The formula can be extended to a pop group , as in Lester 's Beatles films , or Boorman 's Catch Us If You Can ( 1965 ) centred on the Dave Clark Five , but it looks more than a little shaky when applied to a more complex , not to say maudlin , character like that written by Shelagh Delaney for Albert Finney in Charlie Bubbles ( 1967 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ It looks more than a scratch . ’ |
| 20 | A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties . |
| 21 | But he wants more than a few measly hundred — and I aim to see he does not get it ! ’ |
| 22 | He says more than a quarter of the people at the base were American . |
| 23 | And now we look closer at Stan Gilligrew , he bears more than a passing resemblance to a certain well-known PR consultant . |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | Because it costs two and a half times as much to collect as the money that is received . |
| 26 | It costs more than a normal prescription , two or three times as much , one charge for each hormone they contain , yet means the difference between health or serious illness and peace of mind for you and your partner . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Get it out out the tap and it costs less than a penny a litre . |
| 29 | It is preferable to smack the dog with your hand rather than use a rolled-up newspaper which the dog may see as an extension of the game , especially if it gets excited and a tug-of-war ensues . |
| 30 | ‘ If you try to tell someone one night he went to bed in one county and woke up in another and he was no longer a Yorkshireman , he gets more than a bit upset . ’ |