Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adv] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So commenced a dramatic operation , code named " Geneva II " , for which the whole of our cutter fleet , together with more than a hundred shore-based officers , had been on standby for several days . |
| 2 | ‘ Not for less than a thousand pounds ! ’ cried Lady Durbeyfield . |
| 3 | In Wiltshire out of more than a thousand tests fifty one proved positive compared with sixty last year . |
| 4 | On this day he was gliding home to our airfield and only just made it back with less than a hundred feet as he arrived flying downwind over the boundary . |
| 5 | And er just sort of work it out on here cos a lot 'll cancel . |
| 6 | For example , the primates , to which we belong , date back to around that time but our own branch of the primate line , Homo sapiens , dates back to less than a million years ago . |
| 7 | He set out his plans exclusively to TODAY after a BBC poll showed him ahead of the competition to take over as President of the Board of Trade . |
| 8 | The secular historian may be amazed that an ancient Hebrew nomad , Abraham , occupies more than thirteen chapters , while a powerful despot , Omri , is dealt with summarily in less than a dozen verses . |
| 9 | ‘ Certainly worth more than a million . ’ |
| 10 | Markets had been held there from time immemorial , almost certainly from long before a royal grant was obtained in 1245 for an annual four-day fair . |