Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even he got a few of the good lines , none better than when a malingerer produced a succession of ‘ chits ’ excusing him one arduous duty after the other . |
| 2 | He 'd always admired his superior and never more so than when a victim of his contempt . |
| 3 | But work is a firm bonder , and never more so than when a task is both fascinating and absurdly difficult . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not as though a gentleman would only bring one or two pairs of shoes with him to a house-party . ’ |
| 5 | It 's not as though a wolf can say , ‘ Yo Bunny ! |
| 6 | If they all have the same score then the decision to carry just one forward is arbitrary , or they must all be carried forward just as though a tree were being searched . |
| 7 | As the joystick tilts away from the vertical the mercury flows in the chosen direction and makes one or more electrical contacts , just as though a switch had closed . |
| 8 | In exchange for most of a shipment of Hawk parts worth $6.5m , no hostages appeared ; and the hopelessness of the enterprise was laid out as clearly as if a hand had drawn it in the heavens . |
| 9 | She was pierced by his compassion , powerless to stem the flood of tears welling up as though a dam had finally burst within her . |
| 10 | Briefing sessions on the new , new kit for full-time officials we think these should be extended to branch secretaries as well because if a person rings up and advi asks for advice , he ca n't get that advice , it shows the union up in bad light . |
| 11 | As well as if a promontory were , |
| 12 | As well as if a manor of thy friends |
| 13 | This was applied and extended by Sir Robert to safeguard the arrangements for telephone-tapping , even though when a tap is placed there may be no iniquity but only the suspicion of iniquity ; and that entire conversations may be recorded and listened to ‘ when much of the conversations may be highly confidential and untainted by any iniquity ’ . |
| 14 | For Carolingian royal rights had applied everywhere except where a grant of immunity blocked them ; but Capetian royal rights were respecters of strongly entrenched vested interests . |
| 15 | If party competition may be represented along a single spectrum ( e.g. , ‘ left-right ’ ) , if individual preferences are single-peaked , and they vote sincerely , then as before a majority voting equilibrium exists . |
| 16 | The nature of a painter 's technique is never scrutinised so closely as when a work has just been cleaned , and at the heart of the exhibition will be eight of the fourteen Titians in the Louvre 's own collection that have just been freed of their treacly , dark varnishes and retouchings . |
| 17 | She has smooth , soft skin which glows softly as though a candle were just below the surface . |
| 18 | For all the world too as though a man who everyone knew — even his cousin who did n't work with him — was a workaholic , had never taken work home , it was most definitely a bit much . |