Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He refused to elaborate , but is known to have expressed dismay at a proposed increase in prize money for doubles which would give singles only a 70-30 advantage .
2 One , found almost exclusively in Bangkok and its suburbs , is the product of rapid industrialisation ; its inhabitants enjoy incomes only a little below those of the Portuguese .
3 It achieved temperatures over a million degrees and sustained them for several milliseconds .
4 You know and in this area , that 's what the guy was saying houses over a hundred thousand are not selling .
5 Drill small smart holes and insert screw-eyes about a third of the way down from the picture top .
6 Yet is this taking things just a little bit too far ?
7 couples , motherhood , incest , marriage , sadness , relations , grief that 's what we think covers quite a few of the stories , do n't we .
8 She even had thoughts about a sixth person who had died .
9 This is due to start with bonds by mid-1992 and with the most widely traded equities perhaps a few months later .
10 He rose to leave , stretching limbs still a little stiff from the long ride .
11 Single-mode fibres also operate at 1.3 micrometres , but they have cores only a few micrometers across .
12 In principle , the lender 's objective to steer clear of doubtful risks brings consumers generally a double reward .
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