Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some subjects are painful , sensational , controversial or just a bit too exciting . |
| 2 | plastic ones which were close to the ceiling , can you , could you give me a bit more of a description of that or perhaps a manufacturer 's name ? |
| 3 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 4 | He died in 594 or perhaps a year later . |
| 5 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 6 | After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital . |
| 7 | The strongest impetus , he said , comes from museums ' reassessment of their role in society which the profession sees as far broader than even a decade ago . |
| 8 | There was far more behind this than just a deterioration in the weather . |
| 9 | She suspects that Charles suspects that she had once had an affair with Ivan , but of course she had not , though she concedes that Ivan is so unpleasant that only a degree of past sexual intimacy could plausibly explain the kind of relationship that he and Liz have over the years established . |
| 10 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 11 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 12 | But Gallagher does not decide this and only a House of Lords judgment on the point can resolve the uncertainty . |
| 13 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 14 | Gavin Jones is 12 years old and also a pupil at Llantarnam School . |
| 15 | But when he spoke it was not of her but of Peach , how to feed him , what sort of supplements he should have , that although he had had his routine immunizations , he must have a booster at a year old and also an injection against a new sort of feline virus . |
| 16 | Kevin O'Neil was just thirty years old and already a part of it in Dublin . |
| 17 | He was a Polynesian Hawaiian , thirty-two years old and already a legend on the North Shore . |
| 18 | She was twenty-five years old and still a virgin , and as she looked at her image in the mirror great tears welled up and spilled over as she relived Ace 's words . |
| 19 | The pelvic floor needs to be free for the voice to be free and then a voice has both highs and lows . |
| 20 | Wycliffe said : ‘ In 1931 , as I work it out , Garland would have been twenty-one and already a husband and father . ’ |
| 21 | I use it throughout my work because , used skilfully and imaginatively , it can make any sort of communication more powerful , more exciting and frequently a lot more fun . |
| 22 | New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price . |
| 23 | Internationalization is the notion that each country 's economy has become less self-contained and more a part of a global process of production and change . |
| 24 | What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place . |
| 25 | A pupil at Hummersknott School , she is studying for GCSEs and hopes to go on to do A levels in politics , economics and English and eventually a degree . |
| 26 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
| 27 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
| 28 | Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships . |
| 29 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
| 30 | It is concerned with English as both a subject and a means of instruction , with the ideas about language , teaching , and learning , which inform different methodologies , and with the verbal interaction that occurs spontaneously in classroom settings . |