Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , in some intuitive , non-technical sense of ‘ probable ’ , we may be prepared to assert that it is to some degree probable that a very heavy smoker will die of lung cancer . |
| 2 | To do so suggests that Gregory 's narrative at this point is genuine history rather than legend , which may have some basis other than a purely factual one . |
| 3 | Aha That 's right , it would be somebody of one rung down perhaps from and half a rung down from if you can put that in context I mean is an absolute beginner she knew nothing about this business two and a half years ago |
| 4 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a senior Japanese industrialist has made it clear that if the European Community adopts the social action programme it will be committing industrial suicide ? |
| 5 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Union has just returned from Russia and the Ukraine ? |
| 6 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a survey conducted recently among the top 200 companies in this country , many based in the north of England and in Yorkshire , showed that 86 per cent . |
| 7 | Is my hon. Friend aware that a large proportion of those employed in the south-west , and certainly in Devon , are part-time workers in residential homes ? |
| 8 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that a significant number of my right hon. and hon. Friends are bitterly disappointed that during today 's Consolidated Fund Bill debate only one and a half hours have been allocated to discussing pension funds ? |
| 9 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that a leading Northern Ireland member of his own party recently described security in the Province as a joke ? |
| 10 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 11 | In the second year they continue with Housing Studies 2 , Social Policy 2 and a further social science course . |
| 12 | They find this belief comforting when a computer beats them , but their belief is utterly false . |
| 13 | In the absence of detailed historical information other than a claim made by local hunters that great spotted cuckoos were absent from Guadix until 1962 ( ref. 8 ) , Soler and Möller assumed that cuckoos had only recently colonized the Guadix area . |
| 14 | Had some Weetabix quick and a cup of tea . |
| 15 | 6.4 Is further consultation necessary before a decision is made ? |
| 16 | A school cleaner married to a doctor is in Social Class I and a school cleaner married to a labourer is in Social Class V. A social classification system is one of the ways in which we can see how successful a society is in educating and sustaining the healthy life of its members . |
| 17 | She must have some complaint , Alida decided , to stay in this house two and a half , three hours , and not ask for the bathroom , it is unnatural . |
| 18 | 2 Heat one and a half tablespoons of the oil in a frying pan and sauté the onions for 5 minutes . |
| 19 | ‘ You get a wee bit romantic and a wee bit depressed about it , but it 's not going to affect your job . |
| 20 | Our mum tried them on she said but six foot four and a short arse she said |
| 21 | There was a lot more professionalism to his jumping as , travelling strongly throughout , the top weight only had to be shaken up after the last to beat previous winner Wellknown Character two and a half lengths . |
| 22 | Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only . |
| 23 | Once pressed , the hogsheads , each weighing four and a quarter hundred-weight , would be sold to the fish merchants for export , mainly to Italy and other Mediterranean countries . |
| 24 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 25 | Now , as far as my health is concerned these days it could be a little bit better but a bonny sight worse . |
| 26 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 27 | So that fellow Smallholders can each exchange their Smallholding and responsibilities with like minded anywhere in the country for little expense other than a registration fee , cost of food and petrol to get there . |
| 28 | A quarter of the tenements were freehold ; the rest were held by the normal Shropshire tenure of leases for three lives , with a large entry fine and a nominal annual rent . |
| 29 | Famous for its marketing campaign that guaranteed bug-free software — if you found a bug you could claim a VW Beetle from the company — Ready Systems embarked on an ambitious project two and a half years ago to build a completely new tool suite . |
| 30 | Mr Joe Mukwala , aged 32 , was sent to the Cummins engineering plant on the Yarm Road Industrial Estate by the African National Congress two and a half years ago . |