Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are other difficulties in making an order in such a case as this where a number of defendants have been equally involved in committing a crime , for the purpose of which a vehicle belonging to one of them has been used . |
| 2 | And a couple is less conspicuous than a man on his own … ’ |
| 3 | So a thirty year old service might be entirely different than a person with ten years service deferring his pension . |
| 4 | Time was ‘ quicker than a shake of a lamb 's tail ’ . |
| 5 | Quicker than Sterland — but he was also quicker than a lot of defenders in those days . |
| 6 | Betting is one of Britain 's top leisure activities , even more popular than a trip to the pub or eating out . |
| 7 | Therefore spreads are usually less risky than a position in a single futures contract . |
| 8 | It was no more painful than a ring through a punk 's nose . |
| 9 | After the sober belches of the shoe-gazing clique ( itself a knee-jerk reaction to the brash swagger of baggydom ) , The Franks came across like circus clowns pissing around in a casualty department , all charmingly naive , astoundingly cheerful and dafter than a boardroom of brushes . |
| 10 | For me , this job is easier than a game of croquet … |
| 11 | Ah , no , I mean cos violence and drugs is more harmful than a load of girls , you know , doing stupid things on s street corner . |
| 12 | Also his playing career with us was far shorter than a lot of these blokes . |
| 13 | Admission is free although a commitment of a specified number of counselling/ training hours per week will be required on completion of the study . |
| 14 | The love-sick dog went completely off his food , finding his loveable lump more appetising than a bowl of doggy chunks in gravy and soon he was reduced to skin and bone , a mere shadow of the beast his family had grown to know and love . |
| 15 | It just shows that there 's more to demo-making than a bunch of programmers having fun . |
| 16 | Differences do not , as we have seen with Fig. 8.4 , necessarily mean conflict , but they can easily lead to this if a spirit of possessiveness is also present ( as discussed in Chapter 3 , p. 34 ) . |
| 17 | We believe that it would be more sensible if a proportion of the compensation would be met by people like pension fund managers if for no other reason that it would encourage them to er keep their own house in order erm and you know it 's not a bad er principle to operate in these areas . |
| 18 | Yeah this geezer who 's doing this cos a lot of his songs are like , it 's like vocal , like the vocal version to these sort of like stuff about Jamaica throw away your guns and sort of |
| 19 | 2 If a Bill of Rights is somehow entrenched as a higher law , then all ordinary legislation will need to be checked against that law . |
| 20 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 21 | Not all the the MPs are voting for this because a lot of people ca n't have work , let alone have a pay increase . |
| 22 | Well , it is really strange , because I 've done quite a lot of stage work , but it 's funny because a lot of people — even other film actors — do n't know about it . |
| 23 | In those words the Neath guru encapsulated the debate that has raged and lurched from one side to another while a succession of coaches have sought in vain to establish a definitive Welsh style , during the years of consistent defeat since the 1988 Triple Crown . |
| 24 | I think it 's necessary to stress this since a number of representations have referred specifically to the constraints which the locational strategy embodied in policy I five on the ability to deliver the proposed structure plan on employment land allocation . |
| 25 | They were resumed on Jan. 22 after a series of compromises had been agreed , including live radio coverage of the talks . |
| 26 | It is not clear whether a member of the United Nations , a third party to a conflicting treaty , can demand performance of the Charter by bringing a claim against the conclusion or performance of the conflicting treaty . |
| 27 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 28 | It is doubtful whether a right of way over other land belonging to the landlord can ever be an appurtenance , strictly so called ( Re Walmsley and Shaw 's Contract [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 93 ) . |
| 29 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 30 | In the nick of time , fresh as a daisy despite the punishing schedule , he arrives , the gear is set up , and I 'm on . |