Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [det] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The experience to be gathered from books , though often valuable , is but of the nature of learning ; whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom ; and a small store of the latter is worth vastly more than a stock of the former . ’ |
| 2 | I gesture ( I imagine ) towards a chair on the other side of my desk and he sits down in an attitude which suggests that he intends to stay for rather more than a minute , and rather less than half an hour . |
| 3 | I have seldom , before or since , seen a man spend so much time with his car , be so obsessive about it , put so much work into it , understand it so well and be so unable to divert his attention from it for so much as a minute . |
| 4 | Not only did Shearer fail to score , but Monkou also refused him licence for so much as a solitary shot at goal . |
| 5 | The questions she had feared earlier seemed to be taking physical shape in the shadowy corners of the room , phantoms waiting to trap her if she dropped her guard for so much as a second . |
| 6 | They get between me and my patients , at any time , for so much as a nanosecond , and they 're out , I do n't care what it does to their scheduling . ’ |
| 7 | IF John Whitaker can repeat last year 's form at The Horse of the Year Show , which begins today at Wembley Arena , he will be the taker of rather more than a whit . |
| 8 | The crucial distinction between the residual and the institutional model is that , in the latter , the state accepts responsibility for the provision of rather more than a basic minimum . |
| 9 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 10 | The little history of the period that has survived is an invaluable asset , but there are great dangers in using archaeological data to elucidate chronologically-based historical problems when the span of as little as a generation is so crucial . |
| 11 | After an incision through the skin of as little as a centimetre long , a device known as an ultrasound probe and laser fibres are inserted directly into the centre of the tumour . |
| 12 | To become a sensory square it can need a reduction of as much as a twentieth in its height . |
| 13 | Hydrogen you can think of very much as a fuel in the manner of north sea gas and it 's got a high calorific value , it burns well and , despite rumours , it 's actually a very safe fuel as well . |
| 14 | There is nothing Perks like so much as a good fight . |
| 15 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 16 | Now , with hardly more than a month of 1920 remaining , they were being honoured with the presence of the JNF 's top secretary , who would make the final arrangements , tie up the loose ends , perhaps name the day . |
| 17 | For instance , when Oliver Reed made his now famous appearance with slightly more than a little Dutch courage inside him , he suddenly took it into his head that he wanted to sing . |
| 18 | ‘ The fact is , Mr Stevens , your father is entrusted with far more than a man of his age can cope with . ’ |
| 19 | She would cut off her right arm and give it to him if he came over with as much as a single bag . |
| 20 | Some villages — such as Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire — were totally wiped out , whilst others were very badly hit , with as much as a third of the population dying . |
| 21 | Each year the west monsoon would bring a fleet from Makassar , each prahu bristling with as many as a hundred warriors . |
| 22 | However there are many less ambitious preservation projects which would be possible with as few as a dozen determined people and not too expensive . |
| 23 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |
| 24 | Because it 's been linked to so many other illnesses like heart disease and ulcers , stress is thought to indirectly account for as much as a third of all U S health-care costs . |
| 25 | ‘ For as little as a copper coin , I will utter a howl guaranteed to wake the dead . ’ |
| 26 | EC beef exported to west Africa sells for as little as a quarter of the price shoppers in Britain must pay . |
| 27 | They borrow from the banks for as little as a few hours ' notice of recall by the banks ( money at call ) , and lend to the government , local authorities and firms for typically three months ( bills of exchange ) . |
| 28 | He tapped in the code , then waited , knowing the signal was being scrambled through as many as a dozen sub-routes before it got to its destination . |
| 29 | They should n't drive so fast because their car is n't worth as much as a child 's life . |
| 30 | But Rohan had not put in so much as a token appearance . |