Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in previous economic crises , capital expenditure was hit hardest , but on a scale not experienced before — cut to a half or to a third of previous levels in some cases . |
| 2 | Patients who respond to antibiotics do not harbour propionibacteria resistant to the therapeutic drug , except for a few of those treated with topical erythromycin . |
| 3 | ‘ The brent [ German brand = burned ] goose looks as if it has stuck its head and neck up a chimney and emerged sooty black — although with a little of its ‘ clerical collar ’ still clean . |
| 4 | has the Minister er studied the Royal College of Nursing Report which was published early last month , which shows that in a third of accident and emergency units in hospitals , patients actually have to stay overnight er before they are admitted to er a ward and would she a accept that this really is not a satisfactory situation , it 's actually worse i outside London than it is in London , contrary to some views . |
| 5 | There 's more of worth , more that uplifts in a single chorus of ‘ We Need Money' ’ than in a dozen of your picky , pedantic articles ! ’ |
| 6 | Pétain inspires terror except among a few of his old hands . |
| 7 | Agricultural pollution accounted for more than 10 per cent of total incidents , and for a third of the major ones . |
| 8 | So oligarchy meant government not simply by a few , but by a few of the " rich and well-born " ; democracy was government by the many poor . |