Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early evening sun was warm on her face and the sky so clear and calm that it seemed impossible so beautiful a world could be at war ; that small , beautiful world that was Yeoman 's Lane , and Tingle 's Wood , through which it ran . |
| 2 | The republican group regarded the extreme left as great a threat as the right and was brutal in its suppression of C.N.T and U.G.T strikes . |
| 3 | With its magnitude of -1.5 it is well over half a magnitude brighter than its nearest rival , Canopus , and about 1½ magnitudes superior to Alpha Centauri , which is no. 3 on the list . |
| 4 | This is well over half a magnitude fainter than Sirius , but appearances are deceptive ; Canopus is a highly luminous star , a very long way away . |
| 5 | In 1896 it had been well over half a century since Parliament had made specific grants to build parish churches and if Church schools got grants they did so as voluntary , not as Church schools : Roman Catholic , Methodist and ‘ British ’ schools were equally entitled to the grants . |
| 6 | It was recognised by local authorities , however , that to classify as offensive so popular a trade dealing with food was a drastic step . |
| 7 | For changes to occur , field social workers have to form a partnership with their residential colleagues , so that together they can make available as comprehensive a service as possible to families in need of help with and for their children . |
| 8 | For the laugh was as tragic as preternatural a laugh as any I ever heard . |