Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this again was an administrative rather than a policy-making body . |
| 2 | It is a policy profoundly opposed by the national Football Supporters Association ( FSA ) which recruits its members on a regional rather than a club basis and which aims to unite its fans in their love for the game rather than in their narrower club devotions . |
| 3 | However , self-build schemes are really possible only where a number of energetic persons , usually young , coincide . |
| 4 | A mile further on is White Scar Cave , the best known , most advertised and heavily patronised in the district and a compulsive halt for coaches and cars ; indeed , the large parking space , the roadside signs and shopping facilities make it a commercial rather than a show cave . |
| 5 | Measures adopted included the creation of the post of Prime Minister ; in addition the political bureau was now to consist of 400 members and would be a deliberative rather than an executive body ; the executive role would be assumed by an 80-member central committee ; and the party would henceforth have an elected secretary-general . |
| 6 | However , this change has been brought about almost entirely by the increase in the long-term unemployed rather than an increase in the living standards of older people in the lowest income groups ; it is not the result of a vast increase in the incomes of older people . |
| 7 | Such matters are to a great extent determined conventionally by syntax , and become noticeably expressive only when a writer makes a graphological choice which is to some degree marked or unconventional , such as a deliberate misspelling . |
| 8 | The Entrance Examination produced the usual number of candidates ( about 350 ) , but of these half would be interested only if a bursary or some other sort of aided place could be provided . |
| 9 | The bodies given the task of recovering some of the lost money , most notably the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , made it clear more than a year ago that the thrifts ' auditors and advisers would be first in the firing line leading many accountants to accuse the government of targeting them as ‘ deep pockets ’ . |
| 10 | A MAN who killed his cheating wife walked free yesterday after a judge heard how he had dedicated his life to his family . |
| 11 | Chiaro , inevitably , finds herself distinguishing " dirty " jokes from " Irish " ; " political " jokes from " sick " ; and it would be very interesting indeed if a book could be written from a more socio-cultural perspective on such topics as subject , teller and listener . |
| 12 | L. MacNeill Weir , in his book The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald , was the main critic , suggesting that MacDonald was an opportunist , a liberal rather than a socialist , that he schemed to ditch the Labour government , and betrayed the Labour Party . |
| 13 | Only a small amount of money could be taken out of the country because of post-war restrictions and , as this was a personal rather than a business trip , he was forced to prepare lectures from which he could earn income while he was away . |
| 14 | Well before such things had become commonplace elsewhere , campaigning for office in California was a personal rather than a party matter , depending on the candidate 's ability to attract funds , to put together a personal following and to master the available means of communication . |
| 15 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 16 | The use of such terminology is , however , appropriate only when a relationship between behaviour and contingent events has been empirically demonstrated . |
| 17 | my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr |
| 18 | the misleading price indication related to a recommended price , which did not apply to the price at which the item was available from the defendant , and which the defendant could reasonably believe was generally being charged , and which was false only because a supplier was not following the recommendation . |
| 19 | The LEA 's role in the Programme was an interventionist rather than a facilitating one : it devised PNP 's goals and strategy , and sought closely to influence and control the Programme 's implementation . |
| 20 | It could be used , as it was by Bacon and Mersenne , to justify an empirical rather than a rationalist approach to nature . |
| 21 | Of course actual authors are dialectically difficult to classify and my examples are fairly arbitrarily drawn , the diagram being illustrative rather than an exercise in exegesis . |
| 22 | The additional band migrating between N-Oct 3 and 5 was also observed in brain extracts after longer exposure , perhaps from binding of a cofactor to the N-Oct 5 complex rather than a dimer of N-Oct 5 which is expected to migrate slower . |
| 23 | I was made redundant less than a year after I became a Sheffield city councillor , and I 've never believed in those sorts of coincidences . |
| 24 | Consider embedding the names of programmers or the company name within the program code ; this can be extremely useful evidentially if a software pirate denies copying . |
| 25 | The security search fee was non-returnable even if a loan was not granted , and increased by a shilling for every mile the searcher had to go beyond two miles . |
| 26 | Looking at him , do you seem to see a 25-year-old rather than a player of 35 ? |
| 27 | There is now a substantial body of evidence that the expression of gluten hypersensitivity as enteropathy may be minimal , measurable only if a count of intraepithelial lymphocytes is performed . |
| 28 | Political intervention was advisable even when an applicant had the necessary financial strength to make a purchase , and if a gift of a commission was a greater compliment , permission to purchase was nonetheless gratefully accepted . |
| 29 | TINY tot Stuart McKane is lucky to be alive today after a kitchen oven fell and pinned him to the floor . |
| 30 | THREE North Sea oil platforms were put on alert today after a cargo ship went adrift . |