Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In paragraph 8(b) of his affidavit the coroner states that a verdict of natural causes aggravated by lack of care is relevant only if an inquest is held and that here he was concerned with the antecedent question whether an inquest should be held at all . |