Example sentences of "[noun pl] a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Gascoigne turns in another dazzling performance , this time as Santa Claus , as he gets into the festive spirit to wish all TODAY readers a very merry Christmas . |
| 2 | To look at now , he is a spark of unreal ; his eyes a most violent green , his skin a shock of white beneath the moorish black of his hair , but to listen to him is to hear yet another city boy , a Dublin lad , sprung from a family of twelve , none of whom resemble him but speak exactly like him , even his sisters . |
| 3 | This gives eyes a more sculptured look . |
| 4 | It may seem to modern eyes a very lop-sided assessment of his position that the primacy , together with the lands and other rights of Canterbury , should occupy so prominent place in his thoughts . |
| 5 | No major concessions were made ; in particular , no ground was given to the Liberal demand for proportional representation to give minor parties a more enhanced position in the country . |
| 6 | ‘ It is my greatest of pleasures , or almost so , to bring afore your attentions a very distinguished applicant for joining this here famous company of scholars and gentlemen . ’ |
| 7 | There will also be great interest in the displays of the two tallest forwards , lock Shade Munro , and lock-turned-flanker Andy Macdonald , the moving of the Heriot 's player into the back-row giving the Scots a very strong hand in the lineouts . |
| 8 | There will also be great interest in the displays of the two tallest forwards , lock Shade Munro , and lock-turned-flanker Andy Macdonald , the moving of the Heriot 's player into the back-row giving the Scots a very strong hand in the lineouts . |
| 9 | But despite her impeccable bed-cred , Karen was in most respects a very conventional person compared to someone like Manuela . |
| 10 | And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable . |
| 11 | His mother was Yucatecan , a mestiza from Mérida , but she was ‘ catalanised ’ , as Gironella put it , by his father and grandmother ; in other words a jointly Eurocentric upbringing , but , perhaps significantly , without personal contact with Europe until his first visit to Paris in 1960 . |
| 12 | The House of Commons Treasury and Civil Service Committee has argued for the more active use of fiscal policy ( in other words a more aggressive use of tax cuts in recession ) because of the constraints on interest rate changes caused by ERM membership . |
| 13 | She has a good sense of humour , and very sporting : in other words a very nice person . |
| 14 | During the festivities a beautifully decorated casket was brought into the hall and much admired by everyone . |
| 15 | For two months a vastly superior army refused serious action against the rebels and finally backed them . |
| 16 | As the requirements of our living spaces alter , and more efficient central heating and draught-proofing keep our homes warm throughout , it 's tempting to get rid of a few doors or even eyeless to give our homes a more spacious feel . |
| 17 | By the use of these methods a very large proportion of the numerical difficulties can be resolved . |
| 18 | A painting holiday demands a little more input than a vacant fortnight on the beach . |
| 19 | They were joined by Southey , and for some years by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and these ‘ Lake Poets ’ , as they became known after 1817 , make the Lakes a totally acceptable place . |
| 20 | In addition , economic costs may not be the only criteria on which education policy is based : in rural areas a very small school may be desirable for social reasons , while in an inner city high unit costs may be accepted to help children overcome living in a disadvantaged area . |
| 21 | They found that young mothers seemed to give health visitors a more idealized version of how they treated their babies than the account they gave to Elizabeth Newson , who was not seen to have any authority over them . |
| 22 | According to the BTA , long delays in the immigration areas of London airports are giving overseas visitors a very poor welcome , BTA chairman , cited undermanning of immigration desks as one cause , and called for urgent action . |
| 23 | The first phase of the restoration works will allow BRPS and its charitable operating company , Caledonian Railway ( Brechin ) Ltd , to offer visitors a much better experience within the historic buildings , which are leased from ADC . |
| 24 | So , with considerable encouragement from overseas donors , the institutes , centres and units described earlier produced in the late 'sixties and early 'seventies a very impressive crop of programmes and projects , sometimes linked with programmes of syllabus renewal , sometimes more or less independent of them . |
| 25 | The 1975 Helsinki Declaration gave neutral and nonaligned countries a more active role , but did not radically alter Europe 's division into two ideological camps . |
| 26 | Abel plays with his overwhelming sound system ; on bounces a heavily tampered cover of ‘ Dancing Queen ’ , cut intermittently with a Scottish rap . |
| 27 | To inset text distances other than in steps of the default tab stops a more lengthy procedure is needed than shown in Task 24 . |
| 28 | Although the House of Lords has allowed the BBC and ITN broadcasters a fairly free hand when filming their House , the 1988–89 Committee was much more cautious and imposed rules almost as restrictive as those in Canada ( despite , one might think , its own visit there ) . |
| 29 | With these , the highly skilled and trained chiropractor effects a purely bio-mechanical correction to restore normal movement and function . |
| 30 | ‘ Is not this sortes a rather dangerous way of deciding an issue ? |