Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , census returns are amongst the most reliable records that a local and family historian is likely to use . |
| 2 | It had a deep ‘ sweetheart ’ neckline , little puffed sleeves and a full skirt gathered into three tiers . |
| 3 | Among the patients with apparently normal pituitaries or a microadenoma the highest prolactin concentration was 4200 mU/l . |
| 4 | The Protura differ from all other hemimetabolous insects in that the number of abdominal segments increases during post-embryonic development , the youngest instars having only eight segments and a telson . |
| 5 | She was short and square , with a small head poked forward , long swinging arms and a bent-kneed running walk . |
| 6 | Because there are so few cells and a well-defined pattern , it is possible to follow the lineage and fate of every cell at least up to the time of gastrulation . |
| 7 | Left : This hair has long top layers and a slight natural wave , which has been emphasised with about 15 medium and large rollers . |
| 8 | Hey , do n't look so terrified , ’ she smiled , ‘ it 's only some letters and a little ornament that Gramps thought you might like . |
| 9 | In years of scarcity , therefore , the miners faced not only enhanced prices but a real deficiency in supply as the activities of agents buying for London increased and as farmers displayed an increasing preference for selling in large quantities rather than piecemeal in local markets . |
| 10 | Describing London as ‘ a city of illusions , subject every now and then to a series of harsh awakenings ’ , The Echo ( 11 August 1898 ) believed that while some of the stones were undoubtedly exaggerated they nevertheless served a purpose : ‘ We steadily shut our eyes to the submerged lawlessness of less fortunate districts until a series of Whitechapel outrages , or Hooligan exploits , make us not only aware of what is going on , but actually afraid of our lives . ’ |
| 11 | I now noted that the latter had on each hand only three fingers and a thumb , and only four toes on each foot , in the manner of the monkeys we had come across in another existence . |
| 12 | Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice . |
| 13 | There were only three huts and a couple of three-walled structures that Isabel had taken for huts last night . |
| 14 | Those peoples with less elaborate technologies and a narrower range of effective communications and intercourse live much closer to the wild ; for them , it is the antithesis of the mastered , lived-in realm of normal everyday social intercourse . |
| 15 | In the vision of the Four Beasts in chapter 7 , Antiochus " changes the seasons and the law " and his rule will last " a time and times and half a time " ( 7.25 ) : perhaps three years and a half . |
| 16 | It was high-necked and had long tight sleeves and a straight line to the floor , where it flared out at the back into a huge swirling fishtail train . |
| 17 | I glanced over , thinking that she had much better legs than a woman of her age deserved . |
| 18 | Come to that , she had much better legs than a man of Gav 's mental age deserved . |
| 19 | In tests , this gave much better results than a standard one in a red encapsulation . |
| 20 | A hideous old woman with wild hair , long skinny arms and a ghastly , toothless grin , she haunted the banks of the River Dribble . |
| 21 | It is most usually seen in women aged 30–50 , and gets worse in hot , humid weather , in the cold , and following hot drinks , eating highly seasoned foods or a period of emotional stress . |
| 22 | The effective dose varies with so many factors that a control group of the same strain , age , sex and weight should be anaesthetized prior to the experimental animals to determine the correct dose . |
| 23 | We had so many articles that a decision had to be taken . |
| 24 | Greatly increased taxes and a major shift back to defence expenditure could be the least of our worries . |
| 25 | If a more dominant punchcard with only short floats and a noticeable design , is used , it can ‘ kill ’ a decorative yarn . |
| 26 | Whereas Dysart had the bearing and features of an accomplished thirty-year-old , Ockleton lacked only short trousers and a catapult to pass for a skylarking schoolboy . |
| 27 | I 've gone it alone more times than a hermit with attitude . |
| 28 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 29 | All are striking ; some are beautiful , others startling and a few many invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to an aural cavity . |
| 30 | There are only five pubs and a couple of discos in Lothian Road itself , though there are others in neighbouring streets . |