Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] or [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be foolish , however , to argue that the problems created by the increasing urban demand for recreation in the countryside are entirely illusory or simply a matter of arbitrary taste : they clearly are not . |
| 2 | It was , however , nothing so dramatic or pompous-merely a statement revealing that at that time the question of my succession to Macmillan had simply not crossed my mind . |
| 3 | What I suggest to you is far more officers than the three you gave evidence of perhaps five or even the full six at some stage found their way into that master bedroom . |
| 4 | Could it be the years of experience it takes to know where the grape is just ripe or perhaps the skill needed to reach that perfectly balanced wine . |
| 5 | They never come round on their own , and you you see them in the daytime , you know probably one or twice a week . |
| 6 | Forty pence out of a pound what would that , roughly is it about half or about a quarter or what ? |
| 7 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 8 | ‘ This friction between her and your mother — was it really important or just a manifestation of teenage rebellion ? ’ |
| 9 | Well ready or not the test is coming now . |
| 10 | MOTHER had a wonderful phrase if she felt something on That Was The Week That Was was too outspoken or perhaps a little too daring . |