Example sentences of "[art] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most a French judge will fine you is the cost of the funeral expenses — twenty-five piasters if in fact the boy has died . |
| 2 | Of course , if you want the most sumptuous and subtle of string sonorities , Karajan 's 1971 version of the Second remains ( and is likely to remain ) unrivalled , although the present Lausanne Chamber Orchestra disc is none the less a strong contender . |
| 3 | While criticized by many on the grounds that it had few ‘ teeth ’ and represented a compromise between the DoE and all other departments ( notably those of Agriculture and of Transport ) , it was none the less a major achievement . |
| 4 | In 1900 it denied that hysteria had ‘ anything to do with sexual passion , either with its excitement , suppression or gratification ’ , and in a discussion in 1914 a doctor saw hysteria as a product of inactivity in a section of the brain so that ‘ the less a hysterical patient likes any line of treatment , the more good it is likely to do if firmly applied . |
| 5 | It was well-staged and well-sung ; and even if one had to put up with such seed pearls of wisdom as ‘ Beauty is in a lover 's eyes ’ , it was none the less a serious attempt to deal with the implications of the legend . |
| 6 | But the faster the upswing , the more bunched replacements will be and the sooner a new crisis will loom on the horizon . |
| 7 | I 'm going out on the not a special exit but a normal exit tomorrow yeah ? |
| 8 | Anti-Rex gave the nearest a violent shove . |
| 9 | Okay make the possibly a little stop there . |
| 10 | In some ways the more temptation is increased , the more a strong character might want to resist . |
| 11 | The more these blueprints exercise their influence , the less choice there seems to be and the more a particular course of action feels inevitable — a common experience for many people in their choice of partner . |
| 12 | When considering whether the Revolution should be seen as a victory for Whig principles or not , historians have tended to take a constitutional frame of reference — the more a particular historian believes the Revolution settlement limited the constitutional powers of the Crown , then the more Whiggish the Revolution is said to be . |
| 13 | Usually rather intricate and floral-inspired , they find their best expression in classically furnished rooms ; the more ornate and intricately decorated the surroundings , the more a curvilinear rug will enhance the effect . |
| 14 | In general , the more unpredictable the distribution and location of deviance , the more a sanctioning response is likely ( Reiss and Biderman , 1980 ) . |
| 15 | The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the foremost minds of a ruled class , the more stable and dangerous becomes its rule ’ ( Marx , 1972 , p. 600–601 ) |
| 16 | The winners of the Stableford competition will be invited on a hot air balloon flight which is sure to give those who do not relish the though a good excuse for their less than perfect scores . |
| 17 | I imagine the royal visitor , and indeed most of the other guests , found the even a welcome change from the same old banquet menus ! |
| 18 | Another picture show the here a little bit here . |
| 19 | In a case of recognition an identification parade would often be pointless but in the present case an identification parade or at the least a controlled confrontation should have been held . |
| 20 | The need for further study of this confused period is clearly indicated , but the statements of Ibn Hajar ( and al-Makrizi ) and of the earliest chronological list and the document indicating Molla Fenari 's presence in Karaman in Jumada II 819/August 1416 provide at the least a consistent basis for explaining the reason for , and establishing the date of , Molla Fenari 's return ; and it may therefore be tentatively concluded that Molla Fenari returned to the Ottoman lands some time in , or shortly alter , Sha'ban 820/September-October 1417 . |
| 21 | There is , of course , nothing novel in the idea that commercial and political power go hand in hand , but the sheer volume and importance of fur as the preponderating commodity on the mediaeval international market suggests that a monopoly in its procurement , sale and supply was , if not exactly a sine qua non , then at the least a decisive factor in the political hegemony of Muscovy . |
| 22 | But if we provide readers with amusement when things are glum we are performing at the least a useful service . |
| 23 | It was not in the least a literary feeling , but an intensely mysterious present and concrete feeling of excitement , of being in a situation where anything still might happen . |
| 24 | A lasting cellular change in output in response to a defined input is at the least a dramatic example of neural plasticity ; but even more than this , the very specific form that the response takes could be regarded as a form of memory . |
| 25 | You 're not in the least a suiable candidate . ’ |
| 26 | Now , you , you could have the linear ordering that 's an alternative proposal erm , but then you 've actually got erm you 've got to come up with a kind of proper account of these structures of how they come about and of the relation and then you 've got to check it out against all the other data and all I can say is as it happens , I 've tried that and it does n't work but that 's only and we want to find out if you can see that the quite a long way . |
| 27 | Naturally , however , the more partial the ordering imposed by the proposing process , the closer a consultative approach comes to being democratic . |
| 28 | It 's they show a rather a broad specificity and can generally are generally rather non-selective either for cations or for anions . |
| 29 | Well I was thinking of things like witchcraft , which would seem a rather a luxury fringe subject , but some of the most fascinating research that 's been done recently in my period of early modern history has been showing how witchcraft erm was the second most important erm crime to come before the courts apart from theft in , in my period , and in exploring why witchcraft had this appeal you 're learning much more about the age . |
| 30 | It 's a it 's a rather a debatable thing as to who is actually your employer . |