Example sentences of "[det] [conj] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With that number about little more than a century ago , it might be thought an easy matter to run one to earth . |
| 32 | More than a century ago the nightwatchman at North Road Station had a ghastly experience . |
| 33 | More than a century ago tunnels and galleries were cut into the cliffs here by the engineers who constructed the Axenstrasse road which enabled vehicular traffic to pass along the lakeside towards the Gotthard and obviate the need for lake transhipments . |
| 34 | More than a century earlier , in 1856 , a Select Committee of the House of Commons had heard arguments remarkably similar to those which were to convince the Royal Commission : |
| 35 | The so-called Anabaptists ' take-over of Munster in 1536 became for more than a century afterwards a byword among the respectable for the supposed anarchy , savagery and madness which were bound to result if ever the " multitude " gained political power . |
| 36 | His face was not more than a foot away from hers and his dark brown eyes were smiling into hers . |
| 37 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 38 | I recently took my beloved Washburn EA30 out of its case only to find that , somewhere between a local theatre and home , I 'd managed to lose one of the plastic slide covers from the EQ ; a tiny thing , I know , but unless you 're Superman , totally unnoticeable from more than a foot away . |
| 39 | Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation . |
| 40 | I wish him well but realistically he is n't likely to get more than a couple here and there . |
| 41 | Winners of the Treble Chance swooned at the sight of the cheque and were generally paraded to the Press and public as examples of how , at any minute , any humble citizen who had never had more than a day out at Blackpool could strike gold . |
| 42 | The Tories had been in power for twelve years already , and a general election could not be more than a year away . |
| 43 | More than a year later , in an interview with Politika ( 14 August 1987 ) , the prime Minister was still of the opinion that the responsibility for curbing inflation lay with ‘ everyone ’ , not just with the federal government . |
| 44 | More than a year later he was still complaining about the ‘ cold dark dining room ( which the sun never shines into ) ’ . |
| 45 | Little more than a year later Charles IV , uncle ( through his sister Isabella ) of Edward III , also died , leaving no direct heir as king of France . |
| 46 | Stretch , making the first defence of a title he won more than a year ago when he out-pointed Gary Cooper , caught Wormald with a perfectly timed right hook to the chin . |
| 47 | It was his desire to play the Senior Tour and his love of golf which has given the Notts professional the inspiration to overcome his terrible injuries and pick up where he left off a little more than a year ago . |
| 48 | Joan was recalling the day , not much more than a year ago , when she had found herself alone in a locked room with the innkeeper . |
| 49 | The couple 's romance started more than a year ago when Stuart wed Lisa 's mother . |
| 50 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 51 | Since opening the gates to the Magic Kingdom a little more than a year ago , Euro Disney has been beset by a series of much-publicised problems : poor attendance , labour disputes , French snobbery and pan-European discontent over high prices and long queues . |
| 52 | The Open Graphics Initiative launched by Sun Microsystems Inc more than a year ago to provide an interoperable interface between graphics applications and hardware in the Sparc-compatible market , has published its first complete set of foundation libraries for developers . |
| 53 | More than a year ago , the Barnes board had failed in a bid for permission to sell up to fifteen works from the legendary collection of early modern materpieces in order to fund building repairs . |
| 54 | While at the Royal Academy of Music she had lived there but that , though not much more than a year ago , now seemed infinitely distant . |
| 55 | When the Minister made it clear a little more than a year ago that he was changing his attitude towards the Government of Syria , he said that he was able to do so because there was no known connection with terrorist organisations , such as that involving the appalling man , Jibril . |
| 56 | That is an inadequate answer , given that more than a year ago there was a severe weather crisis throughout the country , especially in the east midlands district where 2 million people were without supplies , some of them for a considerable period . |
| 57 | More than a year ago , Matthey Beyrand set up a programme which ensures total control of its lead times . |
| 58 | Stephen Davison disappeared more than a year ago , and the court was told that part of his body was later found in a lake . |
| 59 | The complex was rebuilt after a firebomb attack more than a year ago , and its owners certainly have made the most of the opportunity . |
| 60 | Her jailed former boyfriend , Mohammed Niazy , has recanted a letter he wrote more than a year ago , exonerating the former Middlesbrough pub landlady of all guilt . |