Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That represents less than a quarter of the student population affected by the benefit changes . |
| 2 | This includes more than a few in the occult . |
| 3 | She is maybe aware that this sounds sweet but a little ideologically uncool because she swiftly adds , ‘ It seemed like the ultimate — to make music together . ’ |
| 4 | This seems more than a simple displacement of the fear and anxiety with which we contemplate our own old age . |
| 5 | It must be stressed , though , that were it is said above that the researcher will ‘ scan the library ’ for previous writings on the area of study , this means more than a casual walk past the shelves of books which seem to be vaguely related to the topic . |
| 6 | That takes less than a microsecond ! |
| 7 | It all smells fishier than a barrel of stale salt-herring . |
| 8 | Okay , well you 've got two percent plus three and a quarter , that makes five and a quarter . |