Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should this make so great a difference ? |
| 2 | George cried , who did not want so marvellous an evening to end . |
| 3 | But it did n't necessarily mean that they would stay together all the time the they may they may even fall out with one another . |
| 4 | For instance , 100 kilos of lavender yields almost 3 litres of essential oil , whereas 100 kilos of rose petals can yield only half a litre of oil . |
| 5 | Tailors in 1814 were very much on a level in terms of real wages with 1795 , but in the intervening years had been significantly down on that level in eight years , and very seriously below it in 1800 and 1801 when their weekly wage would buy only half the quantity of bread it had purchased from 1777 to 1795 . |
| 6 | Clearly , the vendor will seek as large a consideration as possible , with as few contingent liabilities as possible . |
| 7 | It would not need too keen an eye ( nor a cynical disposition ) to spot a coincidence between one of the editors of the volumes and the present author of this piece and think … |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't just throw away all the work I 'd already done ! ’ |
| 9 | She watched him for a moment , wishing she did n't feel so defensive every time he broached the subject of Arnie . |
| 10 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
| 11 | I watch I 'll probably watch about half an hour tonight , an hour tomorrow night . |
| 12 | Nothing is worse than walking in wet trousers for long periods of time , so the overtrousers you select should give as good a service as your jacket . |
| 13 | You see , I must admit you see not I do n't gon na do as good a job as |
| 14 | do n't think she 's gon na do as good a job and that would definitely make it . |
| 15 | if you do n't think that the girl that you 've interviewed is gon na do as good a job as |
| 16 | Concern was expressed both that an initial compliance check would not eliminate the possibility of later default , and that firms with a number of branch offices run largely independently of one another for accounting purposes might present as big a risk of default as sole practices . |
| 17 | As the renewable energy sources develop they will inevitably quickly lose their present quaint , pastoral image and the concepts of noise and horizon pollution will assume as significant a rôle in the public bestiary as do atmospheric and nuclear pollution today . |
| 18 | He should expect as good a season as Russell Claydon . |
| 19 | By definition , you can not do well all the time , you can only try to — your attitude is that you could be a hell of a lot worse off in life than getting out for 30 as opposed to 75 . |
| 20 | Thus although we do not know how the DNA controls development , we are reasonably sure that it does carry almost all the information which has been produced by selection , and which is needed to control development . |
| 21 | No really , and er , so I , I do n't feel quite such a fool as I did when I started to speak . |
| 22 | Right right , what you did n't do almost all the time was to change those minutes to decimals of an hour was n't it ? |
| 23 | I believed that he might bring forward such an amendment , but he has not done so . |
| 24 | On the one hand , the Montagne de Reims suggests a much higher , tougher topography than it actually represents ; yet , on the other , to talk of rolling hills would give too tame an impression of the region . |
| 25 | For most people alcohol does not present too great a problem provided it is taken in moderation . |
| 26 | Did n't smell very strong the top 's been off it . |
| 27 | One may argue that ( although one should not expect too sympathetic a hearing in the courts ) : 1 . |
| 28 | The controversy will disappear once all the member states introduce equivalent conduct of business rules but that is unlikely to be achieved in the short or perhaps even in the medium term . |
| 29 | To devolve responsibility for the kind of social services we currently enjoy to a mass of informal , ill-organised groups and organisations would constitute so great a dismantling of the personal social services system as to leave its functions solely to hidden providers of informal care . |
| 30 | A part , of course , assumed that certain favours would be forthcoming , especially as her reputation , in the newspapers , was in tatters ; Mr Poole did not use so graphic a word , but his hands continued to make free of Dinah 's body , and soon she rose and shook out her skirts . |