Example sentences of "[ex0] are [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Ambleside there are several lodging houses , but it is a matter of surprise to the writer that there are not a greater number , as during the travelling season , when all such houses are full , more are enquired for by those who wish to see the country apart from the bustle , not to speak of the expense , of an inn . |
| 2 | As with the British economy , there are not a great number of options and no amount of breast-beating or hair shirts will alter that fact . |
| 3 | ‘ Despondent souls , ’ it was said , ‘ and there are not a few of these , seem to have been struck only by one part of the Führer 's speech : where he spoke of the preparations for the winter campaign in 1942–43 . |
| 4 | But there are not a few readers for such procedurals and you may feel that writing one of them is what you can do best . |
| 5 | It is worth noting that there are not a few cases where constructions containing postverbal adjectives are equivalent to different structures having the same subject and the same adjectival and verbal properties , but with the former now in ordinary predicative position and the latter replaced by an adverb : ( 61 ) Mario seemed regretful Mario was apparently regretful ( 62 ) the sharks remain dangerous the sharks are still dangerous This is exactly what could have been expected , given structure ( 47 ) . |
| 6 | So there are n't a great many local statutory reporting requirements to meet . |
| 7 | ‘ Pity there are n't a few more husbands to back me up , eh , Jack ? |
| 8 | ‘ There are probably a great many parks and recreation grounds that were given to local authorities by local benefactors or acquired by public subscription where the wording in the deeds implies that there is a charitable trust . |
| 9 | There are even a few herrings for good measure . |
| 10 | Here , there are no strictly male or female tasks or roles ( there are even a few female ‘ headmen ’ ) ; there are no purely male or female personality attributes ; there is no gender difference in access to ritual knowledge , no ‘ men 's clubs ’ or ‘ men 's houses ’ ; and there are no puberty rites or other rites of passage defining differential ideals of manhood and womanhood . |
| 11 | There are even a few who I 'm sure do n't have a care in the world , although I 'm almost prepared to stick my neck out and say that they 're in the minority . |
| 12 | For the reader , however , an art defined as national , made as cohesive and marketable as possible , may be less than convincing as an entity ; it may be that within a survey or an anthology there are just a limited number of interesting and attractive works . |
| 13 | If there are just a few of them write down their full names , titles and relevant facts about their background and attitudes . |
| 14 | Now there are just a few but they are large modern deep-sea trawlers , with more comfortable quarters — and some can freeze the fish at sea off Iceland , Canada or Norway . |
| 15 | He explained that ‘ As far as laboratory chemists are concerned there are just a few specific uses [ for tetra ] — they have tended to avoid it because of the toxicity ’ . |
| 16 | There are just a few questions and we 'll let you go back to the Vicarage . |
| 17 | In this battle , thankfully , there are just a few bruises |
| 18 | There are just a few questions I 'd like to ask you . |
| 19 | There are also a vast number of chemicals in food which have been recently introduced , the effects of which are unknown . |
| 20 | In addition to the branches under the control of these three deputy secretaries , there are also a legal branch , a finance branch , an organisation branch ( dealing with staffing and accommodation within the DES ) and a library . |
| 21 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 22 | In addition to the morning papers , there are also a substantial number of evening newspapers . |
| 23 | There are also a wide variety of more drastic therapies ranging from laser beam therapy to selective lipectomy which is the insertion of a hypotonic solution into the problem areas and suction of lipolysed fat . |
| 24 | There are also a wide range of training schemes , run both by employers , often involving day-release schemes , and by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 25 | There are also a good many ‘ users ’ of the service who are treated involuntarily , where a family member , friend or professional has determined that he or she shall receive treatment and care whether it is wanted or not , because it is judged to be in the best interests of the individual 's health or safety . |
| 26 | There are also a dozen or so whitish spots about half-pinhead size . |
| 27 | Before the war they were split between two empires : Ottoman and Persian After 1925 they were split between four states : Turkey , Iran , Iraq and Syria ( there are also a few Kurds in the Soviet Union ) . |
| 28 | Just outside Kos town , the Atlantis II is in a quiet spot only ten minutes walk from the discos and twenty minutes to the town centre and there are also a few bars and restaurants nearby . |
| 29 | There are also a few indoor pools . |
| 30 | There are also a few special sailors ' clinics in ports , but even so two-thirds of patients will be seen and treated by private practitioners . |