Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj -er] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pine wood looked just the same as ever , it always did , it was always dark and dense with very narrow passages through it that would surely allow nothing bigger than a fox to weave its way through . |
| 2 | There 's nothing nicer than an evening hack after a day in the office , and even if you prefer riding earlier , the extra hour of daylight somehow seems to lift the spirits . |
| 3 | If IBM has any sense ( which is in itself a topic worthy of serious consideration ) it will offer versions of its engine for the entire ES/9000 range ; should it do so , the 9221 version might be nothing larger than a circuit board or two that fits in a standard rack . |
| 4 | The plants featured , however , embrace nothing larger than a fly , so humans are quite safe . |
| 5 | SIR ROBIN BUTLER has collected a fair number of accolades during his academic and Civil Service career , but none stranger than the stag 's head that decorates his Whitehall office , writes David Millward . |
| 6 | Yet to the searching eye it is full of ancient treasure , none greater than the basilica of Sant'Ambrogio , of St Ambrose . |
| 7 | In the early Fifties he passed through a difficult period when his directorship came under fierce attack from some art critics , none fiercer than the collector and famous critic of the Modern movement , Douglas Cooper . |
| 8 | If there are to be sacrifices and belt-tightening , the Soviet leaders love nothing better than a backdrop of international threat to add pathos and realism to the drama . |
| 9 | Some of them are very , very frail and they really get something out of the music , ’ said Mr Harper who likes nothing better than a foot-tapping , clapping and smiling congregation . |
| 10 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
| 11 | ‘ I adore children and love nothing better than a household full of youngsters . ’ |
| 12 | Well , he enjoyed every moment of it , as though he liked nothing better than a brawl . |
| 13 | I adore children — and love nothing better than a house full of youngsters |
| 14 | Roy Morgan from Gloucester is a life-long darts fan and enjoys nothing better than a game over a glass of rum at his local , the Plough in Tredworth . |
| 15 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 16 | The archbishop of 1101 , with a clear command which required his obedience , was a different man from the Anselm of 1097 who asked for nothing better than an opportunity for escape . |
| 17 | The salt air began to smell of rending , and the islanders in the water knew that Manjiku liked nothing better than the smell of blood . |
| 18 | As the plane circled in wide sweeps , each one lower than the other , the Pack did pray — silently , sincerely — Brown Owl with them . |
| 19 | If it 's too long for you , just let me know and I 'll find something shorter and a bit easier . ’ |
| 20 | It 's just one bigger than the other . |
| 21 | I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me , so do n't look for ways to cut corners . |
| 22 | I think that there is something deeper than the ship . |
| 23 | Something larger than a man . |
| 24 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 25 | And he was young enough to hope for something better than a pat on the head from the Leaderene . |
| 26 | The reforms deserve something better than the babble that has followed them from birth . |
| 27 | By my first weekend at the Centre I was that very dangerous creature , one worse than a missionary , a convert . |
| 28 | Just by glancing at the first chapter of the book you feel a sort of ‘ zing ’ that brings them together , so much so that one could never rate one higher than the other . |
| 29 | After a while we realised that the girders were not a skeleton for something fancier but the thing itself . |
| 30 | Paul ( 3.11 ) selected two pieces of wood , one longer than the other . |