Example sentences of "a slightly older [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The uranium series measurements give a slightly older date of 205,000 years BP , but given that the uncertainties in each of these figures are typically 20 per cent , the two techniques can be said to agree with each other . |
| 2 | The group were accompanied by a slightly older Thakin , Tun Ok ( born 1907 ) who was expected to head the civil government . |
| 3 | In the Roundhouse , a Catholic housing estate in Liverpool , a slightly older man remarked to members of a teenage gang ‘ you lot are just like we was . |
| 4 | Along the wall opposite the bookcase was a bed and under the front window which looked out over the tiny arched lane and fields , was a small table with a photograph of a young dark-haired woman and a slightly older man with large penetrating eyes and a broad grin . |
| 5 | ‘ Masterworks Portrait ’ has equally fine artists of a slightly older generation in beautifully presented performances that are classics of their time — Mitropoulos in and podium stalwarts such as Ormandy , Walter and Szell . |
| 6 | A slightly older child was given the task of colouring in a picture for part of her correspondence lessons . |
| 7 | Here the teacher is working with a slightly older group of children and developing sorting , using a sorting box containing cubes , off-cuts of wood , beads , wheels , cotton reels , rods , etc . |
| 8 | As a child , she had been dominated by a slightly older brother . |
| 9 | Since then , Back To Basics has n't looked back , refining its relaxed feel , attracting a slightly older crowd , and preserving the enthusiasm and innovation by turning away the wrong sort at the door ( ‘ It 's just letting in people you 'd want as your mate , ’ according to co-founder and one time punk Dave Beer ) . |