Example sentences of "be [adv] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er , I get on the courses is the fact that that is very good attendance sort of thing for you to see T N T Express has been rather than a depot . |
| 2 | As she passed through the channel there had been less than a foot clearance between the ship 's sides and the concrete wharf . |
| 3 | the motive was to steal scrap metal from the company the amount of metal would have been less than a couple of hundred pounds so quite a minor incident in itself . |
| 4 | After two hours , I reached firmer ground but became concerned that I could not see a four hundred foot escarpment which , according to the map , should have been less than a mile ahead . |
| 5 | I realise that I had been less than a block away , watching the drugstore explode . |
| 6 | Had it really been less than a month ago ? |
| 7 | He could see the image clearly enough in his mind 's eye ( since that night no two rememberings had been more than a minute apart ) but even the most basic sketch eluded his hand . |
| 8 | It 's been more than a year since a report was published on their position . |
| 9 | Hardly any part of it stood more than waist high now , much was covered in grass or blackthorn bushes , and it could never have been more than a chapel anyway . |
| 10 | Yet he felt convinced it had been more than a dream . |
| 11 | The ‘ new ’ systems being used in the Gulf have all been more than a decade in development . |
| 12 | Nevertheless it is my belief that without us , feminism would never have been more than a caucus of the broad left . |
| 13 | I 've never been more than a dabbler but I 've always had an eye for a painter and I saw at once that he was one . |
| 14 | Since the press seem to take any and every chance they can to doubt his ability to play , this article , and indeed all your support over the last few months , has been more than a pleasure to read . |
| 15 | We do not know how they were elected ; but in practice it can hardly have been more than a co-optation . |
| 16 | The loser then was Ray Laccohee who might well have been more than a match for Dale overall had he played more competition golf . |
| 17 | An officer for nearly 40 years , he should have been more than a match for a 24-year-old civilian but the first brush between the two sides , though neither commander was present in person , suggested otherwise . |
| 18 | Send one of them to talk to this chap Jordan — Fowler will do it very well ; he 'd have been more than a match for the Ancient Mariner . |
| 19 | Mar was initially joined by eighteen lords , bringing with them some 5,000 men , which should have been more than a match for the 1,500 regular troops stationed in Scotland . |
| 20 | By 1953 , the refusal that such dressiness displayed had spread to a hitherto unexpected and unexplained location : the working-class boys and girls who , congregating around various London centres , had assumed what had been up until a couple of years previously a homosexual style , the Edwardian Look . |
| 21 | I mention these matters because they show that to accept the Woolwich principle in one or other of its forms would appear to involve a choice of what the law should be rather than a decision as to what it is . |
| 22 | It might not be so if a licence agreement includes terms to the effect that the licensor will himself make a further copy available to the licensee in the event of failure of the original copy . |
| 23 | This could hardly be so if a conception of such connections was no part of neuroscience . |
| 24 | It seemed as if it would not be long before a treatment was found for every disease . |
| 25 | With the housing market still struggling to recover , the Bonners may not be moving in the very near future — but it 's rare for follies to come on the market , especially ones you can live in — so it may not be long before a buyer comes along keen to take up residence in Enoch 's Tower . |
| 26 | He made his worst start for years , found himself jammed in fourth place and then thought his race for the title might be over when a warning light flickered in the cockpit of the 200mph Renault-Williams . |
| 27 | Well I would n't be here because a horse was used for a toxin to provide the anti-toxin for diphtheria whe , in my days when I was younger there was no toxins as such , vaccination as such and so therefore the horses were used for research to provide the anti-toxins . |
| 28 | Reviews of exhibiting societies ' shows have constantly presented difficulties to critics , as it is only possible to give brief comments on some of the artists ' work ; how could it be otherwise when an exhibiting society shows several thousand works ? |
| 29 | It will be otherwise if a sale or transfer takes place when the husband left the home at least 36 months ago or the husband has acquired another residence . |
| 30 | It may be that once a decision is made to tape the wound , little attempt is made to perform a thorough wound toilet . |