Example sentences of "a [adj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | What do you feel you know the fact that that that quite a lot of erm well you were saying e you saying that quite a few quite a lot more coloured people live here |
2 | Mr Cormack , however , shows that nearly half the Roman Catholic students entering higher education here ( 43pc ) come from working class homes , but only a little over a quarter of the Protestants do ( 27pc ) . |
3 | Therefore , despite the fact that a little over a year had passed since the Report had been received , he suggested that the interval between publication and the debate was not a matter for regret . |
4 | A deadlock can only be opened with a key so a thief can not smash a pane of glass and open the door ; or if he gets in through a window , he ca n't carry your property out through the door . |
5 | Now we 've got a good long a session and hour and a quarter and tea afterwards . |
6 | The village possessed a charter to hold a fair twice a year , on 10th July and 2nd October , and a market was held every week in the Market Place , near to the cross , until Driffield developed to become the principal market town in the area , after which it was transferred there . |
7 | This does n't mean to say that that we ca n't invite other people to a special once a year meeting of this transportation working party to deal with cycle issues . |