Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also quite a bit heavier than a similar garment in , say , Polartek 300 . |
| 2 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 3 | They need to have somebody that 's a bit liberal and a bit open and that wo n't be available under a Conservative government will it ? |
| 4 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 5 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 6 | I was a bit shocked when a 60-year-old woman opened the door until I realized that she was the ‘ madam ’ who took the money . |
| 7 | You erm you 're , you 're a bit uncertain and a bit nervous all the way through it but I think it was , it was basically because you |
| 8 | It could 've varied , you know , any time if you like from , from March till May and without knowing the exact date you might be a bit late or a bit too early er for future business . |
| 9 | It 's a bit better than a hundred and one pound ninety two pence . |
| 10 | That 's a bit better because a gradient of one is forty five degrees and we s we said it should be more than that . |
| 11 | Given these curious aspects , it is a bit surprising that a logical net 's learning process succeeds . |
| 12 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 13 | erm As he will obviously tomorrow as well , but erm he was a bit tense and a bit nervous before , but erm I 'm sure that erm he 'll be absolutely delighted with this result . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 15 | Ken Russell 's production is certainly easy on the eye , but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle . |
| 16 | yeah , but I need to be a bit skinnier and a bit taller |
| 17 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 18 | either a bit off putting or a bit slow or a bit , you know , all sorts |
| 19 | Or what 's the difference in this activity for a level two or a level three child ? |
| 20 | Is a computer better than a doctor ? |
| 21 | Curtis Strange , seeking his first win in three years , finished birdie-birdie for a seven-under-par 65 and a one-stroke lead after the second round of the 90-hole Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta , California |
| 22 | Picks : either a Tortex 74 or a Clayton 74–77 . |
| 23 | it 's like a foot bigger than a ni erm about four inches |
| 24 | This tiny car — it 's a foot shorter than a Mini — might be the breath of fresh air Europe 's choked and choking cities have been looking for . |
| 25 | regulations ) A good opportunity for a spring clean and a chance to get rid of old furniture etc accumulating in your attic . |
| 26 | More than 200 pages later Genet writes ‘ out of the crowd a glance swifter than a wink reveals two fedayeen as two lovers … |
| 27 | There were no houses , no people , no hills , and not a rock bigger than a cricket ball . |
| 28 | Four pounds we 've taken is frequent cash and a pound each and a pound at dinner time . |
| 29 | about the room were high chairs and low chairs , bandy-legged chairs , chairs so attenuated that it was a wonder any but a sylph could sit upon them , marqueterie tables covered with marvellous gimcracks , china ornaments of all ages and countries , bronzes , gilt daggers , Books of Beauty , yataghans , Turkish papooshes and boxes of Parisian bonbons … |
| 30 | Although about an inch less wide than a Guild F-50 or a Gibson J-200 , this is still definitely not an instrument for players of the short-armed variety . |