Example sentences of "of [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whiskers are small single crystals of rather a special kind but ordinary sizable solids are what is called polycrystalline , that is to say they are made up of a.large number of small crystals fitting together in three dimensions like crazy paving or like counties on a map . |
| 2 | I guess the performance of the instruments will have to validate the name , because if these guitars err on the trashy side , that will have been a waste of rather a neat moniker … |
| 3 | But here I must draw a distinction of rather a different kind , namely that between biological relationship and social relationship . |
| 4 | I was looking forward to being a guest in Ireland for the first time , instead of merely a paying guest . |
| 5 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |
| 6 | A long way behind everyone else came France , with an increase of only a little more than 5 per cent . |
| 7 | In chemical terms , though , the situation is much simpler , since all matter is composed of only a hundred or so elements . |
| 8 | According to Joseph Cummins of the University of London , Ontario , the liberation of only a small proportion of the remaining PCBs would spell disaster for marine mammals . |
| 9 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
| 10 | Why do some clouds , especially those which are of only a small height , fail to produce rain ? |
| 11 | In fact , the diamonds we see in jewellers ' windows are typical of only a small percentage of natural diamonds . |
| 12 | It is well known that the authorities are aware of only a small proportion of crimes , and that administrative processing of those crimes further distorts official statistics . |
| 13 | They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives . |
| 14 | Exploitation of divisions in the Labour movement was the concern of only a small number of Unionists , linked mainly with Lord Milner and with Central Office . |
| 15 | B enjoys the full-hearted support of only a small percentage of the PLP . |
| 16 | On the other hand , a black hole with a mass of only a billion tons — that is , a primordial black hole , roughly the size of a proton — would have a temperature of some 120 billion degrees Kelvin , which corresponds to an energy of some ten million electron volts . |
| 17 | If bilateral cases of glue ear are treated with adenoidectomy and tube insertion there may be a case for bilateral myringotomy and aspiration of fluid but with insertion of only a unilateral tube . |
| 18 | The next day use two pieces of dry food as a first course , the next day use four and so on , gradually increasing the size of the first course until the dog 's meal comprises a huge first course of dry food followed by a minuscule second course of only a single nugget of dry food garnished with some juicy brown food as a reward for cleaning its bowl . |
| 19 | This is in contrast with its predecessor ( Logogen Theory ) which assumes activation of only a single lexical item . |
| 20 | However , when the analysis was extended from consideration of only a single variable relationship to a multiple regression model which controlled for other possible influences on strikes , such as unemployment , profits and real wages , it was then found that bargaining structures did not have a statistically significant influence.l' |
| 21 | For example , Private Acts of Parliament are treated as legislation even though they may regulate the conduct of only a single individual ; on the other hand , an ‘ administrative order ’ affecting a large number of people may be difficult to distinguish from as legislative act . |
| 22 | Comment on any difficulties caused by ( a ) the lack of index registers , ( b ) the presence of two instructions per word , and ( c ) the provision of only a single conditional jump instruction . |
| 23 | Atrophy explains the presence of only a single well-developed anal vein in Anisopus ( Fig. 34 ) and other Diptera , while the occurrence in this genus of a single vein R2+3 , in place of the separate veins R2 and R3 , is due to coalescence . |
| 24 | However , a LVF advantage ( for same " responses ) was observed when the auditorily presented memory set consisted of only a single letter . |
| 25 | Above we looked at the affairs of only a single day ; and supposed the stocks offered for sale to be already in existence . |
| 26 | In spite of only a short period of minority government the Labour Party in the 1920s had also developed some ambitious long-term policies . |
| 27 | One of man 's great intellectual adventures — the exploration and understanding of his own nervous system — is progressing at a rate undreamed of only a few decades ago . |
| 28 | Mr Murphy says eligibility levels which took account of variations between households and actual , rather than assumed , figures for tax and housing , could be definitively assessed by further analysis of detailed Family Expenditure Survey statistics at the cost of only a few thousand pounds . |
| 29 | The daily body rhythms are timed similarly in different individuals , and in the same individual on different days , with regular differences of only a few hours between the timing of , say , the body temperature rhythm in ‘ larks ’ and ‘ owls ’ , for example . |
| 30 | These differences in athletic performance might not be very large , a matter of only a few per cent , but for world-class athletes , the difference between a world record and a mediocre performance can be only fractional . |