Example sentences of "a [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is much less often commented upon , probably because he mentions it in a rather throwaway fashion , losing it in a section almost entirely devoted to the argument that noblemen should receive the same punishments as people of the lower orders . |
| 2 | A rather kitsch ceramic stool in the form of an elephant wearing a howdah is the chief image in a couple . |
| 3 | The structure plans tended to be based on a survey — analysis — plan approach which required a rather determinist view of the issues which they examined . ’ |
| 4 | I was n't a particularly happy person at the time ; lonely , in a rather dead-end job and with few personal relationships . |
| 5 | When it was time for the newly-weds to say goodbye , Anna behaved in a most un-Romany manner by flinging her arms about Seb and kissing him . |
| 6 | Liver biopsy showed a predominantly T cell mononuclear cell infiltrate and although the possibility of lymphoma was raised it was considered that this may also have been caused by an inflammatory process . |
| 7 | For these reasons the inevitable defeat of the " United Front " and of Communist affiliation by a predominantly trade-union vote did little to deter the " Unity Campaign " which grew in direct defiance of the Edinburgh decisions . |
| 8 | This can be done successfully , but requires a tank large enough to provide open habitat for the other fish ( as well as the rocks for the Mbuna ) and that the Mbuna do not outnumber the others — Mbuna are far more boisterous and a small number of Aulonacaras in a predominantly Mbuna tank tend to be scared all the time , even though rarely actually attacked . |
| 9 | In specimens from normal or alcoholic patients , expression of Lewis antigens was mainly in small bile ducts and showed a predominantly luminal pattern , while in the cholestatic disease groups , expression was mainly cytoplasmic and was seen in small and large ducts ( Fig 1(C) and ( D ) ) . |
| 10 | Where there is a predominantly yin landscape , the favourable site would be one which had yang characteristics , such as Glastonbury Tor , or the sacred aboriginal site of Ayers Rock in Australia , both prominent features rising out of a flat plain . |
| 11 | Though most rural settlements practised a predominantly subsistence economy , they needed certain goods and commodities from elsewhere which they could not provide themselves , and they were usually dependent on and subsidiary to somewhere else in terms of ownership , administration , and religious provision . |
| 12 | A diagram can be used to depict the links between settlements and the various land uses which have been discussed , together with the possibility of distant resources , in a predominantly subsistence economy ( Fig. 59 ) . |
| 13 | As a predominantly passenger line , the L & NWR had more locos and more passenger carriages than its contemporaries . |
| 14 | Here a predominantly grassland habitat was converted to a predominantly arable one in a very limited period after 1945 , primarily due to a Government policy of encouraging cereal growing . |
| 15 | We can quote one as saying ‘ We see it as giving a distinctive edge to our marketing image amongst a predominantly business clientele . ’ |
| 16 | That 's a worst case scenario . |
| 17 | A social worker , who said to me , inside every , every , what she say so inside er , every juvenile delinquent , there 's a little Leonardo da Vinci trying to get out . |
| 18 | The parish was tiny , hardly anyone lived in it , the church was small and easy to fill ; congregations select ; a little Sunday school but run by a lady ; some undergraduates ; hardly anyone to visit ; the proximity of Edward Wynn and Milner-White and Wilfred Knox and his father . |
| 19 | A little SAS practice can pay dividends ( always up-to-time sentences of course ) . |
| 20 | Alan came home as a Little Lord Fauntleroy , and we had a new baby brother , Geoff . |
| 21 | A little Fulham girl who he said was quite promising came in with a friend or two to dance with her . |
| 22 | A little I D bracelet . |
| 23 | This shows BT is determined to be a world class company not a Little England business . |
| 24 | His looming presence utterly cowed Rickie who whined something about only wanting to play Ellen a little night music , and that he had not meant any harm , and what was a guy supposed to be doing on this boat anyway ? |
| 25 | The current afternoon start on Sundays does at least give the players a little weekend leeway and one morning to mow the lawn , lie in , or say hello to the wife . |
| 26 | If she wanted , she could do a little daytime television work in one of the London studios . |
| 27 | A little D reg . |
| 28 | A little Stewart Turner engine er two or three about five horse power or something . |
| 29 | Wearing rubber gloves , pour a little Ronseal Wood Hardener into the lid . |
| 30 | Well I got a little Dundee cake . |