Example sentences of "a [adj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had put a second £100 into the FT-SE index each time he bought from the state , the resulting shares would now be worth only a little over a third more than he paid . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Banbury had a completely new suburb significantly called Newland added to the older town between 1250 and 1285 , only a little over a hundred years after it had been first founded , a mark of its success , while Eynsham , also in Oxfordshire , has a neat rectangular block of properties , bisected by Newland Street which dates from 1215 when a charter was acquired for an extension . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Do you want to borrow , well it 's on two tapes , well I 've still got it on the tapes if you want it , it 's quite a good quite a good film |
| 7 | which is again , er I dun , one of the guys at work , another guy at work come which is quite a , well it 's near Guildford , Primchet , which is quite a good quite a good |
| 8 | Now we 've got a good long a session and hour and a quarter and tea afterwards . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You pot a red then a yellow then another red then a green … and so on . |
| 11 | 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 . |