Example sentences of "the [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultimately , the most a firm can do is , so far as practicable , utilise all the techniques outlined above , and hope that the courts will take a commercial view and hold that a firm which has acted in accordance with best practice is protected from liability . |
| 2 | ‘ The most a contestant has won so far is a small jar of face cream ’ , said Edna caringly . |
| 3 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 4 | Thus , the most a house insurer can be expected to provide in respect of an insurance below the Agreement threshold is confirmation that insurance arrangements were extant when the security was taken . |
| 5 | The most a discourse analyst could say about a discourse fragment such as the sentence in ( 8 ) above is that Mary is potentially part of the topic of the discourse in which ( 8 ) occurred , but more information is required , as indeed is also the case for both extracts ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) . |
| 6 | Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem . |
| 7 | None the less a development can be seen in later classical law : . |
| 8 | The outcome was none the less a climbdown for the government , which was obliged to drop its original plan to outlaw strikes in all sectors of industry for 15 months , amid deep divisions among parliamentarians over the extent of the powers to be granted . |
| 9 | It was none the less a moment of grave concern to unbelievers of any reliable militancy . |
| 10 | It did seem a little hard that , just when things were beginning to go really well , the even tenor of their lives should be upset by the arrival of someone else — someone who , although a friend , was none the less a stranger . |
| 11 | When it came , there was nothing at all ominous in the reason for Christian 's unexpected visit … but it was none the less a bombshell . |
| 12 | But never the less a lot of them started off like that did n't they ? |
| 13 | While the Secretary of State 's announcement is good news for Yarrow and the Clyde , it is none the less a disappointment for the other three shipyards that submitted tenders , not least VSEL in Barrow , although the order for the 4.5 inch gun would be welcome . |
| 14 | The reason for her secrecy was that if Brian thought there was any doubt about Jasper and Bienvida 's paternity he might stop paying her the so a week child support . |
| 15 | The reason I like this section is because I like the way Mrs Aimsley thinks , the more expensive her glass , the better a position it deserves on one of her shelves . |
| 16 | The language has an insistent rhythm , but the better a rapper is the more they break away from it , tease it , play with it . |
| 17 | The better a salesman you are the more likely you are to succeed . |
| 18 | The report concluded that a pupil 's performance was closely related to his or her father 's occupational status : the higher that status , the better a pupil 's performance , not only in leaving school less early but in having a better academic record and , in the headmaster 's judgement , more ‘ promise ’ . |
| 19 | A shot from Graeme Sharp was the just a warning . |
| 20 | They were called Bevin Boys and during second world war their front line was the not a battlefield , but a coalface . |
| 21 | He invented the policeman as national hero , a notion which is conservative and deeply perverse ; it implies the best a society can do is to resist disorder . |
| 22 | And the best a mother can hope for is that they 'll occasionally pop home |
| 23 | The result was to keep linesmen 's wages down : before 1862 , when the stab wage was 25s a week , most linesmen averaged 15s 2d ; in 1894 , when the stab rate was 32s , 24s was the best a piece worker could hope for . |
| 24 | These dissonant days the best a player can hope for as an inspirational backdrop to his talent is an off-pitch dirge . |
| 25 | However , observational studies such as these should be interpreted with care , all that can be fairly concluded is that the group operated on do not differ significantly from the remainder and the longer a patient is followed the greater the change of surgery . |
| 26 | The longer a person ( here defined as the head of the household ) is unemployed , the more likely it is that he or she will belong to the general labourer or other occupational groups . |
| 27 | Although it is less the case now than in the past , the longer a person has been on a particular committee the greater the likelihood that he or she will eventually succeed either to its chair or to the senior minority party position . |
| 28 | The longer a diver remains under water and the greater the depth , the more nitrogen is absorbed . |
| 29 | Apart from the interest charges involved , the longer a defendant can spin out the negotiations the better . |
| 30 | Further , the longer a party has been in opposition , the fewer of its leaders will have had ministerial office . |