Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disagreement was about how this decentralization was to be explained . |
| 2 | The corollary of the theory , of course , is that ads for the cheap , day-to-day , convenience type of product are of so little interest to anybody that they should carry a minimum of information , and that they will even then have great difficulty in achieving any very active response from customers . |
| 3 | Like ‘ mere ’ compatibility , ‘ mere ’ incompatibility is of relatively little interest : the fact that affix and volcano are incompatibles is not specially informative . |
| 4 | Businessman Ravi was in so much pain he cancelled his booking on the doomed airbus — which crashed in the Himalayas killing 113 people . |
| 5 | The place which now bears its name is in quite another part of town and is run by men who did n't even know Madame . |
| 6 | The start is at 9am each day and the competition sponsored by McDonald 's . |
| 7 | My girlfriend 's cousin 's in there this week Mark . |
| 8 | My girlfriend 's cousin 's in there this week . |
| 9 | Since the monarchy is in so many respects the visible representation of the nation , the merest whiff of criticism draws the fire of every tub-thumping little Englander with access to a microphone . |
| 10 | For a philosopher , whether an idea is logical or illogical is very important , but for an historian of ideas this concern is of relatively little significance . |
| 11 | " Oh , " Quiss said , shaking his great bearded head quickly as though the whole subject was of too little consequence to be worth discussing , " they said they 'd see what they could do . |
| 12 | ‘ A copy of the letter is of very little use to our scientific experts . ’ |
| 13 | From the user 's point of view , the source of a requested item is of far less interest than speed of supply . |
| 14 | Karelius was in very little doubt . |
| 15 | As you know , it 's pretty easy to stay within R & A guidelines as long as any kinks in the shaft are within so many inches of the putter head and so on . |
| 16 | When the Tate divides up , the two sections should likewise be totally divorced , which would avoid the centrality of power being in too few hands . |
| 17 | Although the peasantry continued to account for over 80 per cent of the population , discontent among the urban poor and especially the industrial working class was of scarcely less significance than the unrest in the countryside . |