Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] of [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With pressed flowers , it is very much a case of quality rather than quantity . |
| 2 | Any tenderness between the two of them would be a sham as far as he was concerned , merely serving to emphasise the absence of love , and perhaps like her he felt that a relationship characterised by so much other feeling ought to be loving as well , that the depth of desire he felt for her should have been merely a facet of love instead of the whole . |
| 3 | It was not merely a matter of correction here and there — these were ashes ; at best a discord such as some chained bear might pound on a piano . |
| 4 | The point means only a likelihood of harassment etc. not an actual harassment . |
| 5 | It 's only a pile of rubble now the Great Killer has finished with it . |
| 6 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
| 7 | I mean Christmas ones are only a couple of foot apart , there 's only about that much between them , you know ? |
| 8 | As I pointed out earlier , even those scientists who are most eager to assure us that the difference between man and other animals is only a matter of degree always conduct their experiments in a way which implies that the observer is quite different in kind from what he observes . |
| 9 | The police probably knew everything ; it was only a matter of time now before they challenged her about that sample of nail polish . |
| 10 | It 's only a matter of time now before they find some forensic evidence linking him to the scene of the crime . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed many builders feel that UK exclusion will hinder the transfer of construction workers throughout the EC and that it is only a matter of time before , say , a German worker brings a case to the European courts on the basis of discrimination in employment rights when working in the UK . |
| 12 | It is a matter of dispute how they parted ; friends of Hayward suggest that Eliot left Carlyle Mansions on the morning of the marriage , leaving only a note of explanation behind — or , even , that he told Hayward as the taxi waited for him in the street below . |
| 13 | Scarcely ever to be used in war — and as ineffective as so many of these guns were when she was — Mons Meg was nevertheless a source of pride then , and is admired to this day by visitors to Edinburgh Castle . |
| 14 | Seventy per cent of it is going into farmer 's pockets , right , even on goods like m m manufactured goods , we pay V A T on er manufactured goods and that V A T pays for our contribution to the European Community and most of that contribution , about seventy per cent of it , goes to farmers tt erm , right so the next economic costs to European Community right are fourteen point nine billion alright that 's the size of the dead weight loss that 's the inefficiency right , of agricultural support right , losing fifteen billion dollars a year , right , just going down the er , the Swanny okay Just a couple of point just before we er before we close . |
| 15 | I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available . |
| 16 | In calm conditions Wood was able to trim the aircraft to fly feet-off for hours on end , with just a touch of rudder now and then to correct their course . |
| 17 | Just a form of jetty just a grating which is a form of jetty and we put a a derrick up on the end of it . |
| 18 | But er it 's just a matter of time now for the discolouration to fade a bit , and things like that , that 's mainly the worst that 's left . |
| 19 | She said ‘ my place ’ as though it were some stately country house , though it was just a patch of sand scrupulously cleared of grass and thorn and scooped out into a round shallow hollow … |
| 20 | What evidence can be gleaned for the ‘ Queen Margaret ’ school , or for the counter-argument that such changes are largely a matter of style rather than substance , by examining the procedure and mechanics of government since 1979 ? |
| 21 | Indeed , in insurance the eighteenth century was generally a period of establishment rather than of rapid growth . |
| 22 | Objects express their cost and , at a time when most domestic ones were still produced largely by manual crafts , elaboration was largely an index of cost together with expensive materials . |
| 23 | Morris did n't seem lonely or isolated himself , but a hard shell was usually a sign of vulnerability underneath . |
| 24 | During chemical reactions , there is always a dispersal of energy either from the chemical system to its surroundings or from the surroundings to the chemical system . |
| 25 | Coming back to look at this erm er , as I say , very attractive building , again , and you can see there 's still a bit of work there . |
| 26 | Still a lot of hass though , cos they do n't know if you 've just completely |
| 27 | There is hardly a spadeful of soil anywhere in the world that does not contain some of them . |
| 28 | Wou would there , not be er , possibly a conflict of interest there , if er , for example , suppose it was a self-employed person . |
| 29 | Caring is frequently viewed as a low status activity , imposing a sense of personal responsibility , and possibly a sense of failure subsequently , depending on the circumstances . |
| 30 | Harriet knew , of course , that she would never cease to care for Liza , but from then on it was much more a question of duty rather than any labour of love . |