Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This order is basically a First In First Out method with a simple modification . |
| 2 | Investors who would be badly upset by a further fall of perhaps a tenth in the value of their holdings , if the market turns sour , should consider weeding out a couple more of their holdings . |
| 3 | But it was only a temporary in there , like the floor and everything just a , a brown carpet because of Honey |
| 4 | The same chapter in Chronic Diseases highlights this thus ‘ In taking one and the same medicine repeatedly ( which is indispensable to secure the cure of a serious chronic disease ) , if the dose is in every case varied and modified only a little in its degree of dynamization , then the vital force of the patient will calmly , and as it were willingly receive the same medicine even at brief intervals very many times in succession with the best results , every time increasing the well-being of the patient . ’ |
| 5 | In terms of the stage of the disease , the majority were Dukes ' stage B ( 35% ) or C ( 33% ) , with only a few in Dukes ' stage A ( 12% ) . |
| 6 | There is space to mention only a few in this account , but all the unsung heroines the current Society members say THANK YOU . |
| 7 | The clinic , has been operating here at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford for a year on a trial basis — one of only a few in the Country . |
| 8 | There were approximately a thousand in each type of provision . |
| 9 | They ran over a few in their minds , having acquired the same references . |
| 10 | Days lost through strikes fell from more than 29 million in 1979 to under a million in the year to October 1991 . |
| 11 | There are still a few in New Zealand but numbers there are now very low , and the Belted variety is more popular than the standard black . |
| 12 | Which MP was once a farmhand in The Archers ? |
| 13 | Within a week of his arrival Mr Morton , always an interventionist in his economics , was gone . |
| 14 | The packaging options include an outboard kit , providing everything needed to paint an outboard engine , which is also a first in the industry , says the Yacht Division . |
| 15 | Chairman Peter Swales insists there is no more money for signings — but City made nearly a million in the last financial year and gambling now could mean the difference between success and failure . |
| 16 | For all the talk of ‘ cuts ’ , state spending on health has increased by nearly a third in real terms since 1979 , and as a share of total public spending it has moved from 14 per cent in 1978 — 9 to 16 per cent in 1988 — 9 . |
| 17 | In real terms , median black family income in the mid-west has fallen by nearly a third in the past 20 years , from $24,690 to $17,400 . |
| 18 | erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning |
| 19 | On the island of Luzon , the Agta people in the 1980s were down from about a thousand in 1936 to 609 . |
| 20 | And you 'd get a bucket with about a hundred in . |
| 21 | They require little attention beyond cutting back long canes by about a third in early spring , just as growth begins to stir , and then trimming back any remaining side shoots to no more than three buds , taking out old wood that becomes dark and barky to promote new growth from the base — and , of course , removing the flower trusses as they fade . |
| 22 | The overall mortality reduction in the five included community studies ( fig 1 ) was highly significant , both statistically ( two tailed p<0.0000001 ) and clinically : a common odds ratio of 0.70 ( 0.62 to 0.79 ; confidence interval not adjusted for cluster design of community studies ) indicating a risk reduction of 30% — that is , a reduction of about a third in mortality from all causes . |
| 23 | Many women have benefited from mifepristone 's availability in France — but even there , not all women want it : according to a spokesman for the makers , about a third in need of abortion opt for a swift operation . |
| 24 | Currently , the average UK company pension fund is invested 80 per cent in equities ( 60 per cent UK ) and and only 9 per cent in bonds — in sharp contrast to US and European funds which are invested about a third in bonds . |
| 25 | Christopher did his bit by cramming about a dozen in his car , then , having dumped them , said to Jane with some asperity : . |
| 26 | In later correspondence with the Board of Education , stretching over several years , it was pointed out that " in 1899 there were 243 deaf principals and teachers in the USA , while there are about a dozen in the United Kingdom and Ireland . |
| 27 | about an eighth in size . |
| 28 | He demanded a wardrobe re-fit during filming so he could wear a bullet-proof vest after receiving death threats — reportedly a dozen in one lunch break ! |
| 29 | We have quite a few in stock and would like to clear a few at least ! |
| 30 | Erm there are quite a few in , in this series which follow the same sort of thing is that er , all projects all jobs on site er will have a quantity surveyor from Dave 's section . |