Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job .
2 The Executive Committee shall meet not less than twice a year in every calendar year : decide its own procedure : elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman , each of whom may hold the office for a maximum period of four consecutive years .
3 By 11 , the majority of children were hit less than once a month or never .
4 Less than once a month 8%
5 Less than once a month 13%
6 Eighteen per cent ( 131 ) of the men who are not virgins in our sample say they have sex either less than once a month ( 13% ) or ( currently ) never ( 5% ) .
7 They then persuaded the 8 highest scorers on their questionnaires who " dreamed every night " , as well as the 8 lowest scorers , who " dreamed less than once a month " to submit to laboratory recordings and wakenings during the night .
8 In other words , initiated communication with their supervisor erm less than once a month , okay ?
9 ‘ But while people think of me perhaps as just a guitar producer who does n't go anywhere near sequencers , I actually use them quite a lot .
10 However , it is obviously as much a waste of funds to give money to privatisation of the coal industry as it was to give money for the poll tax .
11 In this way , if caught , the smugglers had little to lose in way of investment , it also made the job of our investigators more difficult , especially when often a foreign national would charter a UK vessel .
12 Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours .
13 Male-orientation may so colour the organization of sociology as a discipline that the invisibility of women is a structural weakness , rather than simply a superficial flaw .
14 The deputy chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Robert Galucci , said in Bahrain on Jan. 14 that Iraq had for the first time admitted " pursuing a production-scale centrifuge enrichment programme rather than simply a research programme " , after UN inspectors confronted Iraqi officials with evidence supplied by Germany showing the involvement of German firms in this programme .
15 If so , it is necessary to adopt a therapeutic rather than simply a directive approach , and to pay particular attention to establishing such a relationship with the patient .
16 It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’
17 When this process becomes revolutionary upheaval is not always easy to identify and the decision as to whether it was a radical reinterpretation rather than simply an adjustment depends on the observer 's standpoint .
18 But in order to become philosophically interesting ( rather than simply an intellectual freak ) he must do more than assert that higher standards of evidence are better .
19 A useful review of the clers of the Old French fabliaux by Phillipe Ménard ( 1983 ) indicates that to be a clerk is a matter of attitude and behaviour rather than simply an occupation .
20 A good sommelier or restaurant manager can persuade the customer to choose a super bottle of wine which offers marvellous value and drinks perfectly , rather than just a grand name in a superlative vintage which , inevitably , will have a premium attached to it .
21 It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes .
22 I had to show him I could be an international rather than just a squad player .
23 With some airlines , there is the facility ( for example the ‘ sleeperette ’ , to take a good sleep rather than just a nap ) .
24 The later success of The Wedding Present was no surprise because Gedge 's belief in himself made it inevitable , rather than just a possibility .
25 It is a shame that there are no photographs but each chapter begins with a Tom Price sketch and the text marks Sylvie out as a skilled travel writer rather than just a traveller who writes , a thoroughly good read .
26 Try as they might , the City 's denizens have never been as colourful and flamboyant as those who set out to make crime a career rather than just a sideline .
27 America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon .
28 Which is unfortunate , for with some extra attention paid to these details this could have been a worthy instrument rather than just a competent one .
29 Yngwie then told me how he created the orchestra on ‘ Fire And Ice ’ : ‘ We had two violins , a viola , a cello and a contrabass and we overdubbed that quartet four times , so on record it sounds like a chamber orchestra rather than just a quartet .
30 You may find it more pleasing and effective to range together a selection of complementary shapes , rather than just a hotchpotch of squares , circles , ovals and rectangles .
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