Example sentences of "a [noun] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd be alright as long as I could go on a route where all I had to do was turn left but as soon as I turn right |
| 2 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 3 | Personal memories : of the larger knots of passengers at reopened Templecombe than at most other stations between Exeter and Salisbury , a route far busier and better served than ten years ago ; but of travelling from Southampton to Newton Abbot via Westbury having dinner with a traveller from London to Crewkerne , the common Westbury-Taunton section way north of both passengers ' direct line being attractive because of the faster pace of HSTs . |
| 4 | An unusual variety is N. Hal Miller , a vigorous plant of creamy white or N. Virginia a variety also suitable for a larger pond . |
| 5 | I also like ‘ Distinction ’ , a variety over 100 years old with red flowers and a narrow black edge to the bright green leaves . |
| 6 | He was trying to pick her up , of course , but any Wren new to the flotilla must expect to be fair game , she acknowledged , especially in a base so isolated , where women were outnumbered by fifty to one . |
| 7 | There was much protest from the anti-nuclear movements , and more unease because the Americans insisted on a base so near to a densely populated region with Glasgow at its heart . |
| 8 | the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another . |
| 9 | It is a provision more appropriate to the French uplands where cooperatives and joint investments are commonplace but where its use will probably have no significant impact on nature conservation interests . |
| 10 | And this is a chart where this was activity down here and time along there . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I became a sister so young , I suppose I did have high expectations of myself . |
| 12 | Buttons was played by a young Tommy Steele and Ken was Portia , a sister so ugly that he almost frightened himself every time he looked in the mirror . |
| 13 | It was a sa so big that it was almost a lake . |
| 14 | On washing day I fill a bucket half full of very hot water and add my cup of soap powder before going back to the house for breakfast . |
| 15 | You will be working a single cable pattern up the centre of the test piece , consisting of a cable over six stitches , crossing three stitches over three stitches . |
| 16 | Whereas identification of an E may quite easily be aided by the introduction of a P actually applicable to a different E , to claim completeness of an E and a P when the latter neither helps to identify the former nor is applicable to it is to leave us with a construction which does nothing coherent at all . |
| 17 | This range offers many features including original butterfly fretwork , spindles and cabinets with apothecary drawers — a choice which allows you to create a kitchen uniquely individual to you . |
| 18 | The discussion so far might suggest the following definition : a public function is a function peculiar to government , or a function not peculiar to government the performance of which has an important impact on society at large . |
| 19 | We had just such a function there last Saturday , where the consensus was that making a living was getting a bit easier , that the economy was startling to move forward , and that , by the time we get round to the season of the darling buds of May , the prospects for Her Majesty 's Government might well be ’ perfick , just perfick ’ . |
| 20 | Performing a function as interesting as that of the " new " temporary workers in manufacturing are agency workers . |
| 21 | ‘ This is a case where painstaking analysis of all the evidence points to the defendant . ’ |
| 22 | In a case where substantial fitting out work is in contemplation it is suggested that the draftsman should give the landlord the right to require the removal of fixtures . |
| 23 | But this is a case where long imprisonment is needed not just as a punishment , but to protect society . |
| 24 | A defendant involved in a case where such proceedings are contemplated should be present if , after discussion with counsel , it is thought that his interests may be affected . |
| 25 | ‘ in a case where one or more of the conditions of section 82(1) are fulfilled , the court always has at least theoretical discretion to rectify any part of the register , even as against innocent third parties … |
| 26 | Instances of how some of these registers were destroyed may give us a pointer to the fate of our own ; in some cases rats and mice destroyed them , other instances of fire , damp , silver fish , some being stolen and a case where one vicar used the sheets to baste his goose . |
| 27 | ’ I 've never known a case where one person has been a victim of so many crimes . ’ |
| 28 | I once heard of a case where two dogs fought almost to the death over an empty sweet paper . |
| 29 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 30 | It is a cautionary tale for all women reading this widely covered case to appreciate what is the reality of the experience , even in a case where few are likely to believe the defendants ' accounts . |