Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , keel-haul me fer a Spanisher , ’ Susan exclaimed , ‘ ye 're as scurvy a shipment o ’ cut-throats as any that e'er sailed the Main . |
| 2 | TIE Rack , whose expansion into America has been described as ‘ attempted suicide ’ by chairman Roy Bishko , is aiming to break even in its American shops ‘ in a couple of years ’ after a better performance in the year to February . |
| 3 | After a closer inspection of the young man , I doubted that he could help anyone . |
| 4 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 5 | Not healthy , especially coming after a bigger than expected £30bn deficit in the current tax year . |
| 6 | In fact , the clothes Yuri had worn to our shoot — an American jacket and trousers with a grey shirt and fur-lined black trainers — would n't have looked at all of place on the dance floor of Stringfellows , but Yuri was after a smoother image . |
| 7 | Such a clock will wake an individual when a certain stage of the sleep/wake cycle is reached ; if he goes to bed late then that stage will be reached after a shorter period of sleep than usual . |
| 8 | Moreover , they are likely to consult their doctor after a shorter delay if their SAD is a recurrent problem ; this is a suggestion that could be tested statistically . |
| 9 | In other cases a relative or foster carer may apply for custody after a shorter period and you will be informed of this action and be able to contest it in court if you wish . |
| 10 | A child may work with father or mother ; s/he may look after a younger brother or sister ; s/he may be responsible for the family cow or goats or for selling the family produce in the market . |
| 11 | It was April , and after a warmer in Poosie Nansie 's , another West of Scotland custom , we thrashed away on the Ayr , casting amongst chunks of ice floating down the river ; frozen stiff , getting colder and colder as the grey day grew older and older . |
| 12 | The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training . |
| 13 | One society , the Woolwich , then challenged them in court : won , lost on appeal , then won again before the law lords last October , and retrieved £91m ( $160m ) of tax and interest thereon from the Inland Revenue , plus another £6m due after a further appeal-court victory of detail this week . |
| 14 | These are itchy and painful and eventually crust over before disappearing after a further week or two . |
| 15 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
| 16 | Now after a further century of development Ossett can boast of wide range of businesses including a gallery , photography studio , florist , fashion shops , health food and the expanded Dimple Well Lodge Hotel , where the proprietor Mr Sandy Gillan looks to the future with confidence . |
| 17 | Wilkinson 's need for a right-back has heightened with injured Mel Sterland likely to be out for weeks after a further training setback . |
| 18 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 19 | After a further telephone interview — this time with myself as the interviewee — for the Radio Times , it seemed I was finished . |
| 20 | Soon thereafter the force lines untwisted — rather like a tangle of elastic bands that had suddenly been released — and matters progressed as normal until , after a further 11 years … |
| 21 | After a further 400yds the path regains the river , for a short time , by some moorings near the entrance to South Walsham Broad . |
| 22 | As the road leaves Clashnessie Bay , the hamlet of the same name is passed and after a further mile a side road turns off to the right and crosses the bare and windswept peninsula , the Ru Stoer , to a lighthouse where it ends at a parking place for cars . |
| 23 | After about a mile , where the road forks , take the left fork and after a further 200yds , turn left a crossroads and follow the road which goes across the saddle between two tors . |
| 24 | More sophisticated weapons like throwing sticks and bows and arrows came only after a further long period of brain development . |
| 25 | Repeat the change of fixative after a further 10 min , controlling the volume of the final suspension until it appears slightly cloudy with cells . |
| 26 | The second stage of training is the Solicitors Final Examination taken after a further year of study at one of the professional schools . |
| 27 | On this occasion , after a further orderly march of I4,000 seamen from Tower Hill to Westminster to lobby both Houses of Parliament and mediation by Sir John Fielding , the sympathetic Bow Street magistrate , the incident was peacefully resolved . |
| 28 | Whether BBN will survive will become clearer after a further Council meeting in May . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , that 's it , ’ said Camille , after a further moment . |
| 30 | The wish may well be granted , but possibly only after a further 90 days has gone by ! |