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

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1 The females , however , continue upstream a considerable distance .
2 At the top of the pillar , the 26-year-old guide picked up a new sack of food and popped across to the Freney face to solo a new direct version of the Central Pillar ( Chris Bonington 's finest hour ) .
3 Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma .
4 Furthermore a difficult transition can prejudice the changers against the new method so that they never appreciate its superiority over the old method .
5 What the fuck did that matter , better a live queer …
6 Punchbag Better a has-Beam than a never-was
7 This is sometimes regarded as old fashioned thinking , unfortunately , and it 's a shame , for although clothes do n't actually make you perform better a good comfortable appearance does give the panel a chance to see how you see yourself and how your body uses clothes .
8 Better a tough general in charge , was their argument , to ensure the stability of the US-Panama relationship , than a weak civilian regime unable to control nationalist hotheads .
9 Better a little fish in a big pond than the other way round ? ’
10 But the speaker had raised waste as a defence of private enterprise , as an implicit attack on government economic policy , suggesting that the state could only better a free market by open or hidden subsidies .
11 Better a steady flame than one that flares up and burns itself out . ’
12 Better a researched decision than a random one .
13 Such a move was clearly designed only to better a bad situation rather than remedy it completely , since it would be expected that the availability of refined sugar would be subject to the same seasonal fluctuations as availability of gur , and there is little reason to suspect that refined sugar was more readily available than the ( unrefined ) gur .
14 Better a sleek elegant automobile than an ugly box on wheels .
15 Suddenly a loud horn blast pieced the air , a thin strident note pregnant with urgency .
16 But suddenly a squat campesina is waving me to follow her .
17 Suddenly a young man wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet rushed up behind me and stuck a revolver in the security guard 's face .
18 The remaining men were just preparing to leave when suddenly a young man called Laban Tall rushed into the malthouse , almost too excited to speak .
19 Then suddenly a wide grin split his face .
20 Suddenly a portentous atmosphere has been established .
21 Now that she had to leave it , the cellar was suddenly a friendly place .
22 And suddenly a sharp pain as if stabbed in the gut .
23 Suddenly a sharp blast of high pressure air rushed downward from the engine , ’ she said .
24 Suddenly a tall , broad-shouldered man was standing in her path , arms extended , glowering down at her with all the wrath of hell .
25 Suddenly a blond boy of about three darted through the door … and the precious hope in Kerry 's heart died .
26 Suddenly a low , mocking laugh rang out in the corridor , and she jumped as though she 'd been shot , her heart racing as she looked round into scornful green eyes .
27 To the feral reek of buffalo , horse and fowl and the sour remains of human nourishment was added suddenly a smoky , faintly ammoniac odour of female flesh , entirely new to him .
28 Suddenly a new perspective began to open before the young Prince ; he could not only dream of a Bonapartist cause , he could himself become the representative of that cause .
29 Suddenly a new aspect appears beyond the obvious and very gradually takes form .
30 Then quite suddenly a new design starts up .
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