Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were not inclined to be as sensitive as Mara : ‘ I say ‘ Good for Di ’ , ’ opined the loudest at a table of women . |
| 2 | His 17 wickets in the three matches against England A were the most by a West Indian bowler and were gained through persistence of line and length . |
| 3 | → We ran a PA supplement in June 1990 , giving details of various systems in the lower price bracket , and including an interview with Mike Franklin from Porky Pig PA Co talking about getting the most from a PA . |
| 4 | None the less in a broad survey of recent studies a number of socio-ecological correlations are still sustained ( Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977 ) . |
| 5 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |
| 6 | Burridge cost the Palace £40,000 when he joined the club from Aston Villa , but he became part of the Palace 's best-ever defence , for the 24 League goals conceded in 1978–79 were the lowest for a single season in the club 's history while John 's 21 ‘ clean-sheets ’ that season was also the best-ever by a goalkeeper here . |
| 7 | Miss Maynard , a maternity nurse said to be the best on a well-known agency 's list , was due to arrive at Hillmarden House on October 20th and stay for six weeks — a little longer than the usual period . |
| 8 | The 200 metres qualifying standard is 23.20 secs 0.16 secs faster than her personal best and 0.26 secs quicker than the best by a British runner this year . |
| 9 | One is that the further from a Type 1 structure a school is , the greater the need for communication and coordination in decision-making . |
| 10 | In safari … its simply the fastest over a cross country course … the champion is Bruce Tigwell … |
| 11 | Few people relish the though of a visit to the dentist , but neglecting your horse 's teeth could affect your riding and the horse 's condition and comfort . |
| 12 | On the London stage , the great roles will be plucked like plums , in the Welsh valleys his fame will swell like the fortissimo of a chapel organ and his acts of generosity , recklessness , coarseness and excellent manners tossed on to the fiery legend like dry logs . |
| 13 | Already comfortable to say the least as an Oxfordshire landowner , he 's now the toast of the publishing world and all because he had one very good idea for a thriller . |
| 14 | Like Mr Evans 's eyes , Carrie thought , but apart from her eyes she did n't look in the least like a shopkeeper 's sister . |
| 15 | A ghost-fleet sails by , but not in the least like a fleet of phantoms ; for on such an evening I feel its presence homely and vivacious all around me ; thronging those waters still with colour . |
| 16 | The closest to an available touchstone will be those rights which , at any one time , have survived the rigours of debate and enjoy the protection of a legal system . |
| 17 | If you have more space , you could create a series of pools with the water falling from one to another until it reaches the lowest in a continual cycle . |
| 18 | She has made him more of an Expressionist than he really was but she has realised an essential truth : that Heartbreak House is a deeply poetic play about the death of liberal hopes and the cracking-apart of a civilisation . |
| 19 | A HARD-HITTING innings from Trinidad 's Phil Simmons lifted West Indies to an impregnable 287 for 6 , the highest-ever in a one-day match at Kingston . |
| 20 | This establishment of subduction zones results in a change from continental dispersal to continental aggregation which eventually leads to the reassembly of a large land mass . |
| 21 | In an emergency , it will take a short cut and plunge across a patch of land that it never normally enters in order to reach the safely of a bolt-hole . |
| 22 | This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions . |
| 23 | Accused by Alex Brown of using the OFT as a smokescreen to hide behind , Mr Lang said : ‘ Absolutely not . |
| 24 | ‘ We will be pushing to do this locally and writing to the OFT on a regular basis to check on the state of play , ’ he said . |
| 25 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |
| 26 | In a little under a year this insecure High School drop-out had undergone a process of deification by press and public . |
| 27 | On the other hand , for a little under a third of respondents the courses were highly successful , capturing their interest and provoking major changes in their thinking and classroom practice . |
| 28 | We found that in the long term a little under a third of the participating teachers had been significantly influenced by what they had heard and seen and had made major changes in their classroom practice as a result . |
| 29 | Although less ‘ angry ’ than in its earlier incarnation , this time it was a Sounds ' single Of The Week — not a bad achievement for a band whose rise had only begun in earnest a little under a year ago . |
| 30 | Although less ‘ angry ’ than in its earlier incarnation , this time it was a Sounds ' single Of The Week — not a bad achievement for a band whose rise had only begun in earnest a little under a year ago . |