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

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1 The females , however , continue upstream a considerable distance .
2 Furthermore a higher proportion of blacks were acquitted after trial , which again suggests insufficient evidence .
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 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 .
6 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 .
7 Better a steady flame than one that flares up and burns itself out . ’
8 Better a researched decision than a random one .
9 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 .
10 Suddenly a loud horn blast pieced the air , a thin strident note pregnant with urgency .
11 But suddenly a squat campesina is waving me to follow her .
12 Suddenly a young man wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet rushed up behind me and stuck a revolver in the security guard 's face .
13 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 .
14 Then suddenly a wide grin split his face .
15 Suddenly a portentous atmosphere has been established .
16 Now that she had to leave it , the cellar was suddenly a friendly place .
17 Suddenly a sharp blast of high pressure air rushed downward from the engine , ’ she said .
18 And suddenly a sharp pain as if stabbed in the gut .
19 Suddenly a blond boy of about three darted through the door … and the precious hope in Kerry 's heart died .
20 Then quite suddenly a new design starts up .
21 Suddenly a new aspect appears beyond the obvious and very gradually takes form .
22 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 .
23 Suddenly a coughing fit seized him and a stab of agony lanced through him from back to front .
24 Land prices consequently had risen , and Stephen was suddenly a rich man .
25 Then suddenly a demoniacal light had entered his eyes and , since he seemed to be a man who would set about proving his own theories — in this case that it was inconceivable that she should be as innocent as she would appear — he took a couple of steps forward and reached for her .
26 Suddenly a small crate appeared in the centre of the road ahead of her .
27 And — well , the music started and there was suddenly a great explosion of sound that no one could possibly have been prepared for .
28 It was suddenly a great relief to be able to speak the truth .
29 Her father , suddenly a great man , to die so soon !
30 Suddenly a great flame lit the room .
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