Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore a student who had a fragile grasp of particular concepts and skills would have a reduced chance of getting much further in a graduated test scheme . |
| 2 | There are lots of things in this erm erm do notice that Locke is emphasising that by the social contract individuals establish a unitary body , a community and furthermore a community which has the capacity to act . |
| 3 | The reason I like this section is because I like the way Mrs Aimsley thinks , the more expensive her glass , the better a position it deserves on one of her shelves . |
| 4 | ‘ Better a devil you know than a devil you do n't , ’ I said . |
| 5 | The better a salesman you are the more likely you are to succeed . |
| 6 | But there are things he does not know , and the knowledge will somewhat better a case which even so is still black enough . |
| 7 | Suddenly a thought she had kept in abeyance surfaced in her mind . |
| 8 | In law , then , the essence of an act of God is not so much a phenomenon which is sometimes attributed to a positive intervention of the forces of nature , but a process of nature not due to the act of man and it is this negative side which deserves emphasis . |
| 9 | Of course the advanced atherosclerotic plaque is a very complex structure , but the early lesion is very much a process which involves the intima of the artery and is characterised by proliferation of smooth muscle cells which have migrated from the media of the artery ( Woolf , 1983 ) . |
| 10 | Athelstan looked sharply at him : Sir Fulke was apparently a man who hid behind a veil of bonhomie and good humour but now he looked angry , suspicious , and resentful of their intrusion . |
| 11 | Letter is basically a contract which they require our agreement/signature and return to them . |
| 12 | Lipsalve is basically a wax which is okay to stop moisture loss but , for intensive healing , moisturiser and Vaseline are best . |
| 13 | the Easter vac , you know , but it 's really basically a week we have at Easter and |
| 14 | However long a text you take , you can never be certain that a grammar you find by any algorithm is the one the text is generated by . |
| 15 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 16 | It struck him then how long a year it had been . |
| 17 | He knew exactly where he wished to slot his explosive , and how long a fuse he needed to give it . |
| 18 | He and Jenny were sufficient for each other ; they did not want a third person , especially a person whose tastes were so dissimilar and who did not fit in with their lives or their friends . |
| 19 | You 'd recognize this if you are a driver and especially a driver who maybe has the opportunity of travelling long distance , now years ago when I was younger and perhaps some of you in the audience when you were younger , you could go from here to the South of England with no trouble , without a break and you 'd head on down the motorway and you , you 'd be alert and alive and er ready to meet up with all sorts of emergencies and you 'd drive quite well all the way down , non stop down the South of England , but if you 're like me now , when I get to Stafford on the motorway you 're beginning to feel as if you 've had enough and it 's difficult to try and keep your concentration as you used to years ago , and that 's how it can be in the truth sometimes , when we 've been with it a long time that , we grow older not only physically , but spiritually too we become very experienced in the truth and we become very sort of fat spiritually , we can live off of that fat ca n't we ? |
| 20 | However , business terms and concepts can not apply when the raw material for your product is a human being , especially a child who , contemporaneously with your manufacturing process , is maturing to adulthood . |
| 21 | But you need , erm especially a man you need to have the |
| 22 | It was no wonder that the Vietnamese , he said , were willing to turn to anyone who offered them a helping hand ; and for the time being , for him and perhaps for most Vietnamese , it was China , and the kuomintang , not surprisingly , which exerted the greatest influence on the development of Vietnamese nationalism : and especially a Kuomintang which still included communists as well as nationalists . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 24 | Especially a Dane whose idea of total happiness is to be hyggelig ? ’ |
| 25 | One evening we filmed at six o'clock a commercial which I 'd been handed in script form at five o'clock the same evening . |
| 26 | But naturally a person who already has these qualifications starts with an advantage . |
| 27 | City accountants Peat Marwick warned : ‘ With recovery still merely a hope we fear more bankruptcies . ’ |
| 28 | Merely a trick you learned in college . |
| 29 | The exact time varies enormously ; some small girls are already devoted to their make-believe babies , while for others it is merely a charade they feel compelled to act out . |
| 30 | The programmed computer is merely a tool which allows the operator to use his creativity and imagination to the fullest extent and efficiency . |