Example sentences of "[coord] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the 1987 election there was speculation that Britain had moved into an era of one-party politics or a predominantly one-party system . |
| 2 | Even in the Regal Arms they were liable to think it unusual if anybody carried a body or a badly wounded man down the stairs and out through the front door . |
| 3 | There may exist either a formal , highly structured process of search or a loosely structured ‘ think-tank ’ approach . |
| 4 | ‘ Or a most unnatural oddness , depending on how you look at it . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |
| 6 | If you are feeling a little hungry , or a little unhappy ( perhaps you have not lost as much weight as you thought you should ) , then you are susceptible . |
| 7 | Stir in the onion , add the salt and pepper or a little more lemon juice if required . |
| 8 | You 'll either find it helpful or a little condescending , depending on how clever or stupid you are ( I LOVED it ) . |
| 9 | And my hair was gingery , more or less the colour of the map you know , or a little darker than the colour of the map . |
| 10 | Wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing with glue or a little royal icing . |
| 11 | Wrap around the bus and secure on with a dampened paint brush or a little royal icing . |
| 12 | Finally , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing with glue or a little royal icing . |
| 13 | Wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing with glue or a little royal icing . |
| 14 | Finally , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing with glue or a little royal icing . |
| 15 | For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill . |
| 16 | Pure ethanol in low concentrations ( <5% volume/volume ) is a mild stimulant of acid secretion whereas at higher concentrations it has either no effect or a mildly inhibitory one . |
| 17 | The higher concentrations of ethanol studied has either no effect or a mildly inhibitory one . |
| 18 | Thus we conclude that intravenous ethanol , at least in the doses used , and intragastric infusion of low concentrations ( up to 5% ) of ethanol stimulate gastric acid secretion whereas intragastric infusion of higher concentrations has either no effect or a mildly inhibitory one . |
| 19 | This could , for example , be your address complete with tab and carriage return settings , or a frequently used sentence . |
| 20 | They were rated as positive if the subject had two or more of : examination success ; a positive assessment of school work or relationships with peers ; or a clearly positive recall of at least three aspects of school life . |
| 21 | Something like Dracula rising from a coffin , a thatched cottage , computer or a wonderfully realistic chip butty , complete with tomato sauce these are the challenges she enjoys creating at her Middlesbrough shop , Celebrations . |
| 22 | or a vastly disproportionate er numbers . |
| 23 | The best comparison one can make is with either a largely exactly contemporary set of recordings on a Vogue Savoy collection , ‘ Original Bird — The Best of Bird on Savoy ’ ( Vogue , full price ) or a similarly anthological album highlighting his slightly later ( 1946–47 ) efforts for the Comet and Dial labels , namely ‘ Bird Symbols ’ ( Rhapsody , full price ) . |
| 24 | It is far easier to convince readers of the courage and invention of a youth of fifteen or so when he is foiling the enemy with a clever disguise or a neatly gymnastic escape than when he is in grim and bloody action on board an enemy ship — not only easier , but more in keeping with the romantic excitement proper to adventure-story . |
| 25 | Thus it seems that the HGT-1 cell line contains subpopulations of epithelial cells , two of which may have a comparatively high density of H 2 receptors or a particularly efficient interaction between the H 2 receptor and adenylate cyclase . |
| 26 | One of the more interesting adjuncts to the Act for Burying in Woollen was the introduction of the funeral ticket — whether first suggested by the jobbing printers or a particularly ingenious coffin-maker is not known . |
| 27 | ( 7 ) The possibility of commencing the offer timetable so that the target has to issue its defence document at a difficult time ( eg during a holiday period or a particularly busy time of year for the target ) may secure a tactical advantage ( see para 13.3.3 below ) . |
| 28 | Then a storm breaks , or a particularly high tide rushes in . |
| 29 | You do n't have to make contact with the ground on which the ball sits , and if the ball does lie in any little depression , an old divot hole or a slightly poor lie , the putter lends itself to sending the ball bobbling on its way . |
| 30 | " Bookers " might receive a small sum per worker supplied , or a slightly higher hourly rate or an occasional small gratuity in return for their services . |