Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | it appeared to me little short of a miracle that a hard , matter-of-fact scientist should have been able to establish a real friendship with wild , freeliving animals , and the realisation of this fact made me feel … as though man 's expulsion from the Garden of Eden had thereby lost some of its bitterness . |
| 2 | While many feminists will abhor Segal 's conclusions about violence and pornography , I found them extremely relevant at a time when the British anti-porn bandwagon is sweeping along with it Labour women MPs and anti-censorship feminists , in company with the powerful , pro-family , homophobic moral right . |
| 3 | I find nothing especially attractive about a European superstate . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's nothing constitutionally improper about a minister not having a seat in either House of Parliament , ’ says Lord Blake , the historian . |
| 5 | She seems to me terribly unhappy in a way which can make people desperate , spiteful , even wicked . ’ |
| 6 | There is nothing so admirable as a man who applies his knowledge with forceful direction and from his efficiency reaps a profit . |
| 7 | The man would be discovered with his trousers down , revealing nothing so vulgar as a penis . |
| 8 | He looked as though he might be a racing driver , or a round-the-world yachtsman , something exciting and challenging ; certainly nothing so mundane as an estate agent . |
| 9 | There was nothing so fine as a good meaty portion of best blood sausage . |
| 10 | There was nothing so dead as an old love , and what they had shared had only been desire on his part . |
| 11 | nothing so abundant as a thicket — |
| 12 | The fewer susceptible people in urban areas would reflect the prior sporadic exposure to the widespread relevant agent , which would make them less vulnerable to an epidemic caused by new and sudden population mixing . |
| 13 | For instance , there could be a steady reduction in the amount of transmitter released by the presynaptic cell , or a modification of the receptors on the postsynaptic side to make them less responsive to a given amount of transmitter released , or both mechanisms could be operating . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , I was trying to get all these things into my music , trying to sound like me only different in a way , and it never really worked . |
| 15 | I 've never seen someone so obsessed over a hair-dryer . ’ |
| 16 | I had my hair cut very very short and I just all of a sudden realised that it was all a bit serious ; that something else was about to happen . |
| 17 | ‘ Why , for pity 's sake , am I still flat as a board ! ’ |
| 18 | At times Tim 's speed and intelligence is quite breathtaking and I sure that with a couple of years experience he will become a very fine craftsman . |
| 19 | She also knows you need someone even stronger as a partner . |
| 20 | ‘ Am I too much of an American for you , or can I stay ? ’ she said . |
| 21 | Her XR3i , I calculated , would do me just fine for a few days . |
| 22 | Certainly there can be no doubt that Islam looks at its most impressive in a great urban cathedral mosque , especially on an occasion like Id . |
| 23 | Buying and selling art is at its most dramatic in an auction , a fact that auction houses are quick to exploit . |
| 24 | ROI is here at its most valuable as a familiar , easily understood diagnostic tool for appraising the short-term economic performance of an organizational unit such as an SBU or division , decoupled from the evaluation of managers ' performance . |
| 25 | Llanelli 's performance over lowly Cardiff was one of their less convincing of a productive season . |
| 26 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 27 | Marske earned a replay against their more illustrious with a 1–1 draw on Saturday . |
| 28 | He drew back his arm , aiming for Gallagher 's eyes , making his intention obvious and leaving himself wide open for a counterpunch . |
| 29 | Feeling himself very much at a crossroads , he delivered himself of some reflections on the modern times they were living through . |
| 30 | They knew that there was nothing more off-putting for a woman that a romantic encounter at the cinema holding hands with a large dollop of Castrol GTX . |