Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his credit , Tony scored a hat-trick for the reserves on the same night that the first eleven where jeered off the pitch . |
| 2 | It was interesting seeing publishing from the top . ’ |
| 3 | But Hilary Witt , head of Cambridgeshire 's catering service , admits : ‘ The trouble is , going into a school hall for dinner is less exciting than going into the Wimpy bar . |
| 4 | It was quicker than pushing through the front door and round to the side again . |
| 5 | It 's late now , and it 'll be quicker than waiting for a cab — and it 's insured for all drivers . |
| 6 | It was quicker than going along the ride . |
| 7 | When asked why he took that particular route , he reckoned he thought it would be quicker than going along the busy main streets . ’ |
| 8 | Flipping through the pages of a notebook is quicker than scrolling through a large spreadsheet and makes finding a location or cell far easier . |
| 9 | Infact it is alot easier doing something like this than going into the ring because you see all their fresh faces and all they care about is having their quetions answered . |
| 10 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 11 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
| 12 | What is easier than to look at the most conspicuous item in the marketing budget and one which is largely the concern of an outside supplier , at that ? |
| 13 | ‘ It was tougher than getting past the SAS , ’ he said . |
| 14 | These tenants included a higher proportion in the age-groups 74–79 , 80–84 and 85 and over than occurred in the general population . |
| 15 | During the Second World War the house was empty until taken by an elderly lady , Mrs Fullerton , whose son was grown up . |
| 16 | If you have a 2.5 or V8 the cost is nothing , or a small fee to have the ignition retimed ( free if included with a routine service ) . |
| 17 | Be very careful if ordering from a catalogue and not actually seeing the plants in full growth ; read the descriptions most carefully . |
| 18 | Sabrina 5 was last used in the early 1970s and lay derelict until restored by the Museum in 1987 . |
| 19 | Or else we assume that the aeons during which the improbable state lasts , and the distance from here to Sirius , are minute if compared with the age and size of the whole universe . |
| 20 | So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not . |
| 21 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 22 | He claimed to have been at the Munich Olympics in 1972 while serving with the US Army , and seemed particularly proud of a photograph of himself in officer 's uniform ( without apparently realising that the insignia were incorrect ) . |
| 23 | At a level where either the commander concerned or the typist could not render ‘ Marxist ’ correctly in Russian , it seems doubtful whether rejoicing for the Paris Commune would be very well informed or sincere . |
| 24 | To speak of the " same substance " would be just as ungrammatical as to speak of the " same Socrates " . |
| 25 | So why are they different when met over the counter in a social security office or a housing department ? |
| 26 | It is quite different when dealing with a country as big as France in terms of population and area . |
| 27 | Yet , as is always the case the results sound quite different when directed from the keyboard . |
| 28 | However , because the transcriptional properties of ATF1 and CREB are fundamentally different when fused to a heterologous DNA-binding-domain ( 30 ) it is apparent that changes in the relative proportions of ATF1 and CREB will have important consequences . |
| 29 | In this context ‘ critical ’ and ‘ rational ’ powers were developed and Goody sees this as connected with the beginnings of religious and natural philosophy and ultimately with science ( ibid . ) . |
| 30 | ( Alternatively we can read this as beginning with a clause in which the given is ellipted : ‘ although he was energetic and successful ’ . ) |