Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statutory criteria ( in section 1 ) state that a custodial sentence must not be passed unless either ( a ) the current offence is ‘ so serious that only such a sentence can be justified for the offence ’ or ( b ) , in the case of violent or sexual offences only , only a custodial sentence ‘ would be adequate to protect the public from serious harm ’ . |
| 2 | An avenue of limes , dead straight and exactly half a statute mile in length , ran from the gates to the big house at Maran Hill . |
| 3 | It seems fairly obvious that often such a decision will not be possible either because no clear decision procedures are available , or because of certain fundamental difficulties involved in applying such procedures . |
| 4 | This score is so inspired and obviously such a pleasure to play that it never seems to receive a really disappointing recording . |
| 5 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 6 | No system has been described in which positional signals have to be transmitted over more than about half a millimetre , or about 30–50 cells . |
| 7 | ‘ They were the fun part , because she was lovely and just such a giggle . ’ |