Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not so much a sign that molecular biology is a young person 's game , but rather a proof of how great a magnet for young people 's enthusiasm the structure of DNA has proved to be . |
| 2 | Of course it would be the height of absurdity to lay down a rule that these proportions should even approximately be aimed at in every orchestral movement . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's obviously a possibility that this man could strike again , ’ he said . |
| 4 | There was obviously a danger that domestic flights in the two countries might run foul of incursions by enemy aircraft . |
| 5 | It is only a shame that this outcome will have been brought about by market forces and legislation rather than by any innate concern for dog welfare . |
| 6 | Erm , another thing too it 's a , just a pity that that chap there , well both of them actually are standing whe pity they could n't be persuaded to move over a little bit because they are , you see this chap in a dark suit , he 's right against that very dark archway there . |
| 7 | With just a hope that both locks opened to the same sesame , I turned the wheels to one-five-one and tried it . |
| 8 | ‘ Can it be just a coincidence that this tape is alleged to have been recorded just two weeks before the Diana tape ? ’ |
| 9 | It was just a shame that some machine problems spoiled the second half of the year . ’ |
| 10 | Although students of design , it is not a requirement that all students have studied art . |
| 11 | The desperate wish to care for a child , however sincere , is not a guarantee that white adopters will provide such an environment . |
| 12 | But it 's not a philosophy that all women share . |
| 13 | It is not a coincidence that these unions are most common among the poor , for what do they care about legitimacy and inheritance ? 53 Besides this materialist aspect , marriage in Western society developed a complex overlay of social connotations . |
| 14 | It was not a place that unexpected prowlers would ever escape from . |
| 15 | Is there not a danger that modern cases go on too long and cover too wide an area ? |
| 16 | ( Williams however in such a poem beautifully weaves the syntax of the sentence into and over his verse-lines — which is not a resource that most imagists were aware of . ) |
| 17 | This ending is nevertheless an indication that ordinal person is still present in the interior make-up of the English finite verb . |
| 18 | When responsibility for a child is divided among a number of people there is always a risk that necessary actions will be overlooked . |
| 19 | There is always a risk that legislative reforms which outpace public opinion will be undermined by reaction . |
| 20 | Nursing is still an occupation that few boys ever consider ; this fact must be addressed . |
| 21 | There is also a possibility that this collaboration with the BBC may be a continuing one . |
| 22 | It is likely that there was also a sense that higher education on a wider basis could be provided more cheaply outside the universities , though it is likely that at the time any such view would have been based on guesswork rather than hard information . |
| 23 | Behind this privileging of popular culture lies not only an identification with the oppressed masses , but also a sense that Latin-American reality is radically different from that of the developed , industrial West , as well as a search for an identity whose roots are to be found in Latin America itself . |
| 24 | To both of them , the human sacrifice of 1914–18 created not just a deep loathing of war but also a determination that such sacrifice should not be in vain . |
| 25 | There is also a chance that Mediterranean customers could recognise the calibre of the Scottish product and favour it above the competition on quality grounds . |
| 26 | We see this as sufficient justification to go ahead at a pilot level of say eight student places ( rather than 15 for a later course with two lecturers ) , but also a warning that considerable effort will have to be put into consulting with partners both to incorporate their main concerns , and to advertise the course . |
| 27 | When Secretary of State Marshall was cabling the Embassy in Paris that Ho Chi Minh had direct Communist connections — whether or not this was a fact depends upon what one means by ‘ connection ’ — he argued that it was also a fact that colonial empires , in the l9th-century sense , were rapidly becoming a thing of the past . |
| 28 | There was also a report that Metropolitan Vickers had a large financial interest in the Company . |
| 29 | Moreover , there is also a belief that older workers are less adaptable and not prepared to retrain . |
| 30 | Too heavy a reliance on a particular firm or industry might lead to lack of balance in research output — fundamental research without an immediate pay-off may be pushed out , and there is also a danger that commercial pressures may begin to dictate the courses on offer . |