Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.

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1 However physically or mentally frail a resident is , you should help them maintain the maximum amount of independence possible .
2 It might seem that so artificial a superiority was certain to prove as transient as the hegemonies that it had replaced , although those in whose hands power lay were for the most part undaunted by the new challenges to Britain 's position that they sensed …
3 I find it hard to believe that so fundamental a process is not governed by principles just as elegant and universal as those uncovered in relation to molecular genetics .
4 I am willing , indeed eager , to believe that so severe a bias is typical ; that most aspects of a story usually get told , because of the sheer anarchy of the national press , if for no other reason .
5 It did not seem possible that so lively a person was dead .
6 The tutor and clinical teacher can give guidance and support to ensure that too large a topic is not undertaken : ‘ advice to patients before discharge ’ needs to be narrowed to an area of care which is part of the modular experience .
7 ‘ Were n't you saying something a few months ago that too quiet a life was bad for a writer 's creativity ?
8 Maggie feels no doubt about that : so small a word , so small and so necessary a word is bound to survive , to slip through the net of destruction that she and Fenna — no , that she herself , alone — will loose on the cold sky tonight .
9 This may not be important for a well-fed family pet , but if ever such a cat were to find itself lost or homeless it would rapidly die of starvation .
10 Duke never repeated that achievement , and now such a ride is no longer possible .
11 The tables show that an animal was at greatest risk of being stolen in the Low Country , but until around 1895 a person was more likely to steal an animal in the Intermediate area .
12 If too great a reduction is required , go round again and start the descent further away ( careful ! ) , or lower .
13 If too great a volume is produced for the i.c. to handle it shuts down automatically but will come on again when correct conditions are restored .
14 Lord Reid went on to say that the reason that the court will not enforce a restraint which goes further than affording protection to the legitimate interests of a party is because too wide a restraint is against the public interest .
15 Whereas today such a cheese is accessible enough and almost commonplace , in 1946 this was far from being so .
16 As always such a system was seen to deliver distinctive moral benefits .
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