Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] such a [noun sg] [modal v] " 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 | Assad had urged recognition that " the only beneficiary of the present crisis is Israel " , promising that Syrian forces would fight alongside Iraqis if they were attacked after a withdrawal from Kuwait , and arguing that only such a withdrawal would avoid giving the " enemies of our Arab nation … the golden opportunity which they were dreaming of one day having , and which today is present " . |
| 3 | Introducing the budget yesterday , Finance Minister Mr Laszlo Bekesi said that only such a regime could prevent economic collapse . ‘ |
| 4 | I had hoped that somehow such a thing would happen . |
| 5 | The traditional dependence on a literal version of written sources is absent , although elsewhere such a dependence can still be found , particularly in discussion of the origin of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ( Biddle 1976 ; Hope-Taylor 1977 , 276–324 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( Askwith also mentions ‘ some 100 million birds and small rodents estimated to have fallen prey to domestic cats , although surely such a statistic could hardly be arrived at with any confidence . ) |
| 8 | There was one particularly disastrous episode with a boy of startling beauty ; he was called Higginbotham , but even such a name could not dim his lustre nor silence his eclat . |