Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Maureen Howie , head teacher of La Retraite School , in Lambeth , south London , said : ‘ The real disappointment for us would be that such a move would be made without looking very carefully at what grant maintained schools have achieved , and at what the pilot movement has done for children . ’ |
| 2 | Either supposition leads to a contradiction , and the conclusion must be that such a class can not exist in any conceivable universe . |
| 3 | This brings us on to the second of Dworkin 's grounds for excluding such background policy issues from the jurisdiction of the courts , for if no one has a right to any particular form of decision-making process — whether a right to a hearing itself , a right to cross-examine witnesses or to be given reasons for a decision -this can only be because such a right can not be derived from the master principle of equal concern and respect . |
| 4 | The danger , then , is that such a system may suffer from a deflationary bias as a result of the attempts of deficit countries to resolve their payments imbalances by reducing domestic demand . |
| 5 | One reason why companies established in one member state are entitled to do business in another without setting up a permanent place of business in that state is that such a requirement might unreasonably inflate their costs . |
| 6 | The final result in this case is that such a molecule should have six IR bands , all with coincident Raman bands , plus three Raman bands with no IR counterparts . |
| 7 | The postscript to this is that such a conclusion would follow from the revised contractualism and , I suggest , is in the mainstream of our moral thinking . |
| 8 | His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation . |
| 9 | At that time the orthodox view was that such a system should be selective and tripartite , with children routed at eleven-plus into grammar , technical or secondary modern schools according to their aptitudes and abilities . |