Example sentences of "[be] [det] [prep] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the main costs would be those of constructing a central data base comprising data already collected in most institutions . |
| 2 | In Attorney General v Squire , it was held that obnoxious odours from pigs kept by the defendants , and arising from the number of animals , the place in which they were kept , and the food with which they were fed , were such as to create a public nuisance , and in Attorney General v Cole and Son noxious gases created by the defendant carrying on the trade of fat-melter were also held to be a public nuisance despite the fact that the defendant had carried on his trade , in a proper manner and in the same way for 30 years . |
| 3 | Chemical reactions and the compounds which they form all depend , ultimately , on the way the electrons are arranged in the individual atoms involved ; the reactions being such as to achieve a stable configuration of electrons in the orbits of each participating atom ( see Figure 4 , p.55 ) . |
| 4 | Perhaps the slightest pleasure of which I can conceive is that of sucking a boiled sweet . |
| 5 | The important technique , which keeps you going as an automaton until interest and desire take over , and concentration sharpens to a fine point , is that of having a rigorous time-table of study laid down in advance . |
| 6 | If used as total flooding agents , however , they can be extremely effective , but the toxicity of bulk carbon dioxide , and to a lesser extent , the halons , is such as to demand a gas-tight enclosure for the storage , if danger to adjacent life is to be avoided . |
| 7 | Since karate competition is all about landing a controlled technique , it follows that shortsighted competitors may pose a danger both to themselves and to their opponents . |
| 8 | Ehret 's enthusiasm over rare blooms was such as to prompt a daily walk from Chelsea to Parsons Green to watch the progress of Magnolia grandiflora in Sir Charles Wager 's garden . |
| 9 | By 1988 the morning-peak load was such as to necessitate a fifteen-minute clockface interval service from Swindon to Paddington between 06.30 and 09.00 ; additionally two services passed through Swindon without stopping . |