Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Poulantzas does not give a direct answer to the question ‘ How are we to know a pertinent effect when we encounter one ? ’ , he does discuss an historical example which may throw light on the matter . |
| 2 | Were I to own a new BMW car , another ten microcomputers would be at my command , so their advertisements claim . |
| 3 | Drink and drink — for were you to drink a whole ocean , the Chalice would still be full to the brim . |
| 4 | The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister says that he recognises , in his words , the ’ potential impact on our influence and prosperity were we to take a different decision from our principal competitors ’ . |
| 6 | I hope that Opposition Members accept that were we to attempt a rushed account this evening it would of necessity be incomplete . |
| 7 | But how easy is it to spot a cheap imitation ? |
| 8 | Is it just to remain an afterthought , a theorization of a practice past , or is it to become a political intervention in a practice still happening ? |
| 9 | Is it to win a great victory ? |
| 10 | Is it ideological , is it guilt , is it to fight a political battle , or to make a political statement ? |
| 11 | Was it to establish a quasi-religious movement , one of such moral earnestness as would in the minds of the Owens among the Owenites exercise a compelling influence for beneficial change , one which would establish first alternative and exemplary societies where amity and reason would prevail , and hence would point inevitably to the creation of a co-operative commonwealth ? |