Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should be such a requirement in Britain , instead of just relying that we are about these orders er on the o o on the er auditors er them that that that the the themselves . |
| 2 | That there should be such a variety of species of one kind of creature astounded him . |
| 3 | If the glider is stalled and enters a spin at height , the inability to recover must be due a lack of spin recovery training . |
| 4 | In order for an apparent consent or refusal of consent to be less than a true consent or refusal , there must be such a degree of external influence as to persuade the patient to depart from her own wishes , to an extent that the law regards it as undue . |
| 5 | Before setting off I had a thought that just possibly there might be such a tool at the surgery that would save me the extra journey . |
| 6 | And if you say it 'll be such a help to you , with your examinations , I do n't see why you should n't go . " |
| 7 | There 'll be such a movement for the re-opening of the yard , we 'll all be inspired . ’ |
| 8 | I read today about someone prophesying there 'll be such a scarcity of blokes after this war that they 'll be injecting the women . |
| 9 | I was surprised she even knew what sandpaper was ; but I could be such a fool in not knowing people . |
| 10 | In the East , ‘ there could be such a lust for reunification for economic reasons , to get access to the prosperity of West Germany , that it will pressurise all the existing political parties into embracing reunification . ’ |
| 11 | At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . |
| 12 | It would be such a relief to be doing something practical , after all this talk . |
| 13 | The fools , not to see that what they madly desire would be such a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring upon them . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ there may be particular agents , such for instance as auctioneers , by whom a pledge would be such a departure from the ordinary course of their business as to put the pledgee upon notice . ’ |
| 15 | and that is also why , going back to a point earlier on , why I think erm counselling and alternative medicine , and so on , is marginalized it would be such a rock to the social order to actually acknowledge that people are in distress because it 's the social order that 's causing that distress . |
| 16 | Tell her there will be half a pie for her tea otherwise she do n't get none . |
| 17 | Word processing can be such a liberation from what most young people would call the drudgery of pen and paper that it is as bad to ban it as to ban calculators . |
| 18 | ‘ God sent all artists here because it can be such a drag to be on this planet , ’ said the star . |