Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr. Davis felt constrained to accept that such a case might be within the purview of the legislation . |
2 | Consistency with the argument presented earlier would seem to demand that such a couple should enjoy all rights and privileges available to a ‘ married ’ couple . |
3 | An unexpressed term can be implied if and only if the court finds that the parties must have intended that term to form part of their contract : it is not enough for the court to find that such a term would have been adopted by the parties as reasonable men if it had been suggested to them . |
4 | It is a remarkable feat of cultural self-assertion to claim that such a culture could be taken to , and disseminated among the " multitudes " , of a feat which only the buoyant sense of the well-evident value of imperial colonization could sustain . |
5 | It is important to remember that such a campaign would be conducted against the background of the economy moving back to full employment , and therefore of an increasing range of job opportunities for school-leavers . |
6 | Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development . |
7 | This has usually been rejected , on the grounds that other sources suggest that Hastings was executed rather than murdered-Armstrong going so far as to suggest that such a murder would be un-English and that Mancini has been led astray by Italian precedents . |
8 | This has usually been rejected , on the grounds that other sources suggest that Hastings was executed rather than murdered-Armstrong going so far as to suggest that such a murder would be un-English and that Mancini has been led astray by Italian precedents . |
9 | It seems most unlikely that the testator had any intention of this sort ; and it is pointless to assert that such a decision would have been impossible in a legacy , since the whole context — a disposition charged on a non-heir — is one in which a legacy could not have functioned . |
10 | It would be an oversimplification to reduce the complex ideology of the movement to the positions of a minority within it , or to assume that such a viewpoint will necessarily prevail . |
11 | This is not to say that the overshadowing mechanism is not operating here or to deny that such a mechanism may be responsible in other cases for observed acquired distinctiveness effects . |
12 | But it was essential for the beneficiaries to insist that such a policy should not be stultified by plunder , wanton destruction , reckless deployment of military force and general contempt for the welfare of the provincials . |
13 | Would not the best way to ensure that such a treaty would be accepted worldwide be for us to allow international inspection and verification of the numbers of our warheads ? |
14 | Since then the sea defences have been built up to ensure that such a disaster will not strike again . |
15 | None of us , however , is naive enough to believe that such a buy-out will necessarily succeed in every case . |
16 | But the fact that we should now have come to believe that such a society might be both possible and desirable is certainly interesting . |
17 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
18 | Looking back afterwards , Florrie found it hard to believe that such a tragedy could have arisen from such trivial , everyday circumstances . |
19 | It is important to recognise that such a circumstance may have significant psychological implications for the self-images of the individuals concerned : not only do they have less than everyone else , but they may feel and see themselves as different — less significant , less integrated , almost outside the mainstream of society . |
20 | The problem then arises , even if the court is prepared to consider that such a term should be implied , as to what is the period of time that should be considered reasonable . |
21 | I apologize for the fact that delays in obtaining some of the necessary information have made it impossible to produce detailed cost estimates , but the considerations listed below should enable us to determine whether such a change would be worthwhile . |
22 | It is important to appreciate that all a neurone can do is to transmit impulses at varying frequencies . |
23 | It was a matter of fact in each individual case to decide whether such a transfer could amount to a meeting of the third condition for a donatio mortis causa . |
24 | Indeed there may be reason to think that such a dichotomy can not for ever persist . |
25 | All avenues were explored to see whether such a guarantee could be given by the Americans , but no way of doing so could be found without breaching the US Constitution . |