Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco was well aware that the deliverance from evil of so powerful a symbol would greatly enhance his standing among the Nationalist partisans . |
| 2 | A subdivision of so large a province may well have seemed desirable in purely pastoral terms . |
| 3 | Thus , despite widespread support for a National Government , there was little idea of how such a government might be brought about ; and little support for it among those who really mattered . |
| 4 | Saunders 's work offers an example of how such a combination might be effected . |
| 5 | As we have seen , the establishment of a habit can create a situation where a horse refuses to think — irrespective of how intelligent a horse may be , and even if solving the problem is in the horse 's own interests . |
| 6 | Chapter 9 will be devoted almost entirely to the general question of how active a role should be ascribed to consumers in understanding the meaning of goods in social relations today , and the nature of goods as material culture . |
| 7 | Any judge with even half a brain would surely concede that however inappropriately the Duchess of York might have behaved in the past year , even she has yet to acquire such a proven track record on rearing maladjusted children as Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 8 | While a gravel tidy with too fine a mesh will soon block , one with too large a mesh can see the fry ending up in the gravel bed below and the parents trying to get at them . |
| 9 | While a gravel tidy with too fine a mesh will soon block , one with too large a mesh can see the fry ending up in the gravel bed below and the parents trying to get at them . |
| 10 | If Mr Makepeace was a study in how much inhumanity a man could bear , Mr McWhirter was a study in how non-human a man could become . |
| 11 | The rules on how such a capitalization would affect the level of benefit would be tightly drawn in the sense that if , for example , a person capitalized £1,000 of their state pension , their pension , when paid , would be reduced by the amount of £1,000 worth of contributions . |
| 12 | Yes , I think also how you feel it could be improved would be very relevant and how you would feel in the context of a pensioners meeting , an annual meeting like shareholders have in companies and how you if you have any views on how such a meeting might be managed in relation to the deferred pensioners interests , the existing pensioners interests , the employees interest and obviously the company 's interest being adequately reflected at such a meeting but I think we would welcome that aspect . |
| 13 | But acute difficulties remain on how such a code would be enforced . |
| 14 | We will canvass views on how such a lottery should be run and controlled , and how it would fit within the pattern of charitable fund-raising in Britain . |
| 15 | No opportunity is offered to rehearse any negative thoughts relating to how difficult a situation will be , or thoughts which focus on physical symptoms ( and in doing so exacerbate these symptoms ) . |
| 16 | With respect to the Secretary of State , I believe that most right hon. and hon. Members found very unconvincing his explanation as to why such a provision could not form part of the Bill . |
| 17 | She has always given her time to support publication of her books , though she sometimes has doubts about how publicisable a novelist can be . |
| 18 | It was generally agreed that the discussion session has been most valuable and that if possible at least one a year should be included in the Q.T. day programme . |
| 19 | The Group did not look in detail at how such a scheme might be privately financed , and an Anglo-French banking study was commissioned to examine the issues . |