Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.

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1 For consumers who use 1,000 units or less a new tariff is introduced , with no standing charge .
2 Within the next , er month or so a national consultation is being held within the URC to consider the advice of producing a programme of training for eldership which will be used throughout the call of the church and if there are any suggestions or any proposal that anyone would like to make I shall be very glad to receive them within the next month .
3 The meeting of Experts in June 1978 discussed a difficult question , raised by the United States , as to whether or not a Central Authority was obliged to prosecute or to defend an appeal against a decision of the judicial authority granting or refusing execution of a Letter .
4 If you 're not sure whether or not a solid floor is properly damp-proofed , try this test .
5 But the exception he contemplated was in respect of a particular type of statute , namely , a statute creating criminal liability in which the question was whether or not a guilty intention was required to create liability .
6 The continuations were classified as to whether or not a plural description was used which referred to the target individuals , or whether singular references were used .
7 For example , it can be used : to predict whether or not a chemical reaction is likely to occur when two different substances are mixed ; to enable the amount of energy theoretically required by or released during reactions to be calculated ; to predict the extent to which a reaction will proceed before reaching a condition of equilibrium .
8 In a letter to Suger , Robert of Montfalcon declared that a case over whether or not a certain man was his serf should be tried either in the royal court or before the archbishop of Bourges , provided that the proceedings were in accordance with the customs of Bourges ; for him , the consuetudines of his native town had assumed the status of a law binding on outside authorities .
9 The whole array would need to be searched to establish whether or not a given word was stored , unless the words are stored in alphabetical order .
10 It is most important to include the widest possible range of matters to be considered when deciding whether or not a given house is below acceptable standards .
11 For example , knowing whether or not a particular individual is a partner may prove crucial , especially with regard to the fact ( discussed below ) that partners may bind the other members of the firm to contracts and other acts .
12 The penalty is that the procedure for determining whether or not a particular unit is to be in the sample is a little more complex than with systematic sampling or straightforward random selection of n out of N.
13 Quantitative scores may be more appropriate for research purposes , for evaluating the effectiveness of different forms of therapy , for screening large numbers of children , and for identifying whether or not a particular child is experiencing difficulties which warrant further assessment and possibly some form of placement or remediation .
14 ( The control of the agenda can be one of the most important powers which the Chair exercises by deciding the order of the discussion and whether or not a particular issue is a legitimate topic of debate . )
15 In order to ascertain whether or not a particular trust is or is not charitable you must look at the preamble to the statute of Elizabeth I , the Charitable Uses Act 1601 and the classification by Lord Macnaghten in Commissioners for the Special Purposes of Income Tax v. Pemsel and the reported cases generally .
16 Thus in a molecule with a single mirror plane ( point group C s ) it is quite easy to decide whether or not a particular vibration is symmetric with respect to the plane .
17 Sociologists of religion are not in a position to say whether or not a particular movement is or is not ‘ really ’ a religion .
18 Whether or not a formal debate is held will depend on the purpose of the examination and a number of other factors , but it is obviously necessary to seek the client 's opinion before deciding the direction that a study should take once a number of problems have been identified .
19 ‘ It may well be that political groups on the council will have to decide whether or not a special case is to be made for the Festival , ’ he added .
20 Over 2000 years ago the Greeks realised that a full turn or even a right angle was far too large an amount of turn for many situations .
21 A user without any computing experience can halt the processing at any time and ask why a particular line of questioning is being pursued or how a particular conclusion was reached — the expert system will explain and justify its line of reasoning .
22 London 's Theatre Museum could rout its critics by putting on its very first , entitled Cinderella And Her Very Ugly Sisters , as well as a Panto Fun Week of workshops where families can find out how Daisy the Cow negotiates the stage or how a handsome actor is turned into an Ugly Sister , or personally seem to be a Dame or a Principal Boy by being photographed with face beaming through a cut-out stylised figure .
23 However , the general precedents often contain little or no guidance about when to use a particular form , or why a particular term is drafted in a particular way ( although many firms ' own in-house precedents are accompanied by a commentary explaining the terms and offering suggestions for modifications ) .
24 Unfortunately , I do n't know who initiated the move to adopt a Regional policy of this nature , or why a written policy was decided on just then .
25 Whilst the pathfinders had the original control of H2S , developments were going on with a fair measure of practical input from Bennett and his friends at TRE , and eventually a superior set was devised and known as the 3cm HS .
26 The plan had to be dropped , and eventually a British suggestion was adopted , under which West Germany was re-armed , but her forces were placed under the control of NATO .
27 From 1867 onwards it became clear that the boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne and so a small household was established .
28 Both of these are frequently mixed or compounded with other minerals such as copper or lead and so a virtual monopoly was held by the old Mines Royal Company , and its permission was needed .
29 Pursuit encourages further retreat , and so a vicious spiral is established which can destabilize a relationship .
30 First , for many assets ( such as stock market indices ) there is either a futures market or a forward market , but not both , and so a direct comparison is not possible .
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