Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Britain still regards this as an embarrassment , it is putting a brave face on it by claiming that most Irish-Americans have a distorted , nationalistic view of the conflict and that such a mission might go part of the way to dispelling it . |
| 2 | Michell argued that not even light would be able to escape from any more compact star , and that such a star would become invisible . |
| 3 | It says Microsoft will likely be driven to support an optional Unix SVR4 personality on top of the NT kernel by 1995 or 1996 and that such a creature will be brought to life by a third party , nominating the Santa Cruz Operation Inc for the role . |
| 4 | Will he confirm , therefore , that it will be open to hostile and foreign bids and that such a bid could provide a foothold in the Welsh water industry for further takeovers ? |
| 5 | That out of the assembly will come a nucleus of Rhodesians , black and white , as dedicated to God 's ways as the Communists are dedicated to theirs ; that lives will be changed fundamentally — and that such a miracle will inspire the fresh thinking which is desperately needed . |
| 6 | 8.38 to 8.40 ) , that , should ( as the Act has done by the previous section ) the currency of a licence be extended to three years , it was desirable that a licensing board should have some form of sanction against the licence-holder where the premises were being misconducted , or where their suitability had deteriorated , and that such a sanction should be the power to suspend a licence . |
| 7 | It was odd , Hope thought , as he lay deeply sunk in the great feather mattress , how perfect and desirable such a dowry would so recently have been to John — for Mary was the only child and it was apparent that the landlord would give her everything . |
| 8 | He began by arguing that adaptive radiation in the animal kingdom produces diversity and specialization , but that such a process may as commonly entail a structural atrophy , as in the case of parasites or cave fish , as it does some directional increase in complexity . |
| 9 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |