Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One more pair of hands for an hour or two a week can be a godsend for this very worthwhile and rewarding ‘ back bone ’ work . |
| 2 | To sum up : there is nothing wrong in putting into writing our instructions about future treatment and such a document should be taken very seriously . |
| 3 | Liability for negligence may also be excluded by a provision imposing a duty on the other party to insure against a particular type of loss ( James Archdale & Co v Comservices [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 ) and such a clause might be used in a contract to install goods or machinery at the employer 's premises , requiring the employer , rather than the contractor , to insure the premises against damage caused by fire . |
| 4 | The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating . |
| 5 | Some messenger services or mail bike companies will do runs based on a supplied mailing list at so much per address and such a service might be used for rushing material to the offices of national daily newspapers Failing such a service an executive or senior secretary in a cab can do the job equally well . |
| 6 | There are virtually no placebo controlled trials of acute relapse of extensive ulcerative colitis with which to compare these results , and such a trial would be unethical . |
| 7 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 8 | The House can not ‘ sack ’ a Prime Minister ; it can not dismiss a government — only the Queen can do that , and such a step would be highly controversial and provocative of a serious constitutional crisis . |
| 9 | The powers of parents and guardians include the power of administering reasonable punishment , and such a power may be delegated by them to others , such as schoolmasters , under whose control the child is placed . |
| 10 | This may be a simple oversight on the part of the authors of the pamphlet , or it may reflect the thought that since those who attend these colleges would have committed themselves to staying at them until they were 18 ( and such a commitment would be a condition of entry ) , there would be no need for them to take a ‘ school-leaving ’ examination at 16+ . |
| 11 | And such a claim might be based on the notion of " tacit consent " . |
| 12 | The who 's who of the business world is in town this week and many a deal will be struck between races . |
| 13 | The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable . |
| 14 | It is customary to divide the Council into a ‘ conservative ’ minority and a ‘ progressive ’ majority , but such a description can be profoundly misleading . |
| 15 | Sometimes an intentionally condensed presentation ( e.g. Section 17.5 ) may ‘ make the reader think ’ , but such a tactic can be dangerously optimistic . |
| 16 | Only about 40 per cent of the electorate vote in local elections ( the turnout in the 1985 English shire county elections , for example , was 41 per cent ) but such a figure can be highly misleading . |
| 17 | But such a statement can be easily misunderstood if taken out of context . |
| 18 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 19 | But such a model must be applied with caution . |
| 20 | It is possible that we have here an attempt to combine hunting and aquatic scenes ( see note 3 ) , but such a suggestion must be tentative . |