Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witness could not say how much help in this a girl would need from the men because it varied so much , but she did not think it amounted to much , and no special men workers were employed for it " Lifting is therefore not denied , but its importance is distinctly minimized when a woman is speaking , maximized when a man is . |
| 2 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 3 | I often wonder about this er a demijohn would imply that 's half a john would n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ The thought of being in one for a week and unconscious for half a day would n't have appealed to me very much . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , half a bitter would be fine . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Half a sale would pay |
| 8 | I mean er , I did n't like er that Friday night it were hor horrible shift , cos half the time you used to turn up , only half a team would turn up and you 'd be expected to do |
| 9 | So if a forty percent deduction is made on category two , then somebody receiving thirty one pounds forty a week would actually , it would actually be reduced by twelve pounds fifty five . |
| 10 | Such a trial would be unethical , however , given the unfavourable risk/benefit ratio of cyclosporin treatment in this setting . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Clearly , a list of observation statements acquired in such a way would form a very unsatisfactory basis for the respective generalizations . |
| 13 | Apart from the need to preserve some semblance of pride , she knew such a retreat would cause her to lose her hold on the blankets . |
| 14 | And such a master would certainly take note of the manners and appearance that help in some degree to reveal the character . |
| 15 | She hoped such a threat would put the fear of God in him , not least because he had a particular loathing for competition , and the idea that his own stepson might join forces with the opposition and take with him all manner of secrets was too much to stomach . |
| 16 | In response to the statement by the Birmingham city treasurer that he would have to keep a register to administer the council tax , the Minister asserted that the keeping of such a register would be unlawful . |
| 17 | Another option might be to regard EP as another aspect of IT Basic Skills ( spreadsheet , word processing , data management , statistics , etc. ) but such a module would seem to be consigned to the category of ‘ skills training ’ rather than being wholly educational . |
| 18 | Moreover , such a requirement would discourage prosecutions for the aggravated offence and would exclude private prosecutions . |
| 19 | Industry argued that such a requirement would stymie its competitiveness , and that , in any case , changes in emissions from existing plants would only ever be small-scale . |
| 20 | While failure to establish an effective Teachers ' Council supports the view that teaching can not be regarded as a profession , the establishment of such a Council would be fraught with administrative difficulties . |
| 21 | Such a council would benefit social work like nothing else : it is important that the public ( and the press ) knows there is regulatory control over a group of people who ( quite rightly ) hold substantial powers over some groups and who have a great influence over others . |
| 22 | Euro-dollar demand deposits or accounts are seldom used or available as the balances of such accounts would be volatile and the costs incurred in such a service would reduce the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the euro-dollar market . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ The benefits of such a development would be a renewal of public confidence and a reawakening of the morale of police officers of all ranks . ’ |
| 25 | Such a development would , of course have very significant effects on the tourism of the island . |
| 26 | Such a development would aid economic and political union and , like the existence of a common currency between regions of the same country ( see Section 7.2.2 ) , would facilitate capital account adjustment between member countries . |
| 27 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 28 | As the DES have agreed to update HE forecasts regularly such a development would be timely . |
| 29 | However , such a development would need nurturing , and there are few people with adequate expertise to nurture it . |
| 30 | With the bulk of the province 's French-speaking population opposing the agreement on the grounds that its concessions to their province were insufficient , Parizeau was optimistic of his party 's chances of winning power in Quebec 's next provincial elections — due by 1994 — and suggested that such a development would be followed by a provincial referendum on the issue of sovereignty for Quebec . |