Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branson could spend ten times as much money signing half a dozen acts and never achieve the same effect . |
| 2 | We recommend to the Executive Committee that they approve Christian Aid supporting such a course in the way outlined . |
| 3 | It is a common problem along this stretch containing such a fine head of roach but the lulls in the catch rate rarely last longer than ten minutes . |
| 4 | Dementia and/or confusion was by far the most common condition requiring such a move ( 50% ) . |
| 5 | He would not have reckoned on their single liaison having such an outcome , and he would be blaming her for failing to have taken precautions . |
| 6 | An application for a permanent transfer is an application under Part II of the Act , and it follows that there has to be compliance with the relevant provisions on the part of an applicant making such an application and the licensing board in considering it . |
| 7 | I could hardly have expected to hear a complete stranger making such a blatant and … and totally unwarranted assassination of my character . |
| 8 | He waited there on top of the high dune watching half a dozen matches come through . |
| 9 | The cause for the closure … arsonists who early last Sunday week set fire to a pile of books in the main school building causing half a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 10 | And , oh , Ellie , if you had n't been here , I 'd have gone down the aisle looking such a fright … ’ |
| 11 | The NSF argued that the law requiring such a statement did not apply to Antarctica , but the judges disagreed . |
| 12 | Where he was injured as a result of equipment having such a defect , he had the onerous task of suing the manufacturer of the equipment under the defective products rule . |
| 13 | The majority of the vineyards are located to the north and north-west of the village commencing half a kilometre north-west of Ambonnay itself , where the land rises to about 20 metres . |
| 14 | fourth , a patient on a machine making such a request is a comparatively rare phenomenon . |
| 15 | So assume the councils ' needs stay at £40 billion ; it is hard then to see any single tax footing such a large bill . |
| 16 | He could understand — so he said to the top brass after the Frenchman had departed — why the French took exception to an Englishman holding such a key position in Europe . |
| 17 | Thongsouk Saysangkhi also reportedly tried to establish a ‘ social democrat club ’ to promote the idea of multi-party democracy and , with other dissenters , wrote an article supporting such a political system . |
| 18 | She was the maid at Drew 's Maidstone lodgings , who had witnessed the actor spending half an hour in the garden of the premises trying desperately to clean a navy blue jacket . |
| 19 | This would require a massive body taking such a path to follow a space-like geodesic . |
| 20 | Also relevant may be the greater density of children in west Thurso , given the evidence suggesting such an effect ( table V ) and its importance in epidemics . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a sad thing to see someone who had an important job in the navy becoming such an irresponsible old soak . ’ |
| 22 | However , no evidence favouring such a contention has ever been produced . |
| 23 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 24 | Psychics describe the aura as a rainbow emanation radiating half a metre or more around the body , more or less ovoid in shape . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may , on an application made to it in that behalf by : ( a ) the executors , representatives or disponees of any person who held a licence in respect of premises situated within the area of the board and who has died before the expiry of the licence ; or ( b ) the trustee , judicial factor or curator bonis of any person holding such a licence who has become bankrupt , insolvent or incapable before the expiry of the licence ; transfer the licence to the applicant if the applicant is in possession of the premises . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe in 10 years time the public wo n't mind a man who does n't live with his wife having such an important religious role . |
| 27 | The court took issue with the decision in Chase and commented : ‘ To hold that an assault involving such a patently sexual symbol as mammary glands is not a sexual assault is simply an unacceptable construction of the new offence . ’ |
| 28 | In two-thirds of the cases however , the person receiving such a summons never returned it . |
| 29 | There was consternation that they could have been overlooked on a day commemorating such a vital part of British history . |
| 30 | It was a sentence spending half an hour in that place — I did n't know how Bob would cope with three years . |