Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The evidence of the available texts and manuscripts is against such an emendation , however , since none of them has such a reading ; and it seems more likely that Ibn Hajar means no more than that Molla Fenari was in his twenties when he made the journey to Egypt . |
2 | Vast though the distance is which separates such a question as the primacy from the central truths of Christianity , there is a similarity in Anselm 's approach to the greater and lesser questions . |
3 | In the case of depression , it is easy to see the body shape which accompanies such a condition . |
4 | It is a dolorous thing for a paladin to lose his faith , for it is his faith , more than his physical strength , which sustains such a man . |
5 | A parser is a program which takes as input a sentence and a grammar , and which constructs such a parse tree . |
6 | Anything which enlarges such a view , and highlights scientists in their very many guises , is to be welcomed . |
7 | A procedure which keeps alive a warning ( even for a major breach of discipline ) for more than two or three years is almost always unjust . |
8 | The children form two groups , each of which creates half a clock . |
9 | Will he extend warmhearted support to the Labour party , which advocates such a policy , but dissociate himself from the actions of the shadow Home Secretary and the Leader of the Labour party who buy foreign cars ? |
10 | Finally , in this summary and highly compressed review of our methodological origins , let us note how the French structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss , which enjoys such a vogue at present , stems directly from that of Radcliffe-Brown and Malinowski , and , in a sense , achieves a new synthesis between their styles of analysis and that of the diffusionists . |
11 | There can be no other climb at this standard which gives such a big-wall feel . |
12 | This will have a subtly sparkling effect , which gives such a lift to plain colours that you 'll wonder why you have n't used it before . |
13 | It relates to the crucial argument about whether continuing education and training services — such as the one in Croydon , which does such a lot of good locally — will be able to bid direct to the funding councils rather than through the new sector colleges . |
14 | Tired legs , sore feet and shortage of time should not deter an inspection of the unusual sight at the rear of the now unoccupied farmhouse here : in the backyard , only a short way from the buildings , is the impressive entrance to Bruntscar Cave which penetrates half a mile under the hillside . |
15 | There is a powerful body of opinion in the defence establishment which supports such a ban , on the grounds that the US Navy 's superiority can only be reinforced if its Soviet counterpart is deprived of the only weapons which could be expected to destroy a US aircraft carrier with a single hit . |
16 | Indeed , the decoration of these mosaics exhibits a consistency which supports such a notion . |
17 | But it is not merely the minimum content of natural law which supports such a view . |
18 | This is not the case and anyone who receives such a call from this man , Roy O'Day , is asked to pass the information to the Membership Secretary at Easton House so that this apparently unethical practice may be stopped . |
19 | Therefore , any housewife who receives such a bill should complain to the courts . |
20 | Thus , prima facie , the party who receives such a document should be bound by relevant standard terms and conditions , even if he never reads the document , and is unaware that they exist . |
21 | ‘ But it is a pleasure to entertain a lady from another country who has such a love of France and of the French language . ’ |
22 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
23 | We have always been so thankful that she has such a sense of fun . |
24 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
25 | ‘ I am only curious to find out why kissing you ignites such a conflagration inside us both … ’ |
26 | I 'm always short of money , she needs such a lot of extra things , you would n't believe the money I 've spent on bedding , laundry , special chairs , clothing . |
27 | But the critic who undertakes such a task becomes a scientist , and he must shut out the ornaments of speech and persuasive language of the impressionist as dangerous guests in the laboratory of literary dissection . |
28 | The scholar who completes such a work thus has an edge on other writers , so a preface can be read with the respect due to a first-hand account of the works concerned and a considered piece of reflective criticism . |
29 | According to popular folklore anyone who owns such a picture is in for bad luck . |
30 | In case we do n't like the cake she brings half a tea-chest of biscuits and three different jams . |