Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between T 1 and T 2 a respondent will have grown older , possibly more tired , more hungry , etc . |
| 2 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4·6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 3 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4.6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 4 | I think these are the fears of the county council that er the uncertainty such a policy would bring . |
| 5 | Taken in isolation such a remark would not be significant , but in a speech which had mentioned the two institutions with which Stalin and Trotsky had been most closely associated , this reference to the Red Army must be seen as nudge and wink towards Trotsky . |
| 6 | If they beat the scousers tonight , I 'm afraid I 'll concede the title to the B******s especially with the boost such a victory would give them . |
| 7 | The completed bridge made up of Royal Engineer M2 floating rigs. such a bridge would normally be dismantled before dawn in wartime since it would be a prime target for enemy aircraft during daylight hours . |
| 8 | Within the aggregate supply — aggregate demand framework of this chapter such a relationship can be seen to occur because if aggregate demand increases and firms can sell their goods for a higher price , they can afford to offer workers higher nominal wages . |
| 9 | Under rule 17 a man may apply for entry clearance to the UK for marriage where he and his wife will leave the UK after the marriage . |
| 10 | EUROPEAN funding for the Highlands worth £20 million a year could cover health initiatives — the first time that spending on health has been considered for such grant aid . |
| 11 | It is expected that £41 million a year will be raised from companies which hold official consents to pollute waterways . |
| 12 | The alchemists maintained that through the correct disciplines such a return might be made . |
| 13 | By estimating how long after exposure such a surface would be colonised by lichens , scientists can calculate growth rate , and thus age , by measuring the lichens ’ present diameter . |
| 14 | For three reasons such a move should be welcomed . |
| 15 | In the standard Keynesian view of macroeconomics such a policy will soften the fluctuations in real output and other real variables to which any economy is prone and which are due to fluctuations in private-sector spending . |
| 16 | As Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. pointed out during the course of argument , there is a difference between saying that ‘ a person is not a statutory tenant ’ and saying that ‘ a person is not a statutory tenant with all the rights to protection such a tenant can possess . ’ |
| 17 | In some cases such a clause will not be an exclusion at all . |
| 18 | Given the generous relief against forfeiture provisions contained in s 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 a tenant should have little to fear from a forfeiture clause unless it is seriously in financial difficulties or has committed a serious breach of covenant which can not be rectified . |
| 19 | By section 291 of the Insolvency Act 1986 a bankrupt must deliver up all his books , papers and records and give to the official receiver such information of his estate and such other information as the official receiver may reasonably require . |
| 20 | If we want to know in precisely what circumstances such a gene would increase in frequency , we have to carry out calculations which have proved to be full of pitfalls for the unwary . |
| 21 | Under s36 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 a subpoena can be issued for service on a witness anywhere in the UK , but the court must give leave to issue a subpoena for service in Scotland or Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | A further $21.8 million a year may be raised through a special local tax , although this has to be approved by voters . |
| 23 | b By the age of 12 years old a child will have eaten about half a pound weight of coal-tar in the form of food colouring and dye . |
| 24 | In determining how many seats such a party will win under the STV the lottery of transfers is especially momentous . |
| 25 | Now I am well aware that times have changed and in these more liberal-minded days such a remark might pass with only a raised eyebrow or two , but in 1944 men did not use four-letter swear words in front of girls , be they ever so lowly — and they did n't come much more lowly than we were . |
| 26 | In the case of the central C6pG7 junction such a transition will thus lead to two B II phosphates facing one another . |
| 27 | In his last State of Grace feature , Ronnie Convery looks at the internal strife such a move would cause among Scotland 's fifty thousand Episcopalians . |
| 28 | Under Article 26 a State may , if required to do so because of constitutional limitations ( and on the basis of reciprocity ) , request reimbursement by the requesting State of fees and costs for the service of process on an unwilling witness and for his attendance , and for transcripts or evidence . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In education such a policy would improve performance indicators immediately as a much higher percentage of youngsters would then achieve three or more Highers and gain entrance to university ; success all round ! |