Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spoke brilliantly without notes for half an hour . |
| 2 | The enabling technologies for such an information and communications centre are already more or less in place . |
| 3 | These include requiring a Court before giving a custodial sentence to consider a report by the probation service and to give reasons for such a sentence , except for the most serious offences ; also to satisfy itself that the offence was serious enough to justify the use of custody . |
| 4 | Speculations on the reasons for such a correlation include the following possibilities : |
| 5 | Speculations on the reasons for such a correlation include the following possibilities : |
| 6 | The reasons for such a development are much the same . |
| 7 | The parallel with the anorexic process is clear , and the reasons for such a substitution in both cases are probably similar . |
| 8 | If serious disturbance is suspected , outside clinical consultation may be required , and the client is informed of the reasons for such a referral . |
| 9 | The interruption is so violent that we are led to infer other reasons for such a display besides his annoyance with McKendrick himself and , significantly , Stoppard 's comments hint at this in the words " uncharacteristic " and surprising " . |
| 10 | They had discussed the possible reasons for such a meeting as they made their way to the farm , and all feared the worst . |
| 11 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 12 | The reasons for such an assumption were made quite clear during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 13 | This poses insurmountable problems of effectively transporting the powder through such a system and therefore they are not likely to have application in the warehouses under consideration . |
| 14 | Mr Evans seems to have recognised that the prospective decade of self-sufficiency in oil promised a unique opportunity for such a revival and hence the conditions in which a sympathetic government could satisfy the movement 's ambition . |
| 15 | God knows how they had conjured up the planning permission for such a venture , situated as it was on the borders of Essex in a green-belt area . |
| 16 | Only the Holy Father can give permission for such a tomb to be opened . ’ |
| 17 | From the left bank of the canal , the green fields of Gloucestershire swept up in a gentle rise for half a mile , there to be a terminated by a line of stately elms . |
| 18 | Chapter 9 considers some of the issues arising when a contract for such a project is placed with an outside organization . |
| 19 | There may be a case for such a restraint upon popular power , but it can not be a democratic one . |
| 20 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 21 | Relying heavily on a low sulphur coal strategy in place of FGD , may create problems which could yet undermine even the short-term economic case for such a policy . |
| 22 | The protection for the person called upon to produce documents lies , thus , not in a limitation by category of documents ( ‘ reconstituting the company 's state of knowledge ’ ) but in the fact that the applicant must satisfy the court that , after balancing all the relevant factors , there is a proper case for such an order to be made . |
| 23 | The Act made provision for such an office , which has now been established and has already contributed to increased efficiency in the division . |
| 24 | We had absolutely no budget for such a venture ( already undertaken by the Italian and United States Governments ) until Lord Carrington of Christie 's suggested this collaboration ’ . |
| 25 | There could be no excuse for such a death . |
| 26 | He was soon running errands for half a crown a day , sleeping on a board over the bath and doing Musgrave a favour by playing the toyboy to his wife . |
| 27 | The various Nationalists had also expressed their sympathy for such a move . |
| 28 | They said AST has no current plans for such a development . |
| 29 | i 'll bring my mate with me so then we just miss three ? are plans for such a game real ? ( joke i guess ? ) if so what kind of footwear should i bring over ? |
| 30 | However , the Northern Regional Health Authority denied there were any plans for such a link-up . |