Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it be supposed that such a Balkanisation , extended on a world scale , would provide a stable or lasting political system ? |
| 2 | I have not at any point heard Judge Tumim suggest that such a crime is appropriate . |
| 3 | We suggest that such a characterisation can be developed in terms of a topic framework . |
| 4 | Calculations , again by the House of Commons Library , suggest that such an increase would lead to a reduction of families drawing means-tested supplementary benefit , and family credit . |
| 5 | It is pronunciation that Dobson is interested in , and the EModE phonological standard is referred to very frequently in terms that suggest that such an entity had some real existence at that time . |
| 6 | How did I know that such-and-such a principle was right , especially when no one there shared it ? |
| 7 | Can one doubt that such a tale is one of a tightening grasp of an actual reality ? |
| 8 | Mr. Davis felt constrained to accept that such a case might be within the purview of the legislation . |
| 9 | I find it almost impossible to accept that such an injury … could have occurred without extensive bruising and swelling of the nose and probably fracture or disruption of structures within the nose and associated tissues . ’ |
| 10 | The whole House will be very relieved to know that such a matter is not entirely in a Minister 's hands . |
| 11 | The police do not need to know that such an offence is involved . |
| 12 | It is gratifying to know that such an organisation supports us in our endeavours and appreciates the good that we do . |
| 13 | It might have been expected that such a paper from Nägeli , who was one of the most distinguished botanists in Europe at that time , would have had immense impact on the early development of plant ecology . |
| 14 | CUSTOMS and Excise officers have found illegal drugs aboard an eastern European factory ship anchored off Ullapool , the first time in the 30-year history of klondyking that such an event has happened in Scottish waters . |
| 15 | Health Authority watchdogs say although such a case is rare , it is by no means unique . |
| 16 | Keynes maintained that such a reduction would lead to a more or less equiproportionate reduction in the general level of prices . |
| 17 | Eppelmann and a member of the commission overseeing the dissolution of the Stasi had proposed implementing such a procedure on March 21 , but two days later the state prosecutor , supported by both de Maizière and the PDS-led caretaker government [ for formation of which see p. 37260 ] , maintained that such a step would be unconstitutional and that the new Volkskammer had to decide itself what should be done . |
| 18 | Shevardnadze , however , maintained that such an option was " impossible " , although the issue required " further discussion and clarification " . |
| 19 | It might then be claimed that such a form of the text was incomplete or inadequate , because the point which the author wishes to make is no longer accessible from the written text . |
| 20 | For though it might be claimed that such an education would help a child to see more in his immediate environment , and understand it better , yet it would also greatly diminish his chances of going beyond that environment . |
| 21 | Consistency with the argument presented earlier would seem to demand that such a couple should enjoy all rights and privileges available to a ‘ married ’ couple . |
| 22 | However , they realise that such an approach may jeopardise funding of the programme . |
| 23 | If we say that such-and-such a group of words are the " subject " or that some other group of words are the " predicate " in a copular verb phrase , we are , by such observations , recognizing the speaker 's intention to construct expressions which will identify certain properties and entities , and to assign some of the former to one of the latter , so as to let an audience know what entities are under attention and which properties are claimed to hold for which entities ; we take this to be the essence of what goes on in the use and understanding of linguistic expression ( whatever the purpose to which individual acts of communication are directed ) . |
| 24 | The complaint that there is never a moment 's peace is countered by some nurses who say that such a system allows for a ‘ snooze hour ’ after lunch when no routine tasks were undertaken and the ward was as quiet as possible . |
| 25 | With my colleague , the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) , in mind , I say that such a process will break up the United Kingdom . |
| 26 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 27 | " This is a fascist policy " , he remarked , " only the collective effort of nation states can guarantee that such a policy is not imposed on a world-wide scale " . |
| 28 | An unexpressed term can be implied if and only if the court finds that the parties must have intended that term to form part of their contract : it is not enough for the court to find that such a term would have been adopted by the parties as reasonable men if it had been suggested to them . |
| 29 | The 160 mineworkers , who formed a consortium to reopen the pit , each investing £10,000 in the venture , were surprised to find that half a month 's salary had gone into their bank accounts at the weekend . |
| 30 | It is reliably reported that such a machine could be heard five miles away . |