Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ? |
| 2 | The case of Donson & Frudd v Conoco Ltd , 1973 IRLR 258 , also makes it quite clear that a conviction does not permit the employer unlimited freedom in dealing with employees . |
| 3 | I sat down with LIFE and worked through their philosophy , erm in line with our own as it were , and they agreed , and I would ask them to agree this year that any paperwork or any leaflets they distribute make it very clear that a choice remains for a woman in terms of whether or not she should have an abortion , because LIFE is fairly , yes , Michael ? |
| 4 | It is clear that a swing has occurred to a position where the greatest proportion of maintenance effort is now spent at the problem/solution identification stage . |
| 5 | It is all very well to delay the onset of a retinopathy for a year or two , but to achieve this , is it justifiable that a diabetic has no social life and a poorer quality of life for 20 years ? |
| 6 | The presidential offices nestle behind this and a balcony provides a fine platform from which the public can be addressed . |
| 7 | It 's very important you 're taught that , er such feelings as respect , love , emotions all come into this and a woman has a right to say no , if she does n't |
| 8 | It is always easier if a teacher has major ownership of her/his room . |
| 9 | 2 If a word has a number of meanings which are a little different , then they are printed one after another and numbered . |
| 10 | 2 If a car drives across the sand , are the tracks left by the front wheels parallel ? |
| 11 | If you 're doing twenty in a forty and a copper comes along and pulls both of you , it 's gon na be you that gets fucking done , not him ! |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't see why it should be any different if a person loses a brain function . ’ |
| 13 | In 1985 , Hoffman J. , in dealing with a case concerning an order under the Bankers ' Books Evidence Act 1879 and a subpoena duces tecum , distinguished cases of discovery by ‘ ordinary parties to English litigation who happen to be foreigners ’ . |
| 14 | The couple may simply require light because a fuse has blown or a power cut has occurred . |
| 15 | Justice without immediacy is justice perverted , not least when the guilty go free after a case has lapsed because the credibility of identity evidence has been undermined by delay . |
| 16 | If , therefore , it is not clear whether a restriction applies to any transfer or only to a transfer to , say , a non-member , or to any type of disposition or only to a sale the narrower construction will be adopted . |
| 17 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 18 | It may not always be possible to do this when a student writes an apparently nonsensical answer ; and you should try to find out if this is because the student has not studied the subject matter of the test sufficiently , or whether the lesson notes have not explained the subject adequately to the particular student . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's a clever man , ’ continued Ipuky ; ‘ and as devious as a politician needs to be . |
| 20 | ‘ I am afraid , Your Highness , ’ said Mahmoud stiffly , ‘ that once a case has been opened — ’ |
| 21 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 22 | Unaware that a fly has accompanied him on his maiden voyage , he turns into a sex-obsessed , sugar-addicted mutant . |
| 23 | If the reasons given by the chief officer of police are such that a court concludes that no reasonable officer could form the judgment that serious disruption would ensue , it is possible that the courts will prove readier to intervene than they ever were under the previous legislation , which referred to ‘ serious public disorder ’ only . |
| 24 | The position of women has changed in a number of ways , such that a wife does not have to put up with an unsatisfactory marriage in the way that her mother might well have done . |
| 25 | The ground resolution of a TM image is such that a pixel has about a 30 m side , which seems appropriate for the scale of analysis used . |
| 26 | 10 If a boat travels 120½km the first day and 68⅘km the second day how far has the boat travelled in the two days ? |
| 27 | Six and a half inches ! |
| 28 | A DC changes state to REJECTED if a user has rejected the DC using option 2.2.0 but only when the last interested user has assessed the DC . |
| 29 | No compensation for delay in delivery is payable unless a reservation has been sent within 21 days to the carrier . |
| 30 | An accurate drive is crucial because a hook means a certain bogey , or worse . |