Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons . |
| 2 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 3 | There comes a time in every project , he wrote , when it becomes clear that a head is no match for a wall . |
| 4 | It is clear that a waiver is of no effect unless it is unequivocal and only where the representee acts on it to his detriment . |
| 5 | While it is clear that a trespasser is a ‘ stranger ’ for this purpose , we can only conjecture who else is included in the term . |
| 6 | Perhaps the target is so unrealistic that a short-fall is inevitable . |
| 7 | It is unbecoming to go on hating an enemy like this once a conflict is over . |
| 8 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |
| 9 | Country Villas : Infants under 2 go free if a cot is used as an extra bed in the parents ' room . |
| 10 | 2 If a cough is present steam inhalations may be prescribed to help loosen secretions . |
| 11 | Sometimes the original number of volumes is found to be inconvenient and a work is compressed , and so that we can get ‘ four volumes in two ’ , ‘ eight volumes in four ’ , etc . |
| 12 | If something goes wrong while a user is accessing LIFESPAN , the current displayed page is temporarily replaced by a ‘ Transaction Failure ’ page which describes the fault and tells the user what action to take ( usually to log off or consult the LIFESPAN Manager ) . |
| 13 | John Jarvis , senior sales manager , said : ‘ With interest like this before a brick is even laid , who knows what results we will achieve once potential purchasers can actually see the finished product . ’ |
| 14 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 15 | Such differences , though they may be less marked when a child is 14 , may yet be considerable . |
| 16 | ‘ I find it strange that a report is being talked about when no-one was sent off , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’ |
| 19 | This amplification becomes possible once a system is controlled , and is most dramatic in living things . |
| 20 | It is from the mechanical that a block is made for printing . |
| 21 | Most characters are simply sketched types rather than carefully constructed characters : the beautiful young wife , either licentious or honest but nearly always cunning ; the prostitute ; the husband , more often foolish than wise ; the lover , more likely to be clever than a husband is . |
| 22 | Well it , I mean let's face it it is n't gon na be no bigger than a clock is it ? |
| 23 | Although it will be some considerable time before it is fully catalogued , all the material is accessible and a record is being maintained of the areas most in demand ; cataloguing priorities are being established accordingly . |
| 24 | Other arrangements may be appropriate if a printer is engaged at an early stage . |
| 25 | The numbers coming to meetings can vary from 4 to 24 which is uncomfortable if a speaker is booked and I do not know how many will come . |
| 26 | Thus if at this moment someone said something to me about " that ugly little statue on your fireplace " and accompanied this with an appropriate gesture , I should have little difficulty in identifying the object to which he is referring , but identification may not be so easy if a reference is made to an object that is not accessible to immediate perception , or of which I have no knowledge whatever . |
| 27 | ‘ Thirteen and a half is a responsible age . |
| 28 | The court at first instance can always distinguish except in very similar cases , and appeal is not easy unless a judgment is so unreasonable as to be perverse . |
| 29 | With a payment under covenant , The Deed of Covenant has to be filled in corrected before a payment is made . |
| 30 | That could be very dangerous when a man is genuinely hurt , ’ said Nigel . |