Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shelley smiled back , but she was well aware that he meant it , and that given half a chance he would stay the night . |
| 2 | It appears that the Nordischer Gesellschaft in Germany sent representatives to this country in 1935 to encourage such a grouping and that their spokesman referred in 1937 to the NL as being the English branch of international nazism . |
| 3 | Figure 8.4 illustrates such a state of disequilibrium . |
| 4 | This lengthy period of building explains why it is possible to find such a diversity of architectural styles , brilliant work from the Tuscan Renaissance period being mixed with the Baroque pieces and sections in later styles . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the existing case law on delegation of powers suggests that it would not be possible to grant such a body power to issue binding Community legislation of the types defined in the treaty , whereas the Maastricht Treaty envisages in its Article 108a that the Central Bank would be able to issue regulations , decisions , recommendations , and opinions ( though not directives ) . |
| 6 | If we assume that a LECTURER can only teach one COURSE , and many LECTURERS teach on one COURSE , then the ‘ closed loop ’ shown in Figure 4.21 represents such a set . |
| 7 | It is crazy that ( to take the second example ) the Inland Revenue is prepared to treat such a payment as exempt whereas the DSS claims that NICs are due . |
| 8 | An avowed enemy could of course be opposed with propriety , but if sufficient effort was not made to put victory beyond dispute , there was always some danger of humiliation , and , since there were inevitably many gentlemen who loved a winner , there would be some to see such a defeat as a sign to reconsider their political friendships . |
| 9 | When they were outside and walking towards the aircraft , Woolley said : ‘ The French make such a fuss , you see . |
| 10 | Soviet leaders were willing to support such a conception of non-alignment when it hindered the Western states . |
| 11 | The Home Office were not prepared to enforce such a departure , however , until the appropriate word had been received from their colleagues in the Foreign affairs department . |
| 12 | This causes such a confusion of sexual identity for later moths that the first to arrive wins out . |
| 13 | It would be wrong to encourage such a move before it is possible to form a view on how the orders have worked out in practice . |
| 14 | It has a small harbour and is well-equipped to meet all a visitor 's needs . |
| 15 | You ‘ Il be very glad you did this if you turn up one day to find the river high and murky because if , for example , you know that one swim has a lovely clean gravel bottom and another has half a Morris 1000 and a blackberry bush in it then this may help you decide where to fish and where to stick your mate ! |
| 16 | This caused such a burst of indignation from the players that I drew stumps swearing to myself that I 'd never umpire again — and I have n't ! |
| 17 | This caused such a stir that Harrison threw himself into the cause of medical reform . |
| 18 | Typical of many such letters sent to the Laird of Grant was one written by Lord Kinnoull in 1780 seeking such a bursary for John Duff , a son of the minister of Tippermuir . |
| 19 | Compromise:In extremis the Vendor may be prepared to give such a warranty ‘ so far as it is aware ’ . |
| 20 | He had not been serious , and although she had thought herself in love with him at the time he had known that it would be a mistake for them to marry — even if Burun , who was her father , had been prepared to permit such a thing . |
| 21 | Even if New York agreed to a loan in return for promised cuts in expenditure of 76 million , the Cabinet remained free to reject such a solution . |
| 22 | It remains to be seen whether courts will be prepared to read such a provision into those Conventions , for example by reference to the requirement of good faith as a canon of interpretation . |
| 23 | She was afraid to consider such a possibility . |
| 24 | This meant first a period in hospital , then periodic visits to the clinic . |
| 25 | Estimating that this totals half a person per machining centre , then the introduction of such machines halves the direct labour requirement . |
| 26 | I am not going to suggest to him or to the House that I am not prepared to pay such a visit . |
| 27 | Most people would be willing to pay such a price to remove the anomalies involving the ability to pay . |
| 28 | My view is that a top rate of say £100 will be acceptable to members and I will be willing to pay such a rate once my financial circumstances improve . |
| 29 | Some of our idle rich young fops think it funny to place such a corpse in the bed of a friend , but there 's no rumour of such an evil prank recently . |
| 30 | But none of the Serbian svats was willing to attempt such a feat . |