Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.

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31 8.38 to 8.40 ) , that , should ( as the Act has done by the previous section ) the currency of a licence be extended to three years , it was desirable that a licensing board should have some form of sanction against the licence-holder where the premises were being misconducted , or where their suitability had deteriorated , and that such a sanction should be the power to suspend a licence .
32 A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough .
33 Like the unit in Pembrokeshire , it has done that because it believes that it can satisfy the Secretary of State on four points : first , that such a move would show benefits for patients ; secondly , that it would improve management capability ; thirdly , that clinicians would be involved in management ; and , fourthly , that the trust has a future of financial soundness .
34 If this decision were to be upheld , the appellants stand to lose their liberty and , in my judgment , it would not be right that such a result should occur when the evidence is excluded only on the basis of the rather stricter rules laid down in Ladd v. Marshall .
35 It says Microsoft will likely be driven to support an optional Unix SVR4 personality on top of the NT kernel by 1995 or 1996 and that such a creature will be brought to life by a third party , nominating the Santa Cruz Operation Inc for the role .
36 It needs to be emphasized , however , that such a conclusion would be in despite of the earliest biographical sources , the author of one of which was contemporary in time , if distant in space , and also , as far as one can judge , of the chronological lists and would therefore constitute important evidence of the limitations of these source materials .
37 Given that such a coalition would enjoy the support of more than 50% of electors and that the turnover of seats under PR is small ( Professor Finer estimated that a swing of 1% would result in the loss of only six seats ) , it would most likely remain in office for the foreseeable future and hence be in a position to ensure a degree of policy continuity .
38 That out of the assembly will come a nucleus of Rhodesians , black and white , as dedicated to God 's ways as the Communists are dedicated to theirs ; that lives will be changed fundamentally — and that such a miracle will inspire the fresh thinking which is desperately needed .
39 How curious , then , that such a phrase should suggest something illegal .
40 Michell argued that not even light would be able to escape from any more compact star , and that such a star would become invisible .
41 He began by arguing that adaptive radiation in the animal kingdom produces diversity and specialization , but that such a process may as commonly entail a structural atrophy , as in the case of parasites or cave fish , as it does some directional increase in complexity .
42 And that statement , given that such a book can never be complete nor , when based as it is on Burke 's volume , without error , is true .
43 ‘ I often advise women that an extra half a stone will benefit their hair , ’ says Glenn .
44 Simple such a step may be , but simplicity is what will make your management report a winner .
45 This definition would make central to pragmatics a notion of appropriateness or felicity : ( 14 ) Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate Such a definition should have a nice ring to it , from the point of view of those who wish to place pragmatics on a par with other aspects of linguistic inquiry .
46 However unpopular such a measure might at first appear , the long experience of the commissioners had shown them not only the inefficacy in most cases but also the cruelty of issuing executions against the goods of defendants — ‘ as regards the wives and children of debtors by selling their beds from under them , and the expense and oppression attending the levy ’ .
47 But Presley points out : ‘ With the discovery that a membrane bone can totally mimic a basic cartilaginous constituent of the developing skull , we have to ask ourselves how widespread such a phenomenon may have been in vertebrate evolution . ’
48 If it is at all possible a teacher should preview the place to be visited , though this may not always be possible with places at a distance .
49 All such a person can say , quoting Dicey , is that he or she is free to do that which no law prohibits .
50 These were foolish and unnecessary questions anyhow , because I was sure such a divinity would never have anything to do with someone so much older and so much less good-looking than himself .
51 So by turning gamma rays into electrical current a recorder can then measure the current and hence in effect the number of gammas .
52 Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " .
53 And I mean in nineteen sixty five such a job would cost te about eleven to fifteen pounds which was an anas astronomical amount of money in those days , simply because the man who had the firm had an A licence , or four or five of them , and he was in a mon a monopolistic position you see .
54 By a notice of appeal dated 12 December 1990 the plaintiffs appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge erred in law in holding that the first defendant was entitled to add to any security , all the costs charges and expenses , however unreasonable they were ; ( 2 ) the judge failed to follow the decision in In re Adelphi Hotel ( Brighton ) Ltd. [ 1953 ] 1 W.L.R. 955 ; ( 3 ) the judge erred in law in construing the charging covenants of the legal mortgage which were all in similar terms that all costs charges and expenses howsoever incurred by the first defendant or any receiver under or in relation to the mortgage or such indebtedness or liabilities on a full indemnity basis as allowing the first defendant to charge as it pleased however unreasonable such a charge might be ; and ( 4 ) the judge erred in law in not construing that provision as a provision providing for taxation or computation on an indemnity basis of the first defendant 's costs , charges and expenses .
55 Even blindingly obvious and crucial insights do n't usually come instantly — it took us 24 hours to realise that the part-concealed agenda behind IBM 's December closures was that the company was signalling the death of the mainframe , a couple of months to realise that the executive search committee of IBM non-executive directors had n't a clue what it should be looking for in a new chief executive for IBM — because they themselves did n't have the computer industry background they needed to recognise how vital such a background would be to the person assuming the post .
56 It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child .
57 At its best such a book will not only provide a satisfying solution to the murder puzzle which it still must have , but also at the same time the solution of the mystery should reveal finally what it was the novel had to say .
58 One has only to call to mind the eternal life of the moving pictures of the destruction of the Tacoma Bridge and Pruitt Igoe to see how influential such a fate could be .
59 ‘ Do you think sufficient to derive an income of two hundred a year would meet the case ? ’
60 However energetic such a group may be , it has to draw on popular ethnic support .
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