Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was infrequent in the units participating in this study , but in centres where the relative surgical and endoscopic expertise is different such a situation may well arise more commonly . |
| 2 | However , the list would be very much shorter for a about a small new extension to one of the production units enabling greater production of some Such a list would include the following sections : |
| 3 | In terms of legitimacy with the general public such a strategy could also be effective , since the public can be reassured that the really ‘ serious , offenders about whom they are most concerned will be kept locked up for long periods . |
| 4 | Even more off-putting , though , must have been the permanent doubt about what kind of narrative such a history would be : a celebration or an obituary ? |
| 5 | This new a phoneme would have two allophones , one being [ ] and the other [ ] ; the stress mark would indicate the [ ] allophone and in syllables not marked for stress it would be unimportant whether [ ] or [ ] was used . |
| 6 | That such a man should be placed in the role of ruler over God 's chosen people was deemed a curse — an affliction visited by God upon His people , a punishment for transgression both past and present . |
| 7 | And why it was that such a man should want to fight against the Seven . |
| 8 | He feels very strongly that such a case should in future be dealt with by assessors in an open court . |
| 9 | Although for a considerable time before the resumed hearing it was known that this House was to consider whether to permit Hansard to be used as an aid to construction , there was no suggestion from the Crown or anyone else that such a course might breach Parliamentary privilege until the Attorney-General raised the point at the start of the rehearing . |
| 10 | The discussion of concepts of accountability in Chapter 1 suggests , however , that such a separation may not be justified . |
| 11 | That such a king should play bo-peep |
| 12 | The amount concerned — about £30,000 — is insignificant given that such a tie would bring in £1 million in gate receipts and television revenue . |
| 13 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 14 | It was pointed out , in Chapter 1 , that such a defence will have conservative implications since it puts the moral patients at the mercy of those interests , whatever they might be , that prevail amongst moral agents in a society . |
| 15 | Walesa argued , however , that such a system would politicize the union , and that it would undermine the rights of the thousands of non-government supporters who currently belonged to Solidarity . |
| 16 | ‘ It would have to be understood , however , that such a procedure would place constraints on litigants , ’ a paper from the working party warns , ‘ by obliging them to proceed more quickly than they might wish and forego the examination of some or all of the issues in a case by oral evidence . ’ |
| 17 | The British government argued , first , that such a change would have the effect of forcing them to adopt a type of system for documenting civil status which would have considerable administrative consequences and would impose new duties on the population . |
| 18 | The macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form is that it is just such another structure ; that the structural change lies in making labour the employer of capital rather than , as at present capital the employer of labour ; that such a change would fuse the interests of ownership and labour , interests which so long as they remain separate must also remain ultimately opposed ; and that , because relations among co-operatives and between producers and providers on the one hand , and consumers and users on the other would be determined by the operation of a free competitive market , the workers in each co-operative will be exposed to its imperative discipline . |
| 19 | It is even possible to imagine a Bill so offensive in its content that the Royal Assent would be refused , though hardly that such a Bill would be passed by both Houses . |
| 20 | Although Britain still regards this as an embarrassment , it is putting a brave face on it by claiming that most Irish-Americans have a distorted , nationalistic view of the conflict and that such a mission might go part of the way to dispelling it . |
| 21 | The Cinematograph Films ( Animals ) Act 1937 , like the Protection of Children Act , limits the range of material which may be imported into Britain for public exhibition or distribution , and it was once hoped , vainly , that such a law might provide the model for similar limitations in other countries . |
| 22 | It seems impossible to me that she can not be brought back to life , that such a person can not be brought back to normal life . |
| 23 | My second point , and it refers to again er something that Barton Willmore referred to and that 's the question er an engine of growth , and it seems to me that that that such a settlement would become an en engine of growth in in the countryside , not least because of of the it would become self fulfilling , er and it would be the obvious sort of sink hole , as Mr Thomas said , for for subsequent land allocations , I think , erm this this point has been touched upon by both the representatives from Leeds City Councils and from Cleveland , Leeds City Council appear not to want it in the Leeds York corridor for just that reason , the representative from Cleveland , who unfortunately is n't here today erm does n't want it in the North of the county for for what I understand to be to be that same reason , erm and the Inspector at the Stone Basset erm enquiry in Oxfordshire , and I I do refer th to this in my evidence , he he drew a very similar conclusion about this when he said , and I quote , once destep once established the new town would generate a momentum of growth that would be difficult to contain , such growth , if allowed , could further harm the rural character of the countryside and the villages in this part of Oxfordshire , I think that conclusion can be applied to North Yorkshire , and I certainly have n't heard anything that would convince me that that such growth once it started could could be controlled , and indeed the the record of controlling growth against erm projected requirements in the structure plan to date has has not been good , witness earlier comments on the structure plan overshoot . |
| 24 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 25 | Yet it occurred to her now , as she lay quietly on her pillows , listening to the fire crackling in the winter chimney and her father peacefully snoring beside it , that such a time may never come . |
| 26 | It is also unquestionably misleading to assume , as Engels does , that such a stage must have occurred as a precursor to the emergence of the State in Greece or Rome . |
| 27 | That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men . |
| 28 | So important , in fact , that such a cloud would have had a braking effect on the Sun 's spin over aeons of time . |
| 29 | That such a monument should now require a damp course is a suitably bizarre commentary on human folly . |
| 30 | Will he confirm , therefore , that it will be open to hostile and foreign bids and that such a bid could provide a foothold in the Welsh water industry for further takeovers ? |