Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Vologsky 's squadron , each individual pilot fell due for such a flight every twelve days on the rota system . |
| 2 | Although the philosophical climate in the United Kingdom is right for such a development and the epidemiological background is well established , much more laboratory work is needed on the molecular genetics , enzyme function , gene transfer to human liver cells , and relevant liver cell biology if patients in the United Kingdom are to benefit from any advances which may occur . |
| 3 | Although it is possible for such a person to claim community charge benefit during that time , thus reducing his or her liability by up to 80 per cent. , we accept that the administrative burden imposed on both the individual and the charging authorities is unnecessarily heavy . |
| 4 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 5 | Once in one of these classes one year I had a Jewish student got up and got very upset during such a class as this and stomped out and then slammed the door er which I was rather sorry about because erm I think he was being a little bit erm too sensitive because the person who was giving the paper said anything anyway erm , but warrant that , but he was just offended of the idea that anybody could suggest that Moses was n't Jewish , and of course |
| 6 | It is quite normal for such a profit definition to extend to several pages . |
| 7 | Starting in one corner , Helen began to lift garments from pegs and drop them on the floor in a pile — a mack of her father 's , something of Edward 's not worn within living memory , a very ancient corduroy jacket of Dorothy 's , also unused for many a year . |
| 8 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 9 | Oh I 've done that for many a year |
| 10 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 11 | John Hales of Coventry , a bitter opponent of enclosures , wrote in 1549 that the bulk of them had occurred before the accession of Henry VII , and the Italian historian Polydore Vergil ( probably writing about 1530 ) , said of the proceedings of 1517 , that for half a century or more previously , sheep-farming nobles had tried to find devices to increase the income of their lands , and that to this end they had destroyed dwelling-houses and filled up the land with animals . |
| 12 | It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government . |
| 13 | However , development costs were so high for such a machine that its final price tag was nearly $20M . |
| 14 | It had become quite acceptable for such a man , in his early sixties , to shift his money to safer investments , hand over the family home next to the workplace to his son , and move into a house in the suburbs from which he could maintain a benevolent but less taxing interest in family concerns . |
| 15 | Held , granting the application , that the Act of 1987 placed the Bank of England under a wide public duty to supervise deposit-taking businesses , the fulfilment of which often required it to take urgent action in the interests of those whom the Act was designed to protect ; that a notice from the Bank of England under section 39(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1987 requiring production of documents overrode an injunction restraining that bank from disclosure of the documents to a third party , and the existence of an injunction did not constitute a reasonable excuse under section 39(11) for failure to comply with the section 39 notice ; and that the injunction should not , in any event , be interpreted as prohibiting compliance with the notice ; that it was proper for such a notice to specify the documents to which it applied by class rather than individually ; and that , accordingly , the defendants should be directed to comply with the notice ( post , pp. 717G–H , 718C , 719B–C , 721C , 722C ) . |
| 16 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |
| 17 | High concentrations of circulating cyclosporin A have been measured in our study 24 hours after the last dose of cyclosporin A. Furthermore , tissue concentrations of cyclosporin A in the pancreas are still high after such a period of time . |
| 18 | The mower alters its fatal course not one half of half a degree . |
| 19 | Yet yesterday it had n't occurred to her that there was anything wrong with such a sound coming from the Essoldo Cinema box-office . |
| 20 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 21 | Pupils can be helped to appreciate the link between the spiritual dimension and religion , and to do this in such a way that the outcome is not assumed . |
| 22 | Yet authentic conversation and involvement must allow for a full range of likes and dislikes to be expressed , and also for criticism as well as acknowledgement , but we need to do this in such a way that we do as little damage as possible to other people as people . |
| 23 | Well I 'm very grateful to Mr for raising this in such a way and for the members ' contribution . |
| 24 | ‘ And I can certainly think of ways in which I can talk about this in such a way that Mrs Jones doing her washing up , Mr Brown driving to work , E H Os idling time in their offices , listen to the radio , can actually listen and enjoy it . ’ |
| 25 | Eliot relayed this in such a manner as to imply grave delinquency on the host 's part , and made the anecdote sound very funny . |
| 26 | It concedes that some actual judicial decisions and practices are very different from those a conventionalist would make or approve : these it is prepared to count as mistakes . |
| 27 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 28 | Alex Stein has already been in touch with you , however I would formally confirm that we would be interested in such a publicity campaign for Council Tax at about the time bills are being issued in April . |
| 29 | If she were interested in such a campaign , she could perhaps use as the model for it our own dear Speaker , whose radiant health and youthfulness make him the perfect epitome of a diet based on vegetarianism . |
| 30 | Hong Kong 's transport authority is seriously interested in such a scheme , and the DOT here is collaborating , with the implied idea of applying it to London . |