Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] [ex0] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 At such a distance there must be as little as one molecule of scent in a cubic yard of air , yet it is sufficient to cause the male to fly in pursuit of its source .
2 The same analytical method can be adopted in identifying what happened and why it happened in an accident which is entirely operational in character , though in such a case there would be greater dependence upon some of the less precise characteristics of human behaviour in the explanation of why certain things were done .
3 Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false .
4 In such a case there would be no evidence of ambiguity .
5 For example , an airline ticket , allowing occupation of an empty seat , costs an airline nothing — in fact , in such a case there could be a negative cost , as it might be an advantage to the airline to have an experienced crew member on the flight .
6 However , in such a universe there would probably not be sufficient in the way of attractive forces to gather together matter in the large aggregates that are probably necessary for the development of complicated structures .
7 For such a contention there would seem to be not a shred of evidence .
8 All around such a site there would formerly have been fields and other areas of land use .
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