Example sentences of "[adj] a [adj] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be confusion , Bruce thought , and out of this a strong ruler would need to emerge . |
| 2 | To reduce the likelihood of this a large lexicon must be stored . |
| 3 | Following this a theoretical review will examine the central feature of resource management , the budgetary process , and then move on to consider two main approaches to budgeting . |
| 4 | Techniques for going up and down stairs , through doors and in narrow spaces should be properly demonstrated by a mobility expert so that pupils guiding a blind friend can do it in a safe , efficient way . |
| 5 | The Tannoy announces the opening of the buffet , and up we get , not stopping for an instant to reflect that even standing in line for seven hours outside Moscow 's GUM department store in pursuit of half a mouldy cabbage would be a more profitable venture than a futile pilgrimage to a British Rail catering outlet . |
| 6 | it had a wooden a wooden bearing would you believe |
| 7 | Under section 104 of the Companies Act 1985 a public company may not , in a defined initial period , enter into an agreement with a subscriber to the company 's memorandum for the transfer of one or more non-cash assets to the company , unless ( among other conditions ) the consideration to be received by the company , and any consideration other than cash to be given by the company , have been independently valued . |
| 8 | For this to be conceivable a specific decision must be taken by the British Government that Britain will not be party to political union in Europe . |
| 9 | According to Bede , Wulfhere reigned seventeen years ( HE 111 , 24 ) , which led him to 675 for Wulfhere 's death , reckoning forward from 658 , but if Wulfhere did not become king until 659 a seventeen-year reign would suggest 676 for his death . |
| 10 | As at present , they would be able to overreach equitable interests ; and the Law Commission considers that the simplicity of such a new system would outweigh any possible disadvantages . |
| 11 | He believed that the political commitment existed to ensure that the independent countries of the region would co-operate effectively to reduce their dependence on South Africa , and accelerate economic development ; and that such a new grouping could influence decisively the way that offical development assistance was used in the region , and the course of development co-operation in general . |
| 12 | What they could do on one of Thomas McMahon 's or Peter Greene 's creations , and what the meaning of such a new record would be , are questions that will tantalise us until they , or other runners , provide the answer . |
| 13 | The growing strength of such a new religion would gradually undermine the power of warmongering leaders , who so frequently use entrenched religious beliefs to instil into their sometimes reluctant followers , the will to continue a conflict . |
| 14 | Such a limited rise would effectively reprieve low-lying island states , such as the Marshall Islands , Tuvalu and the Maldives , from the inundation feared under previous estimates . |
| 15 | Maybe they would remake Anna Karenina when she was an actress , and everyone would be amazed that such a young girl could project such depths of emotion and hail her as the new Garbo . |
| 16 | Mr Goldring said Bradley was transferred to a hospital in Nottingham where doctors found it difficult to understand how such a young child could have suffered a cardiac arrest . |
| 17 | Victor 's death at such a young age will not only be a tragedy for his family and friends but will have a major impact on many engaged in dealing with the increasing complexities of value added tax . |
| 18 | That such a young party should now have 42 MdBs is all the more striking . |
| 19 | It was a matter of horror to me and my wife that such a young lad could carry that knife . |
| 20 | Such a general rule would then have application , regardless of the details , to all unions recognized as marriages . |
| 21 | Rider Haggard 's heroine ( if such a general term can be applied to her ) is introduced in terms that were to become very familiar in his fiction , as a fabled white goddess-figure ruling over an unknown tribal kingdom in unexplored Central Africa . |
| 22 | How sad such a general habit should have no other record . |
| 23 | In so far as these religious matters were an expression of English resentment against their conquerors , such a Danish attitude would have tended to appease and disarm the opposition . |
| 24 | Living in close proximity in such a small cottage may have caused difficulties ; one gathers that Coleridge 's domestic arrangements included benevolent toleration of mice , whom he had not the heart to kill . |
| 25 | But , even as he did so , he knew that such a small sign would almost certainly be missed . |
| 26 | Even contemplating walking out over such a small matter may seem ridiculous , but within the context of that small world , the dispute was a major one . |
| 27 | He says that transporting cannabis across the north sea in such a small dinghy could have resulted in disaster . |
| 28 | In a fit of pique , he threw out many of his planetary drawings , made with a 10-cm refracting telescope , after high-placed amateurs refused to believe that anyone with such a small instrument could see the detail he recorded . |
| 29 | How an area with such a small population could have produced so many world-class cricketers is beyond the comprehension of most Britons . |
| 30 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |