Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] such a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EPR paper concludes with the words While we have thus shown that the wavefunction does not provide a complete description of physical reality , we have left open the question of whether or not such a description exists . |
| 2 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 3 | Whether or not such a statement reflects an adequate level of planning and depth of thought about curriculum development depends on the quality of the deliberations of the faculties and departments , and the coordination of the various submissions made to the committee . |
| 4 | We could by measurement give a numerical specification of each of the parts of the causal circumstance-the operation of the heater , its relative location , and so on-and also such a specification of the effect . |
| 5 | The statutory criteria ( in section 1 ) state that a custodial sentence must not be passed unless either ( a ) the current offence is ‘ so serious that only such a sentence can be justified for the offence ’ or ( b ) , in the case of violent or sexual offences only , only a custodial sentence ‘ would be adequate to protect the public from serious harm ’ . |
| 6 | Assad had urged recognition that " the only beneficiary of the present crisis is Israel " , promising that Syrian forces would fight alongside Iraqis if they were attacked after a withdrawal from Kuwait , and arguing that only such a withdrawal would avoid giving the " enemies of our Arab nation … the golden opportunity which they were dreaming of one day having , and which today is present " . |
| 7 | Introducing the budget yesterday , Finance Minister Mr Laszlo Bekesi said that only such a regime could prevent economic collapse . ‘ |
| 8 | I had hoped that somehow such a thing would happen . |
| 9 | The traditional dependence on a literal version of written sources is absent , although elsewhere such a dependence can still be found , particularly in discussion of the origin of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ( Biddle 1976 ; Hope-Taylor 1977 , 276–324 ) . |
| 10 | It seems fairly obvious that often such a decision will not be possible either because no clear decision procedures are available , or because of certain fundamental difficulties involved in applying such procedures . |
| 11 | ( Askwith also mentions ‘ some 100 million birds and small rodents estimated to have fallen prey to domestic cats , although surely such a statistic could hardly be arrived at with any confidence . ) |
| 12 | This score is so inspired and obviously such a pleasure to play that it never seems to receive a really disappointing recording . |
| 13 | ‘ They were the fun part , because she was lovely and just such a giggle . ’ |
| 14 | This may not be important for a well-fed family pet , but if ever such a cat were to find itself lost or homeless it would rapidly die of starvation . |
| 15 | Duke never repeated that achievement , and now such a ride is no longer possible . |
| 16 | There remains , however , considerable debate concerning how a rule might be precisely defined and how such a construct can be properly applied to the study of social behaviour . |
| 17 | But not such a rip off |
| 18 | The European market for acetate filament yarn is expected to shrink slightly during 1993 — disappointing but not such a blow as that experienced during the last two years which saw the market in Europe tumble from 40,000 tons to 30,000 . |
| 19 | I was very good at planning menus and cooking , but not such a whizz at car , boiler or electrical appliance repairs or breakdowns . |
| 20 | Yerofeev , it is said , chose this way of life deliberately and was not forced into it by economic circumstances , but inevitably such a life style would induce a sense of infinite weariness and degradation — which Courtenay 's appearance fails to convey . |
| 21 | There was one particularly disastrous episode with a boy of startling beauty ; he was called Higginbotham , but even such a name could not dim his lustre nor silence his eclat . |
| 22 | But here such a change in price can not occur since prices are fixed at the end of period t - 1 and their values are therefore known . |
| 23 | But then such a fuss about who was wearing a bra , had slip-on shoes , heels , roll-ons . |
| 24 | Malinvaud assigns a special role to prices and incomes policies to effect a differential adjustment of W in relation to P , but how such a policy would operate in the absence of quite massive and probably unacceptable levels of state interference both in wage bargaining and in the pricing decisions of firms remains a disconcertingly moot point . |
| 25 | Whereas today such a cheese is accessible enough and almost commonplace , in 1946 this was far from being so . |
| 26 | Where a statutory authority is under a mandatory obligation to supply a service , whether with a saving or nuisance clause ( that nothing shall exonerate it from proceedings for nuisance ) or whether without such a clause , the authority is under no liability for anything expressly required by statute to be done , or reasonably incidental to that requirement , if it was done without negligence . |
| 27 | Well , look upon your relationship with your friend , your mentor , as just such a relationship and let your mentor guide you throughout your day in everything you do . |
| 28 | As always such a system was seen to deliver distinctive moral benefits . |
| 29 | This did not prevent later generations of pacifists from taking the NCF as precisely such a model . |