Example sentences of "[adj] in [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the PRO felt that a number of different editors were interested in such a picture he might decide to take two or three different shots : one perhaps with a child drawing or learning to write , another in an office setting and another in the home with a woman writing a shopping list . |
| 5 | He had asked her this before , apparently interested in such a meeting , but Jane had had to disappoint him . |
| 6 | But the Economists ' Bookshop , near the London School of Economics , which seemed the most likely to be interested in such a topic , failed , after an extensive search of its microfiche catalogue , to find any trace of it . |
| 7 | Each Spitfire had to be positioned on the flatbed in such a manner as to clear roadblock obstructions as well as overhead tramway cables encountered along the route . |
| 8 | Nuadu wanted to cry out to him not to be so defiant , for the Robemaker could certainly not by vanquished in such a way . |
| 9 | Questions of privilege are themselves justiciable and have , on occasion , been referred by the Crown at the instance of the House in question to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ; what approach would be proper in such a circumstance ? |
| 10 | I think it 's a terribly difficult thing to do , but I 'd like to have a go at it in the following way , by saying that somebody is a case of sexual harassment has occurred when the behaviour of one person makes another person uncomfortable in such a way that that person , the person who 's uncomfortable , becomes overly conscious of their gender or sexual characteristics . |
| 11 | In a separate survey most respondents correctly understood the aim of the campaign and thought that it was appropriate in such a venue . |
| 12 | It is this : that collective force should be trained against individuals only when some past political decision has licensed this explicit in such a way that competent lawyers and judges will all agree about what that decision was , no matter how much they disagree about morality and politics . |
| 13 | I could not imagine a German , Italian or even a Frenchman being so patient in such a discussion . |
| 14 | The structure of Sinhalese caste was unusual in that a majority of Sinhalese belonged to a single caste , the Goyigama , which was also traditionally the highest caste . |
| 15 | Italy is unusual in that a purchaser does acquire good title and claims by the original owner can therefore be rebuffed . |
| 16 | It will be argued that the circumstances of Nepal and Zambia are not unusual in that a set of political preconditions for a successful soil conservation policy are not present , and only exist in very rare circumstances ( the most outstanding examples being the Republic of South Africa , and South Korea ) . |
| 17 | Any government would have been likely in such a situation to control imports , promote exports , and in the meantime borrow . |
| 18 | The advice and guidance , based on collation of information , by the broker , will be more valuable in such a case , to both broker and customer . |
| 19 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 20 | However it may be prudent in such a case to offer the defence expert the facility to administer questions in writing to which the plaintiff can respond if they so choose . |
| 21 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
| 22 | 5.22 Defective premises To give notice to the Landlord of any defect in the Premises which might give rise to an obligation on the Landlord to do or refrain from doing any act or thing in order to comply with the provisions of this Lease or the duty of care imposed on the Landlord pursuant to the Defective Premises Act 1972 or otherwise and at all times to display and maintain all notices which the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] require to be displayed at the Premises The difficulty here is that this covenant could impose an unfair obligation on the tenant and it should therefore be amended as follows : To give notice to the Landlord upon becoming aware of any defect … 5.23 New guarantor Within [ 14 ] days of the death during the Term of any Guarantor or of such person becoming bankrupt or having a receiving order made against him or having a receiver appointed under the Mental Health Act 1983 or being a company passing a resolution to wind up or entering into liquidation or having a receiver appointed to give notice of this to the Landlord and if so required by the Landlord at the expense of the Tenant within [ 28 ] days to procure some other person acceptable to the Landlord [ such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld ] to execute a guarantee in respect of the Tenant 's obligations contained in this Lease in the form of the Guarantor 's covenants contained in this Lease Although this may be perfectly fair and reasonable in that a guarantor 's covenants are expected to last during the period for which they are given , many tenants try to resist this covenant on the basis that it may be extremely difficult for the tenant to produce an alternative guarantor . |
| 23 | We need to be satisfied that the cost and delays that would be involved in such a course are justified both to resolve this matter and to provide the assurance that all the issues have been fully examined . |
| 24 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 25 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 26 | By re-classifying the conduct involved in such a way as to distinguish the grave from the less grave , it is hoped to discourage unwarranted pleas of not guilty and to overcome both the reluctance of prosecutors to bring charges and of courts to convict . |
| 27 | Financing buyouts has , however , retained its popularity given the greater security involved in such a deal . |
| 28 | It was again noted that he did not deny the wider allegation that other members of the Reagan election campaign had been involved in such a deal . |
| 29 | ‘ We have been involved in such a partnership for some years now and the fact that many governors have been accompanied by their head teachers today is an indication of how successful it has been , ’ he added . |
| 30 | The notion of assumed ‘ common ground ’ is also involved in such a characterisation of presupposition and can be found in this definition by Stalnaker ( 1978 : 321 ) : |