Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] a [noun sg] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean er , I did n't like er that Friday night it were hor horrible shift , cos half the time you used to turn up , only half a team would turn up and you 'd be expected to do |
| 2 | Only such a school would provide a truly democratic education , and thus assert the values for which the world war was being fought . |
| 3 | 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 " . |
| 4 | I thought how much such a prescription would help in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | Furthermore all heavy trucks and a growing number of vans are diesel-powered , so such a move would have the additional benefit of giving the road transport industry a boost at a time of recession . |
| 6 | Thirdly , speakers of a language do not always comport themselves in the manner recommended by the prevailing mores-they can be outrageous , and otherwise " inappropriate " , So such a definition would make the data of pragmatics stand in quite an abstract relation to what is actually observable in language usage , whereas for many linguists one of the major contributions of pragmatics has been to direct attention once again to actual language usage . |
| 7 | Franco was well aware that the deliverance from evil of so powerful a symbol would greatly enhance his standing among the Nationalist partisans . |
| 8 | Certainly , one 's own immediate reaction was that so big a ball would be still more at the mercy of wind and spin . |
| 9 | I had hoped that somehow such a thing would happen . |
| 10 | Any judge with even half a brain would surely concede that however inappropriately the Duchess of York might have behaved in the past year , even she has yet to acquire such a proven track record on rearing maladjusted children as Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 11 | Surely such a rumour would have a price ? |
| 12 | As the DES have agreed to update HE forecasts regularly such a development would be timely . |
| 13 | Yet such a solution would appear to be the last stage in the process of experimentation/disguise previously discussed . |
| 14 | In 1094 however such a future would have seemed unthinkable . |
| 15 | Doubtless such a protest would upset the meek image of the poet promoted during the subscriptions . |