Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would perhaps build an occasional Bailey bridge between one another because of Sam . |
| 2 | This means that the owner of an equitable lease can only grant an equitable sub-lease , not a legal lease , irrespective of the mode of the sub-tenancy 's creation . |
| 3 | Wills were normally made shortly before death , as many a shaky signature can testify ; some people left it so late that they could only make an oral statement ( or nuncupative will ) , which was written down and sworn to by witnesses . |
| 4 | Crosier ( 1975 ) found fifty definitions so we had better make an early stab at identifying the notion of marketing that is being applied in this book . |
| 5 | What had to be decided was whether 2.63 miles of the extended six-lane M3 would be tunnelled through the downland chalk or just cut straight through in a deep , wide trench which would obviously make an irreparable mess of the down . |
| 6 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 7 | It can apparently recognise an impressive variety of regional and foreign accents . |
| 8 | Optimization procedures would necessarily include an economic data model which would allow the cost to be projected into the full production situation , and compared to the various technical requirements set for the artefact . |
| 9 | If you use both hands on the boom to run through the shallows it will only need an awkward gust or wave to rip the sail from your grasp . |
| 10 | While I can only give an average guide , a lot will depend not on pullet cost , but on the quality of the pullet you purchase and how well it has been reared . |
| 11 | This will obviously entail an extra row in the tableau and to determine the entries in this row we will consider how the general constraint , can be incorporated in a tableau . |
| 12 | MacArthur believed the Soviet Union and China would gain from a peace settlement , since the alternative was that the occupation would continue and Japan would more obviously become an American satellite . |
| 13 | We will annually spend an unnecessary £10 million to £20 million on a misdirected reorganisation of the Nature Conservancy Council , which was ruthlessly promoted against all informed advice , largely to appease Scottish landowners already hell-bent on destroying other sorts of peatlands . |
| 14 | Such a belief did not necessarily entail an uncritical acceptance of everything James II had done as King . |
| 15 | The Performance Indicators Project , a long-running body based in Nottingham , stress that the sample of 100 employers can only provide an approximate ranking of universities . |
| 16 | One such model , which would not only provide an insightful analysis of the story in its own terms but would also help clarify some of the reconstructions discussed earlier , is the framework of natural narrative proposed by the sociolinguist William Labov . |
| 17 | Combining pigs with trees will not only provide an enriched environment for these intelligent creatures to explore , but would also afford shelter from cold winds , and shade from hot sunlight . |
| 18 | Therefore where an otherwise innocent article is concerned it can only become an offensive weapon if the accused intended to use it to cause personal injury . |
| 19 | Ross had no right to automatically expect her to suddenly become an efficient home-maker , she grumbled to herself as she got up to clear the dirty plates from the small dining-room table . |
| 20 | The Smiths , hooked on the glamour of the misfit , could only occupy an IMPOSSIBLE position , attempt to create a rock music where aggression was replaced by vulnerability , hedonism by asceticism . |
| 21 | To use criminal statistics wisely necessitates some prior work in getting to know the difference between indictable and non-indictable offences and also some legal history so that one does not suddenly discover an enormous decrease in a crime such as stealing cars when the new offence of ‘ take and drive away ’ is introduced . |
| 22 | The Cobra 's skin is considered to be highly magnetic , and friction with the earth could perhaps create an electro-magnetic effect . |
| 23 | For days now there had been no news from France , evidence that the Emperor had forbidden all traffic over the border , but that silence did not necessarily suggest an immediate invasion , but rather the concealment of exactly where the French forces concentrated . |
| 24 | The first segment ( a ) contains a description of Gardner 's appearance which , although it may list the respects in which Gardner deviated from Carver 's idea of a writer , does not necessarily communicate an accurate impression of Carver 's initial reaction . |
| 25 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 26 | Most people who supported the government when it joined the ERM did so not because they believed the forecasters ( although they were happy to do this ) , but because they believed , as a matter of principle , in the ‘ New Consensus ’ — that the active use of macroeconomic policy can only have an adverse effect and that market forces alone can deliver non-inflationary growth and full employment . |
| 27 | The new Bank of European Reconstruction and Development will obviously have an important role in deciding policy when its opens its doors for business . |
| 28 | He might perhaps attribute the incompleteness of his account to the fact that he is a ‘ bourgeois ’ subject , who can only glimpse an alternative view ofthe individual ; but this defence is still a problem , for even a glimpse suggests that the ISAs of the capitalist totality may be more or less effective , and this variation will have to be explained . |
| 29 | Contesting that remark would only provoke an angry response from the boy . |
| 30 | Hence with our present framework perfect competition does not necessarily imply an efficient set of firms . |