Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thought of being in one for a week and unconscious for half a day would n't have appealed to me very much . |
| 2 | Without some clear thinking about what Europeans and Americans still need from one another , the transatlantic partnership that has kept Europe safe for half a century will break apart . |
| 3 | And hell , I thought ; I had been tired ; I was tired still , and I would phone that evening — definitely — and say I 'd fallen asleep , and nobody would be too bothered , and after all a chap could only cope with so much sorrow-saying in one day … of course I 'd phone . |
| 4 | The bill entered into force on March 13 , and under a transitional regulation in force until the end of 1990 citizens were allowed to resume using their former names simply by registering them with local authorities ; after 1990 a name could only be changed subject to approval and registration by a court of law . |
| 5 | Although memory that an arousing slide has been presented is generally likely to be extremely good , there is evidence that the types of details remembered about such a slide may be different from those remembered from more mundane slides . |
| 6 | The input for such a reflex could come from a single class of broadly tuned vertical orientation detectors . |
| 7 | Support for such a position can be found in the Gospel and Epistles of John . |
| 8 | The basis for such a treatment would have some parallel with the imposition of a daily routine and 24-hour environmental cues upon premature babies ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 9 | No doubt evidence for such a procedure will one day come to light ! |
| 10 | Vidor was to confess that he had started ‘ with the definite idea ’ that he wanted ‘ to make a film that did not simply come to town to play three days or a week and then was forgotten ’ and it was always his conviction that the proper subjects for such a film would be the beauty of rural America and the fundamental decency of ordinary Americans . |
| 11 | For such a strategy must eventually require that resources at the disposal of people who own them will be applied in one way rather than another . |
| 12 | It is further suggested that funding for such a programme might be available through the European Community 's information technology programmes . |
| 13 | The outcome for such a team will either be failure to achieve the task , or the imposition of dominant leadership , or the formation of a sub-group . |
| 14 | Ashworth suggests that the three main tasks for such a body would be , firstly , to establish a coherent set of sentencing aims and principles ; secondly , to review and reduce sentencing levels for the offences most frequently encountered ; and thirdly , to devise a set of general principles which could be used to assist courts in exercising their discretion when dealing with such problems as persistent or multiple offenders , or those in breach of existing court orders . |
| 15 | The rental of such an office could not have been great , but it was little things which often had a quite disproportionate impact upon burgh councillors , for such a move would give tangible proof that the party which could arrange it had the ear of government and could thus effect other , and perhaps more far-reaching , changes . |
| 16 | Logic suggests that blame for such a situation must usually be equally divided , and that there are just as many bad , uncaring or downright lazy mothers as there bad , selfish and irresponsible fathers . |
| 17 | The resources required for such a project should not be underestimated . |
| 18 | We believe that the maximum sentence for such a crime should reflect its gravity . |
| 19 | Perhaps a study of broken or cracked objects from home or workplace could be initiated ; a suitable name for such a science might be Euteleology , from the Greek ΕυτΕλησ , meaning ‘ crummy ’ |
| 20 | Council officers believe part of the explanation for such a difference could lie in the relative affluence of North Yorkshire in comparison to other parts of the North-East . |
| 21 | However , the vocabulary for such a review will need to be more subtle and precise , and much less polarized , than that which has dominated discussion of such matters in primary education for the last two decades or so ( Alexander 1984 , 1989 , 1991 ) . |
| 22 | If the question whether the subject matter is capable of passing by way of donatio mortis causa is put on one side , the three general requirements for such a gift may be stated very much as they are stated in contemplation , although not necessarily in expectation of impending death . |
| 23 | The first step towards such a combination would be for universities and polytechnics to demonstrate their interest in using graded test results as either a part or the whole of entry qualifications . |
| 24 | One example of such a structure might be a main verb-schema ( e.g. Rumelhart & Ortony 1977 ) , with the mappings representing cases . |
| 25 | While the short-term expediency of such a position may be understood in the light of the desperate state of access to inland waters in England and Wales , as paddlers we must never allow ourselves to give any solace to the polluters . |
| 26 | This is because the raising of such a defence may involve the necessity of a reference to the European Court of Justice under article 177 of the Treaty . |
| 27 | Although this is contemplated by the European Court of Justice in the San Giorgio case , it is evident from Air Canada v. British Columbia , 59 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 161 that the point is not without its difficulties ; and the availability of such a defence may depend upon the nature of the tax or other levy . |
| 28 | In response to the statement by the Birmingham city treasurer that he would have to keep a register to administer the council tax , the Minister asserted that the keeping of such a register would be unlawful . |
| 29 | The whole tenor of such a Christology would be other than what has often been the case in western theology , whereby Christ has been conceived as male ( and white ! ) so that women ( and earlier Blacks ) have seemed to be somehow less like Christ . |
| 30 | The meaning of such a history will always be determined through appeal to a transcendental signified , whereas a deconstructive analysis will demonstrate the simultaneous effects of the lack of such an authority . |