Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] a [noun sg] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | A joint tenant might , however , transfer his interest in his lifetime ( though not by will ) ; and such a transfer would , before 1 January 1926 , have had the effect of making the transferee a tenant in common with the other or others , though the others continued as between themselves to be joint tenants . |
| 2 | Where spray bottles are more widely used and there is a risk of confusion colour coding is desirable and such a provision would take precedence over our control needs . |
| 3 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) has pointed out , my constituency abuts on London , and such a proposal would cause great dismay to my constituents , who already believe that London has too good a deal . |
| 4 | And such a master would certainly take note of the manners and appearance that help in some degree to reveal the character . |
| 5 | There are virtually no placebo controlled trials of acute relapse of extensive ulcerative colitis with which to compare these results , and such a trial would be unethical . |
| 6 | But it was clearly possible that W. might at any time decide to refuse consent to some form of treatment , even if it was only the oral administration of medicines , because one of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa is a desire by the sufferer to ‘ be in control ’ and such a refusal would be an obvious way of demonstrating this . |
| 7 | The House can not ‘ sack ’ a Prime Minister ; it can not dismiss a government — only the Queen can do that , and such a step would be highly controversial and provocative of a serious constitutional crisis . |
| 8 | This may be a simple oversight on the part of the authors of the pamphlet , or it may reflect the thought that since those who attend these colleges would have committed themselves to staying at them until they were 18 ( and such a commitment would be a condition of entry ) , there would be no need for them to take a ‘ school-leaving ’ examination at 16+ . |
| 9 | At the other extreme , very even updating patterns would mean that most blocks or even every block required to be read and such a pattern would therefore make skip-sequential processing pointless . |
| 10 | The honorary secretary of the Royal Statistical Society denies in a letter published on this page today that there are plans to set up an independent council to monitor the Government 's use of statistics , but such a development would be desirable . |
| 11 | But such a procedure would simply have led to the conclusion that the investigator had failed to elicit environments where the variable could be studied , and would miss the point that speakers were in fact making use of an entirely different range of choices to express stylistic differences . |
| 12 | Another option might be to regard EP as another aspect of IT Basic Skills ( spreadsheet , word processing , data management , statistics , etc. ) but such a module would seem to be consigned to the category of ‘ skills training ’ rather than being wholly educational . |
| 13 | Sheikha Grandmother , whom she wanted to visit , was a renowned figure , but such a trip would not be made for one outside the tribe circle . |
| 14 | Theoretically , Karla Fohrbeck could in her official capacity prevent any purchases she disapproved of , but such a veto would not only be in breach of artistic freedom but would also conflict with her idea of autonomy for the museums in her charge . |
| 15 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 16 | But such a tax would drastically hit the sales of tapes , which the Japanese are relying on to justify the £25 million factory in Telford , Shropshire . |
| 17 | But such a move would risk triggering a bitter battle for power , further weakening the party at a moment when it is especially vulnerable . |
| 18 | ‘ But such a move would provide more cash for acquisitions . |
| 19 | But such a strategy would not have served the United States ' interests , for it desired performance of the treaty . |
| 20 | But such a mechanism would not explain the increase in nuclear calcium that occurs following activation of lymphocytes or sea urchin eggs . |
| 21 | The President was empowered to declare a state of emergency , but such a declaration would require National Assembly approval within 30 days . |