Example sentences of "[det] [adj] a [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | However , the list would be very much shorter for a about a small new extension to one of the production units enabling greater production of some Such a list would include the following sections : |
2 | This new a phoneme would have two allophones , one being [ ] and the other [ ] ; the stress mark would indicate the [ ] allophone and in syllables not marked for stress it would be unimportant whether [ ] or [ ] was used . |
3 | That such a man should be placed in the role of ruler over God 's chosen people was deemed a curse — an affliction visited by God upon His people , a punishment for transgression both past and present . |
4 | And why it was that such a man should want to fight against the Seven . |
5 | He feels very strongly that such a case should in future be dealt with by assessors in an open court . |
6 | Although for a considerable time before the resumed hearing it was known that this House was to consider whether to permit Hansard to be used as an aid to construction , there was no suggestion from the Crown or anyone else that such a course might breach Parliamentary privilege until the Attorney-General raised the point at the start of the rehearing . |
7 | The discussion of concepts of accountability in Chapter 1 suggests , however , that such a separation may not be justified . |
8 | That such a king should play bo-peep |
9 | The amount concerned — about £30,000 — is insignificant given that such a tie would bring in £1 million in gate receipts and television revenue . |
10 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
11 | It was pointed out , in Chapter 1 , that such a defence will have conservative implications since it puts the moral patients at the mercy of those interests , whatever they might be , that prevail amongst moral agents in a society . |
12 | Walesa argued , however , that such a system would politicize the union , and that it would undermine the rights of the thousands of non-government supporters who currently belonged to Solidarity . |
13 | ‘ It would have to be understood , however , that such a procedure would place constraints on litigants , ’ a paper from the working party warns , ‘ by obliging them to proceed more quickly than they might wish and forego the examination of some or all of the issues in a case by oral evidence . ’ |
14 | The British government argued , first , that such a change would have the effect of forcing them to adopt a type of system for documenting civil status which would have considerable administrative consequences and would impose new duties on the population . |
15 | The macro-economic case for the widespread and general adoption of the industrial co-operative form is that it is just such another structure ; that the structural change lies in making labour the employer of capital rather than , as at present capital the employer of labour ; that such a change would fuse the interests of ownership and labour , interests which so long as they remain separate must also remain ultimately opposed ; and that , because relations among co-operatives and between producers and providers on the one hand , and consumers and users on the other would be determined by the operation of a free competitive market , the workers in each co-operative will be exposed to its imperative discipline . |
16 | It is even possible to imagine a Bill so offensive in its content that the Royal Assent would be refused , though hardly that such a Bill would be passed by both Houses . |
17 | Although Britain still regards this as an embarrassment , it is putting a brave face on it by claiming that most Irish-Americans have a distorted , nationalistic view of the conflict and that such a mission might go part of the way to dispelling it . |
18 | The Cinematograph Films ( Animals ) Act 1937 , like the Protection of Children Act , limits the range of material which may be imported into Britain for public exhibition or distribution , and it was once hoped , vainly , that such a law might provide the model for similar limitations in other countries . |
19 | It seems impossible to me that she can not be brought back to life , that such a person can not be brought back to normal life . |
20 | My second point , and it refers to again er something that Barton Willmore referred to and that 's the question er an engine of growth , and it seems to me that that that such a settlement would become an en engine of growth in in the countryside , not least because of of the it would become self fulfilling , er and it would be the obvious sort of sink hole , as Mr Thomas said , for for subsequent land allocations , I think , erm this this point has been touched upon by both the representatives from Leeds City Councils and from Cleveland , Leeds City Council appear not to want it in the Leeds York corridor for just that reason , the representative from Cleveland , who unfortunately is n't here today erm does n't want it in the North of the county for for what I understand to be to be that same reason , erm and the Inspector at the Stone Basset erm enquiry in Oxfordshire , and I I do refer th to this in my evidence , he he drew a very similar conclusion about this when he said , and I quote , once destep once established the new town would generate a momentum of growth that would be difficult to contain , such growth , if allowed , could further harm the rural character of the countryside and the villages in this part of Oxfordshire , I think that conclusion can be applied to North Yorkshire , and I certainly have n't heard anything that would convince me that that such growth once it started could could be controlled , and indeed the the record of controlling growth against erm projected requirements in the structure plan to date has has not been good , witness earlier comments on the structure plan overshoot . |
21 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
22 | Yet it occurred to her now , as she lay quietly on her pillows , listening to the fire crackling in the winter chimney and her father peacefully snoring beside it , that such a time may never come . |
23 | It is also unquestionably misleading to assume , as Engels does , that such a stage must have occurred as a precursor to the emergence of the State in Greece or Rome . |
24 | That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men . |
25 | So important , in fact , that such a cloud would have had a braking effect on the Sun 's spin over aeons of time . |
26 | That such a monument should now require a damp course is a suitably bizarre commentary on human folly . |
27 | Will he confirm , therefore , that it will be open to hostile and foreign bids and that such a bid could provide a foothold in the Welsh water industry for further takeovers ? |
28 | 8.38 to 8.40 ) , that , should ( as the Act has done by the previous section ) the currency of a licence be extended to three years , it was desirable that a licensing board should have some form of sanction against the licence-holder where the premises were being misconducted , or where their suitability had deteriorated , and that such a sanction should be the power to suspend a licence . |
29 | A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough . |
30 | Like the unit in Pembrokeshire , it has done that because it believes that it can satisfy the Secretary of State on four points : first , that such a move would show benefits for patients ; secondly , that it would improve management capability ; thirdly , that clinicians would be involved in management ; and , fourthly , that the trust has a future of financial soundness . |