Example sentences of "by [det] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( A ) , called by some a factual conditional , implies that its antecedent is true . |
| 2 | An unsigned act which is being chased by half a dozen record companies does have some leverage in negotiations , but only as much as the levels of supply and demand will allow . |
| 3 | By monitoring the cell 's behaviour during treatment by such a piezo-electric technique , it is possible to measure and control the progress being made in reversing the transformation process . |
| 4 | Cinema , further , more than any other cultural product , has been structured around sexuality , or rather around the objectification of male desire in screen images of women — that is , film narratives themselves have been structured by such a patriarchal economy of desire . |
| 5 | But Horton , determined to make amends for missing out by such a narrow margin last year , moved to the front with an excellent 68 but with Coles so close to him , nothing can be taken for granted over the final two rounds . |
| 6 | But support had been no more than patchy until it was taken up by such a strong party group on the eve of electoral victory . |
| 7 | Recognising that a lot of women are taking to the hills , and that they may feel a little intimidated by such a male-orientated sport , especially since they all dress in the same fluffy things as us now , I have come up with a startling new innovation . |
| 8 | One of the difficulties in making the diagnosis of ME — which is a post viral syndrome with a multiplicity of symptoms — is that sufferers do not necessarily present with the same symptoms ; however the film showed most graphically how the entire family is affected by such a misunderstood illness . |
| 9 | And by such a respectable firm , too . |
| 10 | Miss D'Arcy took the compliment , appreciated the censure and the mocking of Mrs Crump , and smiled the smile of the dumbly adoring at Hope , who was alerted by such a perfect response but nevertheless willing at this stage to receive it at face value . |
| 11 | This not only serves to give the issues all the appearance of being fundamental and crucial , but also conceals the fact that matters are not so simple as to be accurately captured by such a dualistic portrayal . |
| 12 | Ordinary adjectives , however ( which we may continue to refer to as referent-qualifiers ) , should still be serviceable since the basic requirement in their case is no more than that there should exist a referential locus which their properties can qualify , and evidence of a referential locus is given quite satisfactorily even by such a general word as one . |
| 13 | The rate appeared to go up very slightly when the cell was there , but by such a small amount that Palmer wrote in his logbook ‘ You would n't bet on cold fusion on the basis of these results ; but neither would you bet against it . ’ |
| 14 | This resulted in the construction of churches that could not possibly have been supported by such a small population — there were fifteen in the town centre alone — and these were maintained by the bull priests for secret ritual and ceremonial services on 13 November , the ‘ festal day ’ . |
| 15 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |
| 16 | The awareness of being watched by such a powerful eye as television affects the behaviour of those being watched . |
| 17 | It was still possible that the undertaker had been visiting Laura Passmore on the evening he disappeared , but why go to her by such a roundabout way ? |
| 18 | She ran up the path and knocked at the door , her whole body seized by such a trembling excitement that she thought perhaps she was going to faint . |
| 19 | Were he not so useful and entertaining on his main subject , Boswell might easily call all his facts into question by such a blatant lie , so blatantly told to curry Establishment favour in London . |
| 20 | It could n't have been very nice for her , thought Karelius , seeing her sister substituted by a woman who had obtained cheap success by such a blatant display of sexuality . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Candy continued , far too old a hand at the game to be distracted by such a blatant bid to change the subject , ‘ I 've seen him deep in conversation with quite a few people in the club recently . ’ |
| 22 | Oh I see , yes , yes , I , huh , yes I would do , I , I , I would say in quite definitely that these words are inspired by such a such artist and , make it quite clear that I 'm a writer and not a , I , I , I do n't study art or I just do n't understand science and painting and , and its my responses to that , yes . |
| 23 | The open choice of options accompanied by such a vast amount of student-centred learning provided challenges for both staff and students . |
| 24 | Crossing silhouettes in all orthogonal directions indicates that the problem can not be bounded by such a simple interpretation and further investigation is needed before the certainty of a clash can be established . |
| 25 | How pathetic , letting himself be terrified by such a simple wordgame . |
| 26 | If you live next door to an unco-operative neighbour , you wo n't be able to reduce the noise by such a simple method as acoustic tiles : you 'll have to think in terms of an extra insulating wall adjacent to , but not attached to , the party wall . |
| 27 | The tries , three in the first half , when the USA had the wind advantage , were well taken , leaving the USA to ponder how a game where they had parity in the scrums and very much the upper hand out of touch , winning the lines-out 16–5 , could have been lost by such a comprehensive margin . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're going back to Lisbon today ? ’ she cut in , surprised by such a gruelling schedule . |
| 29 | Quite simply the gulf which separated Britain from the Six , apparent long before the WEU was created , was far too wide to be bridged by such a tenuous organisation . |
| 30 | Were it not for human judgement and conscience being clouded by such a comfortable belief , and fears of retribution being removed by the further endowment of the ‘ god ’ with a power to forgive transgressions , many of the unwise human acts which lead on to unhappiness , would never have been undertaken . |