Example sentences of "[modal v] have such [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's astonishing to me that a boy whose father and grandfather have both been soldiers before him should have such a poorly developed sense of loyalty arid duty . " |
| 2 | He had piercing blue eyes , hooded eyelids , a tanned , hard-boned face and a mouth so firm and uncompromising that Rachel felt a quiver go through her , a prickling of intense attraction , then , as her eyes flicked to Jenny , a sudden rush of envy that Jenny should have such a superb secret lover . |
| 3 | She guessed he was probably still staring after her , but she did n't care then about anything but the fact that he should have such a low opinion of her . |
| 4 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 5 | It is a tribute to the makers of The Krays , to its director and cast , that it should have such a profound effect . |
| 6 | There seems to have been very little resentment that Eva should have such a unique opportunity . |
| 7 | Commenting on our current series on education , he said ‘ I think that the series is an excellent idea ’ , but he then went on to say ‘ It does seem to me rather odd that such a series should have such a heavy university representation and so little input from the teachers ’ . |
| 8 | While ministers quite correctly point out that the act requires local consultation , it was surely not the intention of parliament that water undertakers should have such an absolute veto . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 10 | Not for anything would she give him the satisfaction of knowing his opinion could have such a devastating effect on her . |
| 11 | This account of his life and work is included as a reminder of how one man , from unremarkable beginnings , could have such a remarkable impact in a sphere characterized only by indifference . |
| 12 | Many archaeologists were unable to swallow Thom 's arguments — some because they were ignorant of astronomy and others , perhaps more reasonably , because the notion that our ‘ primitive ’ forebears could have such an advanced observational astronomy was anathema to them . |
| 13 | Harry 's expression softened and Nicholas was jealous of that which could have such an affecting influence on him . |
| 14 | On this assumption , a Cambridge don , John Michell , wrote a paper in 1783 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in which he pointed out that a star that was sufficiently massive and compact would have such a strong gravitational field that light could not escape : any light emitted from the surface of the star would be dragged back by the star 's gravitational attraction before it could get very far . |
| 15 | Brophy however insisted that if test-tube fusion holds up it would have such a major impact on society that ‘ Sometimes one has more responsibility to society than to the scientific community . ’ |
| 16 | The position now is that in any proceedings , ‘ the court may refuse to allow evidence … if it appears to the court that , having regard to all the circumstances , including the circumstances in which the evidence was obtained , the admission of the evidence would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit it ’ ( section 78 ) . |
| 17 | Instead under section 78 of the Act the courts have a power to exclude such evidence if it appears to the court that the admission of the evidence would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit it . |
| 18 | ‘ having regard to all the circumstances , including the circumstances in which the evidence was obtained , the admission of the evidence would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit it . |
| 19 | Any fall in interest rates will have such a strong effect on international capital flows and the exchange rate that the rise in money supply will be relatively quickly and fully transmitted through to aggregate demand . |
| 20 | Just as the new physics of Einstein will have such a devastating effect upon the philosophy of the twentieth century , so it is the physics of Isaac Newton ( 1642–1727 ) that so fires the imagination of the aristocratic intelligentsia . |
| 21 | If these words , often carelessly spoken , can have such a long-term and devastating effect , think how much good we can do by encouraging our children and praising them for what they have achieved . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm surprised someone like you can have such a fixed view of someone else , i.e. me . ’ |
| 23 | Parents can have such an enormous effect on your lives together that you need to work out the boundaries right at the beginning . |