Example sentences of "[modal v] have such a [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 ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home .
9 Not for anything would she give him the satisfaction of knowing his opinion could have such a devastating effect on her .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 . ’
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 ‘ I 'm surprised someone like you can have such a fixed view of someone else , i.e. me . ’
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