Example sentences of "such a [noun] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a government had to be able to carry a programme of economies through the House of Commons : this immediately ruled out the possibility of a Labour minority government led by Henderson , as suggested by Moodie in an otherwise illuminating article . |
| 2 | Sometimes , as at Staneydale , such a landscape seems to be of one period ; elsewhere several other areas of activity can be detected . |
| 3 | Such a state tends to be rare in contemporary western civilization . |
| 4 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 5 | Any company involved in such a scheme has to be brave , Mr Riley says . |
| 6 | It is necessary to question the extent to which such a core needs to be organised in terms of hierarchies or fragmented by function . |
| 7 | Such a flow proved to be uncontrollable by either trade union or parliamentary action . |
| 8 | When extra commitments — particular meetings , examinations , or tutorials , for example — come round then such a life-style has to be modified . |
| 9 | Although the principle seemed not unfair , the practicalities of introducing such a system proved to be complex , not least because for historic reasons unit costs vary very considerably between one institution and another . |
| 10 | It was the site where such a building had to be , if buildings there were at all . |
| 11 | It could stop the erosion of rights catalogued throughout this book , and for this reason such a document needs to be considered seriously by the socialist opposition in Britain , and not written off as mere attempts at electoral reform when instead it should be developing a radical heart along democratic socialist lines . |
| 12 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 13 | Such a framework needs to be flexible enough to move with the times , keep abreast of public sympathy , but ensure that their control over our lives remains essentially untouched . |
| 14 | The causes lying behind such a declaration had to be serious ( the denial of rights , the breaking of the feudal bond ) , and every attempt to resolve a possible conflict by negotiation had to be made . |
| 15 | Permitting new supplies , as is suggested in paragraph 55 of draft MPG6 , only postpones the day when such a prospect has to be faced . |
| 16 | Permitting new supplies , as is suggested in paragraph 55 of draft MPG6 , only postpones the day when such a prospect has to be faced . |
| 17 | The theme of thwarted conventional ambitions that was essential to both anomie and delinquent subculture theories implied that criminals and delinquents suffered from a ‘ gap ’ between their aspirations and expectations , and the existence of such a gap came to be taken as the measure of the validity of the theories . |
| 18 | But we must also bear in mind , particularly in view of the points raised in Chapter 5 , that such a model needs to be evaluated in terms of its pedagogic relevance . |
| 19 | As I shall describe , the prospects for finding such a theory seem to be much better now because we know so much more about the universe . |
| 20 | The first is that evidence for such a visit seems to be nonexistent . |
| 21 | Such a grammar needs to be appropriate to the audience that is to use it , its content needs to be appropriate to the culture of the people whose language is to be learnt , and it needs to progress smoothly from one topic to another . |
| 22 | Such a role has to be teacher-driven . |
| 23 | Such a book has to be divided — between hope and fear , improvement and depravity . |
| 24 | Although there are scattered suggestions in the stratification literature that gender forms a criterion of stratification , such a statement tends to be either treated frivolously , or rebutted by a neat process of tautological argument . |
| 25 | Such an obligation seems to be a factor different in kind from any considered so far . |
| 26 | If a worshipper were to make a fetish of his stone or metal image , however , then that might correctly be construed as idolatry , but such an attitude has to be distinguished from the element of sacredness that worshippers often attribute to temples , churches and mosques or to books such as the Bible , the Koran or the Gītā . |
| 27 | The last case of the taking of such an oath seems to be the despatch in the 1770s of a group of representatives of the Swiss cantons to Paris to swear to the observance of an agreement just made with the French government . |
| 28 | The power to offer such an opportunity requires to be renewed from year to year ; Resolution 5 extends this power for a further year . |
| 29 | Such an Order had to be laid before Parliament and was there debated on 6 December 1977 . |
| 30 | The proclamation under which the conviction had been obtained specified that in order to constitute an offence such an action had to be carried out ‘ without the authority of a competent Magistrate ’ . |