Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the problem that behaviour which is privately profitable will not be wealth maximising overall where an actor can ignore the costs that its activities impose on others , for example where a company without cost to itself can emit into the atmosphere the noxious by-products of its production processes . |
| 2 | This arises where a company in violation of the rights of a chargee disposes of the property subject to the charge and it entitles a chargee to pursue his claim into the proceeds of the disposition . |
| 3 | The particular needs of London 's mobile residents , commuters , and tourists have been less well explored , but possible areas of ways of meeting them include an expanded role for primary health care in accident and emergency departments and north American style ‘ ambulatory care centres , ’ where a range of walk in services , including specialist clinics and diagnostic facilities , are available . |
| 4 | The history of invention is replete with instances , like Carothers ' discovery of nylon , where a flash of insight to the possibilities of totally unanticipated results led to great discoveries that would otherwise have been missed . |
| 5 | Other types of terrace also exist , such as the ridge terrace where a ridge of earth on the lower side and a channel on the upper side provide the mechanism for increased water retention and infiltration , and reduction and deceleration of surface run off . |
| 6 | Where judgment is given in a default action ( Ord 9 , r 6(1) ) for payment forthwith , it need not be drawn up or served unless a request to issue enforcement proceedings has not been made , or the plaintiff has abandoned part of his claim without amending his particulars of claim and serving the defendant , or where the judgment is interlocutory ( N 17 ) or where a Certificate for judgment under s 12 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 is to be sought ( Ord 22 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 7 | Lancaster too augmented his inheritance with purchases from lesser men , particularly in Lancashire and Cheshire , where a number of members of the knightly class conveyed manors to him . |
| 8 | A much better approach is modular software where a number of packages from a single supplier all share a common data format allowing information to be transferred easily but without requiring vast amounts of memory . |
| 9 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |
| 10 | One might focus particular attention on stress points in the day , perhaps where a mismatch of perception between individuals or even outright conflict occurred . |
| 11 | Where he had formerly regarded British devaluation or a retreat from East of Suez as totally contrary to American interests , he now believed that the damage to those interests would be tolerable if the British — by their own choice — embarked upon a long-term and systematic attempt to put their economy to rights . |
| 12 | Myth no. 3 : playing 18 holes of go If or a couple of sets of tennis at the weekend is enough to keep you fit Exercising once a week is not enough to make you fit . |
| 13 | I was offered a choice of steak and kidney pudding or a couple of chunks of local pig . |
| 14 | Perhaps he only wanted a cigarette , or a couple of bob for the meter . |
| 15 | Apart from Botswana and Cape Verde , most LDCs suffered considerably either from a decline in tourism or a fall in remittances from workers employed in the Gulf . |
| 16 | a bit of texture or a pit of pattern in it when the light 's shining through it . |
| 17 | Other boys and girls were flitting hither and thither among the trees , singly , without a word or a sign of communication with one another . |
| 18 | Nicandra 's little Nettie stayed behind too , she scuffled around in the undergrowth alert for game of any sort — a blackbird squatting low , or a rabbit with fear in its silly eyes . |
| 19 | Sometimes something relatively innocent such as a chewed sausage or a chicken bone , or a scrap of toast with a little fish paste sticking to it . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , as they both sat in upholstered armchairs or a sofa in front of a fire , mere was something domestic about it . |
| 21 | An owner who delivers a car or a bicycle by way of loan or hire to another parts with the possession to him , but does not cease to be owner . |
| 22 | Fast chargers and coffee break chargers reduce this to 15 minutes or a top up charge for 5 minutes . |
| 23 | Fundamentalism at its simplest is the reduction of a faith , a political creed or a way of life to an extreme and recognizable core which dominates that faith . |
| 24 | Whether you intend a five-star sojourn in the Bahamas or a fortnight under canvas in Calvados you can trim costs by choosing the form of travel money which best suits your needs . |
| 25 | It has resulted in Christian mission being caricatured as denominational aggrandisement , or a plan for survival for western-based churches and their related mission agencies . |
| 26 | Similarly Marxism is wrong in seeing the problems of modernity as exclusively the result of the capitalist system and attempting to account for the behaviour of a Stalin or a Khruschev , or a Mao Tse-tung or a Hoxha in terms of the cult of personality while at the same time ignoring the lack of moral constraints on the exercise of power in modern Marxist states . |
| 27 | Seroconversion rates in these children ( 67% to 100% ) were much higher than rates after one dose of IPV administered to newborn infants ( 20% to 43% ) , which may be because of maturation of the immune system , the priming effect of previous OPV administration , or a reduction in interference from maternal antibody when IPV is given to older children . |
| 28 | The accommodation price is quoted either as a price for the room , or a price per person per room , with meals charged to the guest 's account as they are taken . |
| 29 | Kay mentions ideas posited by various groups such as promoting ‘ sex cards ’ certifying alleged freedom from HIV infection ; stamps or tattoos to identify HIV-infected people ; or a type of quarantine in which HIV-infected persons may live in society yet could not marry , be employed or travel ; but these have all been rejected as unenforceable or unethical or unacceptable . |
| 30 | This is picture-by-picture finance , depending on such chancy things as the tastes of producers and directors , or a type of story in vogue at the moment ( a spy boom brings filmmakers to Europe ; a Western boom could drive them home ) . |