Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , where a clause in a written agreement states that exclusive possession is not granted to the occupier , the clause will not be taken into account in deciding whether a licence or a tenancy is created ( Family Housing Association v Jones [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 779 ) . |
| 2 | We drove across it and through an arch where a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car as it passed . |
| 3 | On the other hand , where a contract for a specific purpose comes to an end , there is no dismissal . |
| 4 | ‘ Where a defendant in a civil action relies on the doctrine against self-incrimination and insists on remaining silent and on concealing documents and other evidence relevant to the action , he is relying on his own wrongdoing or on his own apparent or possible wrongdoing to hamper the plaintiff in proof of his just claims in the suit . |
| 5 | The same angle was conspicuous in the title story of Naipaul 's previous book , In a Free State , where a coup in a new African country was studied , as it were , out of the corner of an eye ; and it also occurs elsewhere in his work . |
| 6 | SWINDLE : a lucky victory where a player in a lost position sets a last trap which his opponent falls into . |
| 7 | The groups vary in size , of course , from large cultural areas such as white , middle-class Christian culture , or Indian Hindu culture , to smaller groups such as a tribe , or a gang , or a sub-culture within a larger social arrangement , through to an individual in a family or other small group . |
| 8 | The prospective author must be British or resident in Britain and the book must have been published by a British publisher or a publisher with a British branch . |
| 9 | Perk up a chest of drawers , cupboards or a wardrobe with a new set of handles . |
| 10 | This usually takes the form of a charge on the assets of a company or a guarantee from a credit-worthy organization or institution . |
| 11 | PER CENT ( PERCENTAGE ) — A proportion or a part in a hundred ; i.e. the number of cases of a part divided by the number of total cases and multiplied by 100 . |
| 12 | People find it difficult to believe in a personification of evil that looks like something out of a horror movie or a cut-out from a medieval painting . |
| 13 | You are on a globe that looks like a crystal ball or a marble in a light bed of cotton wool . |
| 14 | It is present in standard experimental animals such as rats and rabbits which psychology and neurophysiology laboratories were familiar with , and did not require more exotic facilities like seawater tanks for Aplysia or a knowledge of a novel neuroanatomy like the chick ; and the techniques for investigation , such as recording electrodes and drugs , were all to hand . |
| 15 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 16 | Mrs Thatcher has a clear view of her role as Prime Minister and sees herself as an activist rather than an arbitrator in Cabinet disputes or a spokesman for a collective Cabinet view . |
| 17 | It may represent a list of deities , a list of soldiers , or a discussion by a Hittite king of the building of the temple at Phaistos : all these suggestions have been put forward , though none of them has convinced even a quorum of scholars . |
| 18 | Moreover , as will frequently be the case , where the chosen name does not consist of the surnames of all the partners ( including persons held out as partners ) without any addition other than forenames or initials or a reference to a previous owner of the business , the provisions of the Business Names Act 1985 will apply . |
| 19 | The design brief for an employee magazine is quite different from that for an annual report , or a newspaper from a statistical review . |
| 20 | In our own most recent study , which included features corresponding to all three hypothesised intentions , significant positive correlations were found between accelerated development and a high frequency of expansions , extensions and references to joint activities , whilst features corresponding to a didactic intention showed either no correlation or a trend towards a negative association ( Barnes et al. , 1983 ; Wells , 1985 ) . |
| 21 | It is therefore essential to examine the expert clause which should state who the expert is to be , whether : ( 1 ) a named individual ( see 9.3 ) ; or ( 2 ) a named firm or company ( see 9.3 ) ; or ( 3 ) the individual , firm or company holding a particular position ( see 9.4 ) ; or ( 4 ) a member of a particular profession or a holder of a particular academic or professional qualification ( see 9.5 ) ; and whether ( 5 ) there are any special criteria for the expert 's suitability ( see 9.6 ) . |
| 22 | If , however , the intermediary is the firm 's customer and ( as would be normal ) the intermediary is an ordinary business investor ( typically , a member of IMRO or a member of a recognised professional body ( an RPB ) , such as a solicitor or accountant ) , there is no need for a two-way customer agreement unless , exceptionally , he is a discretionary customer . |
| 23 | Although it can become distracting if the children always want to use it when you 're working as a whole group , there may be times when you want everybody to take a piece of cloth and make themselves something with it — a headband or a belt in a particular colour , for example to identify them as belonging to a particular group . |
| 24 | I was sailing the Pacific , or a character in a surrealist painting ; often I was walking over the red shale past one football pitch after another , with goal-posts stretching as far as the eye could see , like white crosses over the fields of Arnhem . |
| 25 | Another sixteen well or a Sierra with a bigger engine but then it 's getting more expensive is n't it ? |
| 26 | When a thinker unravels previously unnoticed implications of a familiar idea , one seems stupid to have missed them oneself ; but anyone who discerns a similarity which runs athwart the current categories , a poet by metaphor or a scientist by a new model or paradigm , can strike us with astonishment and awe , as a genius whose spontaneous flash illuminates what no logical operation within the frame of accepted concepts could have disclosed . |
| 27 | For all I knew she might have been a psycho or a girl with a little blackmail on her mind . |
| 28 | Wait for a moon less summer night , or a night with a mere sliver of a new moon , and listen . |
| 29 | This can occur for a number of reasons-exposure or the mixing of dissimilar disinfectants or a detergent with a dissimilar disinfectant , the exposure of the disinfectant to certain materials , especially dirt , which chemically or physically inter-react and reduce its efficiency , inaccurate mixing , the use of partially depleted solution or the topping up of depleted solutions . |
| 30 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may grant an occasional permission to a person representing a voluntary organisation or a branch of a voluntary organisation authorising him to sell alcoholic liquor during such hours and on such day as the board may determine , in the course of catering for an event , arising from or related to the activities of the organisation , taking place outwith licensed premises . |