Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few groups take such a route but The Wedding Present 's individualistic work structure and division of labour would seem to increase its likelihood . |
| 2 | Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina . |
| 3 | Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina . |
| 4 | The Isle of Man Coastal Path or Raad ny Foillan ( Way of the Gull ) is a route that does n't get half the publicity it deserves . |
| 5 | That meant I was travelling a route that stretched from Darwin in northern Australia to Invercargill in southern New Zealand . |
| 6 | There is no need to walk up to the summit of Cairn Gorm underneath the chairlift , since there is a route that runs west from the car park , and takes you up on to the Fiacaill ridge , a world away from the frightful clanking kingdom of the ski-tows . |
| 7 | Walkers on the Three Peaks marathon usually start from Horton in Ribblesdale and do the journey anti-clockwise , visiting Penyghent , Whernside and Ingleborough in that order and returning to Horton from the last named by a route that approximates to a beeline . |
| 8 | This suggestion was greeted with howls of laughter at the idea of anyone bothering to take a route that included Little Weirwold . |
| 9 | Our results show that the causal agent exits the wounded cotyledon when phloem translocation is blocked , so the systemic effect must either arise from a chemical signal travelling through a route that does not involve the transport of photosynthate , or a physical signal . |
| 10 | Mr MacKinlay told the Commons yesterday : ‘ It is a route that has been chosen to protect the Conservative Party . ’ |
| 11 | In Thurcroft , South Yorkshire , the same issues arose ; women had found their feet but needed to identify a route that they could now follow ( People of Thurcroft , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | The hon. Member for Blackburn and I passed through education on a route that was remarkably similar to that followed by many hon. Members . |
| 13 | They had to plan a route that would take them over 50 kilometres in a three day period . |
| 14 | because where all the sort of a route that I reckon I know I , I am not gon na know it all . |
| 15 | It still seemed quite amazing the old traders should have chosen a route as totally inhospitable as this to make their crossing of the Himalayan barrier . |
| 16 | On arrival I have a chat with the Duty Sergeant , who hands me a map with a route or ‘ beat ’ on it . |
| 17 | But as the key diagram stands at the moment , because it goes north of Knaresborough in its indication of where the route proposal will be , I think if that i key diagram is to remain , it is right for the examination to consider what the need for that route is as opposed to a route or any other route which goes between Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 18 | The message for visiting climbers is to check whether a bolt is still in place if you are repeating a route where a placement is mentioned in the description . |
| 19 | Her fate has taken her on a different journey , a route where the monarchy is secondary to her true vocation . |
| 20 | Once you 've decided on a route and how your going to tackle it , the last factor in the equation is when to go . |
| 21 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 22 | Pollen grains , which consist largely of precious genetic material , are quite demanding for a plant to produce and many flowers offer , either in addition or as an alternative , a payment that is considerably cheaper for it is nothing more than sweetened water , nectar . |
| 23 | The term fee is usually used to mean a payment that covers the full cost of the service provided . |
| 24 | The termination of a benefit or a payment or a service is a sharp , specific assault upon identifiable individuals ; it gives political opponents something solid to talk about ; they can actually produce the bodies and point to the wounds . |
| 25 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 26 | ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some other benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise . |
| 27 | The act must have been done at the promisors ’ request : the parties must have understood that the act was to be remunerated either by a payment or the conferment of some other benefit : and payment , or the conferment of a benefit , must have been legally enforceable had it been promised in advance . |
| 28 | Is it strictly true to say that ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise ’ ? |
| 29 | If we fail , you may write and claim a payment as follows : |
| 30 | It is crazy that ( to take the second example ) the Inland Revenue is prepared to treat such a payment as exempt whereas the DSS claims that NICs are due . |