Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Tradeco will enter into a Deed of Covenant with the church providing for a payment to be made equivalent to Tradeco 's total profits as computed for corporation tax purposes . |
| 2 | It is a privilege to be leading one of the world 's foremost marketing companies with its splendid portfolio of brands . |
| 3 | A humble self-sufficiency — hard-earned , often enough , like Larkin 's , and subject to sudden , spasmodic panics of loneliness or a fear of being thought insensitive — are the hallmark of many a post-war British hero , and no talk of anti-heroes can entirely rob it of its modicum of cautious praise . |
| 4 | I suppose that might be a fear of being considered big-headed or vain . |
| 5 | There is a fear of being found wanting , even found out , and thus the constant threat of a plummeting descent from heaven . |
| 6 | The plaintiffs indicated they were not prepared to give cross-undertakings in damages as a condition of being granted interlocutory relief , and the judge made the interlocutory order sought without requiring such a cross-undertaking . |
| 7 | First he came across the reserve trenches a few hundred yards in front of the hospital tents , known as the ‘ hotel area ’ as they were a quarter of a mile behind the front line , where each soldier spent four days without a break before being allowed four days of rest in the reserve trenches . |
| 8 | The courage and dignity with which Arthur Ashe announced in New York that he has the AIDS virus , as a result of being given infected blood during one of the two major heart operations he underwent in the mid 1980's , was typical of one of the world 's most outstanding and gracious sportsmen . |
| 9 | There has been growing concern about patients who are compulsorily detained in hospital as a result of being found unfit to plead or legally insane . |
| 10 | It would he a very revealing item of Bomber Command 's history were a tape to be made available today of that unfortunate telephone link-up , and for a cold assessment to be made of all the circumstances as known at the time . |
| 11 | Although it is undoubtedly the case that farm animals do suffer from many of the horrors of intensive husbandry ( it can not be pleasant for a pig to be eaten alive ) there are serious questions to be asked about the extent and nature of the alleged suffering . |
| 12 | Although the European Court of Human Rights had declared that it would be a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights for a child to be given corporal punishment against the philosophical or religious convictions of his/her parent , it was felt that the ruling did not revoke the teacher 's independent authority to administer punishment . |
| 13 | He is in a wheelchair after being shot last year . |
| 14 | And he waited far too long in prison for a place to be made available in hospital . |
| 15 | All viewers residing in areas which are cabled have a right to be connected free of charge to a service which provides them with a minimum of public channels , a local channel , an educational channel and a community channel with a studio which is available to citizens and associations . |
| 16 | Now clearly there 's a distinction to be drawn oral oral communication and written communication but they were doing this generally . |
| 17 | ‘ Is it compassionate for a person to be kept alive with tubes going into their stomach ? |
| 18 | Well , Im about 5 quid shorter … but on a day of being sold short — I spose its whats expected . |
| 19 | Certain children , whose names were on a list , were called up once a day to be given yellow capsules which had to be swallowed in front of the teacher . |
| 20 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
| 21 | A pretty pass we 've come to if a man ca n't have a friend without being labelled queer . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is not usual for a king to be left alone in the field at the end of a withdrawal . |
| 23 | My Fellow Tablers , I will never ever forget how proud I was to say those words , Fellow Tablers , my first as a Tabler after being inducted some thirteen years ago . |
| 24 | Although references to the presence of black people are available from the Roman period onward , especially in the early sixteenth century , the most famous of the early documented references is the arrival in 1555 of a group of five Africans , brought here by a merchant to be taught English so that they could return to Africa to act as interpreters for British traders . |
| 25 | In addition , it is not unknown for a lease to be granted several years after the date of the agreement for lease particularly where the landlord 's own interest is leasehold and the completion of its lease is dependent upon various factors and conditions . |
| 26 | She had a feeling of being carried such distances by the water that it was impossible for any more harm to come to her . |
| 27 | For a patio to be used most of the year , the site must be sunny and sheltered form the wind . |
| 28 | But Rodrigo ordered a bed to be made ready for himself and for the leper , and they twain slept together . |
| 29 | In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas . |
| 30 | The mine captain might specify a tunnel to be driven 6 ft. high by 5 ft. wide and agree on a bargain of so much per unit of advance invariably the fathom ( 6 ft . ) . |