Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sperber and Wilson have shown , there is a variety of reasons why a hearer who was not in a position to process an utterance or block of utterances might want to be presented with a summary of it , and correspondingly , a variety of different sorts of summaries that a speaker might provide . |
| 2 | It seems that there are a variety of reasons why an increasing number of European and North American trees are becoming damaged or killed . |
| 3 | A special box was used , on to the lid of which could be flashed a variety of patterns whenever a bird approached it . |
| 4 | Sir : France deals with libel in a simple , cheap and civilised way , illustrated by a case in July where a paper investigated corruption among local authorities . |
| 5 | This fact is recorded on a building in Eastgate where a plaque marks the exact point of the Greenwich Meridian . |
| 6 | It is common ground that in a majority of cases where an order may be made under section 18 for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the costs of appellate , as opposed to first instance , proceedings , the Court of Appeal or this House will be in a position at the conclusion of an appeal on the information then before it to decide under section 18(3) what , if any , order for costs should be made against the assisted party and to form at least a provisional view under section 18(4) ( c ) as to whether it would be ‘ just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds . ’ |
| 7 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 8 | First , Clary did appear without make-up in a photograph in Time Out a few years ago . |
| 9 | Ladislav said later that there had been a murder in Roztoky just a few weeks earlier . |
| 10 | In order to ensure consistency of treatment for all employees the Director of Social Work , in conjunction with the Director of Finance , will make a payment to a teacher in circumstances where an injury allowance would be payable to an employee covered by the terms of the Local Government Superannuation Regulations . |
| 11 | The clinical interview provided information about the severity and diagnosis of disorders , but also enabled researchers to measure onset and course using a concept of change-points : a point in time when an increase or decrease in the number of symptoms led to a noticeable change in a woman 's psychiatric state . |
| 12 | By contrast , the legends concerning Atlantis and the others refer to a period of time only a few thousand years ago . |
| 13 | J Wood in the Custom House and Silvertown Ward expressed the need to administer effectively the 1918 Education Act , 1918 Maternity Act , and the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act : ‘ In a period of reconstruction only a majority of conscious Socialist and labour men and women on the council will have the determination to make West Ham a healthier , cleaner , more sanitary town to live in ’ . |
| 14 | From the mid century with the withdrawal of the regular Roman forces the country was under attack from the Saxon 's and Jutes , this continuing for a period of years when a gradual occupation of Kent took place . |
| 15 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 16 | One day a trunk-load of winter woollens turned up , a gift from Johannesburg where a news item in the local paper had inspired a ladies ' circle to start knitting . |
| 17 | In 1874 Beecher 's career received a setback of sorts when a newspaper editor with whom he had worked sued him for alienating his wife 's affections . |
| 18 | And , Germany suffered a massive blow to its pride when the Hindenburg crashed in a ball of flames just a few miles from Nicholson 's home town , Neptune , New Jersey soon after he was born . |
| 19 | If you suspect that the child is showing a delay in development then a more formal assessment may be required ; this should be discussed fully with the parents and their permission sought . |
| 20 | It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam . |
| 21 | The eight-man team train by hauling a barrel of concrete up a telegraph pole using a pulley system — and then digging in and holding the 810 kilo load aloft for up to half an hour . |
| 22 | A walk before breakfast every day or exercise done after work every day — say a fifteen-minute run , a game of tennis or another walk — is very much better for you than a game of rugby once a week and nothing else . |
| 23 | There was a coconut shy , a candy floss stall , and one where you got a prize for fishing up a coloured celluloid duck out of a moat of dirty grey water . |
| 24 | Directory Integrity Check then seeks an entry point in the package structure for each module which has been identified as a candidate for entry i.e. a package which is managed by the specified user and has an active DC for the module . |
| 25 | The wood finally landed on a beach in Hornsea where a man picked it up and drove off with it . |
| 26 | It is appropriate in this case that there should be an interim residence order , and there should be directions attached to that order that A. be returned forthwith to the care of his father and that G. , R. and M. remain in the care of their father and that there be an inter partes hearing with service of the application as quickly as the Portsmouth County Court can make it possible to be heard , which means within a matter of days not a matter of weeks , because it would be quite wrong for this matter to die down once the child is returned . |
| 27 | An accompanying MAFF leaflet , ‘ Action on Animal Welfare ’ mentions the recommended light intensity , not less than 50 lux , e.g. a 40 watt , 1.2m fluorescent tube at a height of 2.3m over a 3m pen . |
| 28 | Interdependence within a global/local environment will replace independence as a goal , and cultural diversity within and without open borders will become a cause of celebration not a threat . |
| 29 | Having looked at the services export houses have to offer , we shall now look at a number of reasons why a manufacturer might want to use one . |
| 30 | This general principle is , however , subject to a number of exceptions where a shareholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the company . |