Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | This introduction of tenure as a component of planning policy was not wholly new . |
| 2 | A tub in mining parlance was also known as a kit , hence perhaps ? blood kit . |
| 3 | The point arose in Oakwell where the evidence against the defendant on a charge of threatening behaviour was that he was seen fighting with another . |
| 4 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that it was implicit in the Housing Act 1957 that a local authority must serve a demand for expenses before bringing an action to recover them under section 10(3) ; but that the requirement to serve such a demand before taking action was a mere procedural step which was not part of the cause of action and that , save as expressly provided by section 10(4) for summary proceedings , the period of limitation began to run from the completion of the works ; and that , accordingly , the action was statute-barred ( post , pp. 126F–G , 129E — 130B ) . |
| 5 | As Davy wrote later , John Buddle , the mine inspector , convinced him that , ‘ as far as ventilation was concerned , the resources of modern science had been fully employed ; and that a mode of preventing accidents was only to be sought for in a method of lighting the mines free from danger . ’ |
| 6 | A taste for wearing amber was widely taken up among allied groups in south Germany and north Italy , at the head of the Adriatic . |
| 7 | In earlier times , the pressure of a system of competing States was perhaps less all-encompassing , and the agenda of economic development much more sketchy . |
| 8 | A forge for making weapons was found there . |
| 9 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 10 | Giving an opinion on going concern was an increasing problem for 79% of firms and 37.8% said that client pressure inhibited their ‘ honest assessment ’ . |