Example sentences of "with an [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fingered the brooch at her neck — Victorian gold plate with an amethyst in the centre , held in place by a fierce pin . |
| 2 | It involved the establishment of an independent board to deal with the phasing of the separation of private beds and facilities from the NHS , which was nevertheless associated with an expression of the government 's commitment to the maintenance of private medical and dental practice . |
| 3 | The population turned out to vote — 90% of those registered cast their ballots — with an enthusiasm for the activity which should hearten westerners too used to these political luxuries . |
| 4 | ‘ What a strange demand ! ’ says Lebyadkin with an effrontery beyond the man we have been given , though not of course beyond old Karamazov . |
| 5 | Clownfish raised in captivity seemingly do not undergo the learning process established in the wild , which closely associates them with an anemone for the whole of their lives . |
| 6 | This chapter is primarily concerned with an approach to the care of overdose patients which is brief and focused on helping the patient to solve his own problems . |
| 7 | He is now gainfully employed in the centre of midfield by Alex Ferguson and the next qualifying tie being away from Ibrox , where McClair has had a problem with an element of the crowd , could be an influential factor in Roxburgh 's decisions . |
| 8 | At the beginning of January 1990 he announced a 10 per cent devaluation of the kina with an exhortation for the nation to stop living beyond its means . |
| 9 | The University 's 1990 planning statement envisaged overall growth of 1 per cent a year with an increase in the proportion of graduates to undergraduates . |
| 10 | The gene is expressed throughout embryogenesis with an increase in the expression level between 3 and 10 h and a further increase at the hatching stage . |
| 11 | Stand ready to provide liquidity to a banking system in distress , but take care not to accommodate , with an increase in the money supply , an inflationary shock that hits the economy as a whole . |
| 12 | The modifications to the original drawing referred to in the article were mainly concerned with an increase in the size of the tunnels to incorporate larger propellers , the design of which has not be the direct responsibility of G.L. Watson and Company . |
| 13 | Microscopically , the epithelium is hyperplastic with an increase in the size and number of mucus-secreting cells while the lamina propria is heavily infiltrated and often surrounded by inflammatory cells , predominately lymphocytes . |
| 14 | Such developments may be compatible with an increase in the bureaucratization of the party itself , referring to the dominance of functionaries and the way they behave relative to the rank-and-file members and their elected representatives . |
| 15 | For high risk junctions increasing exemplar risk is associated with an increase in the amount of information described . |
| 16 | The year was a busy one for the residents with an increase in the number of outings , many in connection with the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain . |
| 17 | The general format has also been improved , with an increase in the number of notes in the schedules and tables . |
| 18 | Labour 's proposed attempt to finance improvements in our rail expenditure , at the expense of our roads programme , would result in massive unemployment in the construction industry , along with an increase in the number of casualties on our roads . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , local supplies may become exhausted and , with an increase in the use of charcoal , particularly in urban areas , forests far away are beginning to be affected . |
| 20 | Alternatively , LTP may be associated with an increase in the sensitivity to Ca 2+ to one or more components of the release mechanism . |
| 21 | In interpreting the curves and , it is possible to think of curve as a marginal benefit curve ( i.e. reduction in costs ) associated with increases in the population and of curve as a marginal cost curve associated with an increase in the population . |
| 22 | Proximal migration of the fundic-pyloric junction has been documented with ageing , associated with an increase in the prevalence of chronic gastritis and gastric atrophy . |
| 23 | He set out with an army across the Border . |
| 24 | Long battles ensued , with an intensification of the controversy when the CNAA approved a BSc sandwich course in Industrial Design ( Technology ) at Napier College , Edinburgh — not one of the Central Institutions . |
| 25 | If the current owner does not wish to continue with an involvement in the business after its sale but currently has a day to day role in the business it is important to address this issue and to demonstrate the ability of the remainder of the management team to perform without him . |
| 26 | The wide river narrowed abruptly with a notice on our left saying DANGER in huge letters , and a smaller notice saying LOCK with an arrow to the right . |
| 27 | end with an outline of the policy responses in that sector to the demands of sustainable development . |
| 28 | When delegates from various provincial committees came to St Petersburg for consultations in August 1859 , Nikolai Miliutin cut the ground from under their feet by presenting them with an outline of the Commission 's views which went far beyond what they had in mind . |
| 29 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 30 | A main theme of the Labour campaign was ‘ planning ’ ( The ‘ National Plan ’ had been published in late 1965 ) , along with an expansion of the state educational and medical services . |