Example sentences of "[conj] an [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her home overlooks the pithead and the haunting winding gear of a colliery where an explosion once killed over thirty miners . |
| 2 | Until a few years ago , it seemed clear that there was redundancy where an employer no longer required the same number of employees . |
| 3 | Where an applicant voluntarily left accommodation but had then acquired temporary accommodation , the courts interpreted the legislation so as to entitle the local authority to relate back to the first accommodation and so to find that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 4 | For example , where an execution only customer ( whose relationship with a broker/dealer was that of principal in respect of decisions as to which securities to purchase and at what price ) starts to take and rely on the broker/dealer 's advice as to what to buy , a fiduciary element may be introduced into the relationship rendering the clause defining the relationship as that between two principals ineffective . |
| 5 | Where an infant actually has in his hands tangible movable property , it would seem that he has a power of disposing of it , of which the limits — if such there are — have not been determined . |
| 6 | If you just have that one lesson , and he explains it to your properly , and he sets you some exercises , on what you 've just done , half an hour or an hour ago , you 'll get through them . |
| 7 | They do it a half hour later or an hour later and if that holds , erm I think they usually , you know , it 's always at least an hour |
| 8 | ‘ That you ’ The identity of the accused can be proved by the evidence of the victim or an admission etc . |
| 9 | It is possibly this kind of teaching which is most likely to lead to situations such as those found in the Nottingham reading study ( Lunzer and Gardner , 1979 ) , where secondary-school children could explain how to use a contents page or an index perfectly well , but when observed in their work , did not actually use these things much at all . |
| 10 | We handed in our papers , and I do not think a more relieved set of students or an Invigilator ever rushed for the lift and down to the shelter . |
| 11 | The influence of an international market is not easy to be precise about , though the appearance of work in a Biennale or an art fair can be impressive in itself . |
| 12 | Or conversely , a political system in which a monarch or an aristocracy formally ruled might disguise the fact that real power was in the hands of the people . |
| 13 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) Where an applicant for the grant of a licence or an objector there to : ( a ) has , through inadvertence or misadventure , failed to comply with any of the preliminary requirements of this Act ; or ( b ) having duly lodged his application or objection , has died before the meeting of the board at which such application or objection was to have been heard ; the board may , if it thinks fit , and upon such terms as the board thinks proper , postpone the consideration of the application or objection to an adjourned meeting . |
| 15 | ‘ I should have been an accountant or an administrator instead of a doctor ! |
| 16 | If you have a spare classroom or an afternoon when the school hall is not being used then parents may well be persuaded to run a weekly bingo session . |
| 17 | to your sandwiches and perhaps an apple or an orange instead |
| 18 | ‘ Or an innkeeper maybe ? ’ |
| 19 | But I knew that somewhere down the line there would be some formal identification or an inquest where , with my luck , I 'd run across Billy 's mum and the cat would be out of the bag , to coin a very sick phrase . |
| 20 | that well , maybe the officer , the local beat officer has got a problem estate that he has to pinpoint and has to be there , or an area where the crime is being committed to try and deal with |
| 21 | ( 2 ) Sexual Assaults Involving Bodily Harm , Weapons or Third Parties 246.2 Every one who , in committing a sexual assault , ( a ) carries , uses or threatens to use a weapon or an imitation thereof , ( b ) threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant , ( c ) causes bodily harm to the complainant , or ( d ) is a party to the offence with any other person , is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years . |
| 22 | For specific information about a command or a prompt or an option anywhere within that command : |
| 23 | your orders met within 48hrs ( or an explanation why not possible ) . |
| 24 | The most obvious and tangible eftect of economic TNPs is the creation of jobs when a foreign corporation opens a factory or an office abroad . |
| 25 | I think if you 've got somebody who 's got a er a solicitor or an accountant then you need to establish why he wants to talk to them and also er if he , if he 's adamant that he wants to do that , find out who he is and ask if you can speak to him as well , or you can explain erm you know what the , what , what you 're doing with the client . |
| 26 | Broadly , those who seek to acquire that piece of land , or an interest therein : prospective buyers , lessees , mortgagees . |
| 27 | Prima facie if a disposal of the former matrimonial home or an interest therein occurs , there is a charge to capital gains tax . |
| 28 | Section 222 of the TCGA 1992 , provides that gains accruing on the disposal of , or an interest in , a dwelling house which is or has been an individual 's only or main residence ( together with garden or grounds of up to half a hectare in extent or other extent appropriate for the reasonable enjoyment of the residence according to the size and character of the dwelling house ) throughout the period of ownership ( but disregarding the last 36 months of that period ( TCGA 1992 , s223 ) are exempt from capital gains tax . |
| 29 | The " putting together " signified by the heading to this category is a skill which may be needed at all or several stages of study , from the formulation of plans or an enquiry up to the creation of a product … |
| 30 | But paradoxically the public right-to-know argument , which may be a pure power argument for involvement in decision making or an argument just to know what has been decided ( and why ) , may conflict fundamentally with the individual right to know argument which may say , ‘ I have a right to know information and decisions about me and to prevent anyone else from knowing ’ — the confidentiality argument ( or one of them ) . |