Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was followed swiftly by the news that Alain Lequeux , the rider of the runner-up , Behera , had lodged an objection against the winner for interference a furlong and a half from the finish of an exceptionally rough race . |
| 2 | Various reports a plea for support a plea for interest particularly for the seventy fifth anniversary year next year and after that we had the most lovely party . |
| 3 | the great bulk of community care is provided by friends , family and neighbours … it is right that they should be able to play their part in looking after those close to them … service providers should make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 4 | As the importance of caring for carers has become more widely recognised , so too has the realisation that making better support for carers a reality is the responsibility not of a single agency but of many . |
| 5 | To ensure that service providers make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 6 | He got into the most terrible row with one of the other fellows during the election for master a couple of years ago . |
| 7 | The 22-year-old from Sheffield signed up as the sport 's first big-money professional with a one-year contract worth £8,300 a month from the newly-launched Professional Pool Federation . |
| 8 | Where a contract term or notice purports to exclude or restrict liability for negligence a person 's agreement to or awareness of it is not of itself to be taken as indicating his voluntary acceptance of any risk . |
| 9 | Where a contract term or notice purports to exclude or restrict liability for negligence a person 's agreement to or awareness of it is not of itself to be taken as indicating his voluntary acceptance of any risk . |
| 10 | Section 2(3) states : " Where a contract term or notice purports to exclude or restrict liability for negligence a person 's agreement to or awareness of it is not of itself to be taken as indicating his voluntary acceptance of any risk . " |
| 11 | At Surrey the ‘ amateur ’ W. W. Read was employed as ‘ assistant secretary ’ to the club for £250 a year — a post he relinquished when he ceased to play . |
| 12 | He left Darlington Hockey Club for Norton a few seasons ago to improve his standard of play and his new club is currently lying fourth in the prestigious northern premier league . |
| 13 | The proposals , agreed with the main lenders , Barclays and Midland , involve reducing core loans from £250 million to £130 million as the banks convert debt into equity for 10p a share . |
| 14 | Below is the equation for calculation a straight line : where ‘ Y ’ and ‘ X ’ are calibrations of the respective axes , where ‘ M ’ is the angle or value of slope and ‘ C ’ is the constant where the line cuts across the ‘ Y ’ axis , Using a small programmable pocket calculator , the X and Y coordinates of each end of the line are entered into the equation below . |
| 15 | In a little ceremony after dinner a neighbour lined up four of us to award points for each of Polly 's dishes . |
| 16 | In the New York borough of Queens a policeman rescued 13 children from a van trapped on a flooded road . |
| 17 | On Nov. 10 President Bush outlined to the National Association of Realtors a new $4,200 million housing initiative . |
| 18 | However , if the unit is likely to receive a great deal of use a higher capacity type ( such as six HP7 size cells in a plastic holder ) would probably be a more economic means of powering the unit . |
| 19 | Determine the electric field on the axis of a charged ring of radius a carrying a uniform line charge of p1 coulomb per unit length . |
| 20 | We shall assume that a ring of radius a situated in the z = 0 plane carries a current I ( Fig. 3.6 ) and we wish to determine the magnetic field at the point |
| 21 | It seemed clear to many that with the defeat of France a glorious peace was imminent . |
| 22 | Power Launcher takes speed of use a stage further , and also prompts the user to think a little more deeply about the way he works . |
| 23 | Ruth interrupted petulantly , refusing to give the mention of marriage a thought . |
| 24 | Division B's managers would probably reject this offer as they would see each unit costing that division £90 ( £50 + £40 ) but yielding only £80 ; Division B would make a loss of £10 a unit by selling at £80 . |
| 25 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 26 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 27 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 28 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 29 | I find the randomness of prostitutes a real turn-on . |
| 30 | Domesday shows that they provided Edward the Confessor with a revenue of £53 a year and the three works of the king — probably the maintenance of fortresses and bridges , and service in the army . |