Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions . |
| 2 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 3 | All policies , where a contract had already been entered into , are exempt from the ‘ no commutation ’ rule . |
| 4 | Where a customer did not wish to purchase his own fleet of wagons , he was usually encouraged to hire or lease from firms such as Procor or Tiphook in preference to using railway-owned vehicles . |
| 5 | Where a trust had validly been set up ( which depended on the solvency of the settlor ) , the subsequent insolvency of trustees or beneficiaries was irrelevant to its continuance . |
| 6 | The edge of the road near the bowling green where a tree blew down is still not reinstated or fenced . |
| 7 | It was a magnetic mountain where a compass did not work , and it was easy to lose your bearing . |
| 8 | He got up and went to stand by the tall , ornate fireplace where a fire had now been lit for the cooler evening to come . |
| 9 | On 30 July 1991 the Banking Act 1987 ( Meaning of Deposit ) Order 1991 was made , which provided that the definition of ‘ deposit ’ in section 5 of that Act excluded a sum to which a person became entitled , otherwise than by operation of law , after presentation of a winding up petition or , where a petition had already been presented , after 30 July 1991 . |
| 10 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , pointing at a first floor window where a light gleamed faintly . |
| 11 | She describes in precise detail the deserted country road in Mayobridge , County Down , where a mine blew up the Land-Rover he was travelling in . |
| 12 | Each time a shop assistant or a clerk or a tradesman wrote down Dr E. Headleand , Harley Street , the same thrill of self-affirmation , of self-definition would be re-enacted . |
| 13 | For example , how would you measure if a plumber , a lorry driver , a teacher , or a magistrate had just performed a task well ? |
| 14 | A little girl carrying either a doll or a child walked back and forth behind the windows . |
| 15 | I think y yo you could blip from month to month er , er as a priority slipped in or changed , or a person slipped out or , or somebody forgot to zero something or y |
| 16 | There was no door between the kitchens and the alley at the back , only a curtain of brown and yellow beads that clicked when there was a breeze , which was just about never because it was summer and the only time the air moved was when Zervos waved his short arms or a truck went past outside . |
| 17 | It seemed warm to him , as the handle of a spoon or a fork had often been , passed from her hand to his , after she 'd mashed up something on a plate for him when he was younger . |
| 18 | In houses for heating it 's conceivable that you could have a huge hot water store in the basement , or a store made up of round pebbles , heated by hot air , which you could then use by circulating cool air through them to produce hot air at other times . |
| 19 | Sometimes a marigold garland from a festival or a funeral floated past , or the corpse of a kid , swollen with the water ; sometimes there was a whole dead cow with a vulture perched on it . |
| 20 | In the past , there 's always been a little farmer over the hedge who jumps to the rescue — or a Hitler dressed up as a little farmer . |
| 21 | It would need only a charge of the cavalry , or a shot fired over their heads , to set them off . |
| 22 | Injecting with sterile works or a set kept strictly for use by one person offers the best protection for those who continue to inject . |
| 23 | Furthermore , they were used only where an owner had actually offered his land for sale at a price above existing use value . |
| 24 | Restorative proctocolectomy was considered to have failed if the pouch had been excised or an ileostomy had not been not closed . |
| 25 | Although a gaze sought out , and highly placed , |
| 26 | Although a man did n't need an explanation for that kind of attraction . |
| 27 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that , prior to the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 , at common law a breach of the duty of care did not give rise to a cause of action in negligence until the plaintiff suffered an injury ; that , although a foetus did not enjoy an independent legal personality , by the time that the plaintiffs were born in 1967 the common law recognised that a child born with a deformity because of a negligent act occurring during the mother 's pregnancy had a cause of action ; and that , therefore , the plaintiffs had a cause of action against the defendant health authorities for any negligent act prior to their birth which caused them to be born with deformities ( post , pp. 654H , 656D–F , 660E — 661D ) . |
| 28 | There had been such a wide expanse of firm ground that a trench had never been worn . |
| 29 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 30 | Barroso disclosed that an agenda and timetable for talks had been drawn up , but that a ceasefire had not been discussed . |