Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hofmann realized that he had discovered a new and versatile chemical reaction which could provide a route to a wide range of new compounds . |
| 2 | Education can be a route to a narrow range of professions , but for most the prospects are poor . |
| 3 | It is a specific and unconditional agreement to make a payment of a fixed amount on an agreed date . |
| 4 | er , yes my Lord , there 's the prior point that we er , we would submit as indicated in the skeleton of the eleventh of November that on its true construction , erm the central fund byelaw , article ten in particular er gives rise to a payment of a specified sum , ascertain sum , payable forthwith on demand , it 's rather like the example your Lordship gave of the Barclaycard or the cheque , if my learned friend is right |
| 5 | Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " . |
| 6 | However , the natives , who had known yasak , or alman , before the Russians arrived on the scene , and regarded it as a payment by a vanquished people to its conqueror , in the time-honoured manner would pay only as long as it suited them . |
| 7 | It might result in a variety of a certain species , but it could never result in a completely new species . |
| 8 | As I say , we 're now , we shall now be working on the er , on a financial strategy , so that we 've got more detailed costings er , available to us , erm , but I think members will be interested to know that erm , within the next few months there will , we shall be taking part , er , as part of a wider national exercise , in an exercise undertaken by the District Audit Commission , on Children 's Services , so that we , I think we shall be in good stead , to have this as a base as a working document for that erm , Audit Commission exercise . |
| 9 | The second way in which the discussion of Russia is significant for the relation of Marxism and anthropology is that Marx 's interest in traditional peasant communities became less theoretical and more practical , as he considered the possibility of the Russian peasant commune becoming a base for a future revolution . |
| 10 | Further U-Boat attacks and the discovery of a German plot to use Mexico as a base for a possible attack on the USA , brought armed intervention in the war on the Allied side in April 1917 . |
| 11 | Here you launch straight into a 120ft free abseil to a sea-washed rock platform , which serves as a base for a splendid two-pitch wall climb , finishing with a joyous ( and solid ) jug-pull , poised above the sea . |
| 12 | Use Campbell 's Condensed Cream of Tomato soup to give richness to chilli or curry sauce , or as a base for a quick pizza topping , for instance with some herbs , mushrooms , peppers and salami . |
| 13 | If you own a microwave oven , jacket potatoes take very little time to cook yet form a base for a tasty meal ( add tuna , beans , sweetcorn , cottage cheese or whatever low-fat filling takes your fancy ) . |
| 14 | Although we can see elements of a critical function ( especially in Leavis ) , the dominant approach of these writers is founded on a base of a certain set of social ideas which it is the duty of higher education to guard and transmit . |
| 15 | In British Railways Board v Pickin [ 1974 ] AC 765 , the plaintiff had sought to challenge the validity of a provision of a private Act of Parliament on the ground that its promoter had fraudulently withheld certain information from the relevant House of Commons committee , thus securing its passage . |
| 16 | It may also , for instance , include a statement by a minister on the effect of a provision in a private Members Bill . |
| 17 | A knowledge of the working of a solicitor 's office , particularly er o of those departments handling non-contentious business , can not be automatically imputed to the judge or to council and he may as well make it is not uncommon for an expert witness to give evidence of what he would have done in a particular situation after consideration and er I resign on that because in my submission er the issues in this case are clearly issues of mixed fact and law and my Lord it is seen from the report handed up that there is particularly in relation to the erm financial aspect of the case , reference to a provision within a professional conduct of solicitors guide as to what the nature of the er duties of the solicitor in the situation is . |
| 18 | And as the influence of peer activity is increased -this influence itself may well be biologically determined — there will be a tendency for the ethnographic curve to change from a unimodal to a multimodal form . |
| 19 | THE MOST widely-used test to detect chemicals that can cause cancer in humans is no more reliable than tossing a coin , says Dr David Salsburg , a statistician with a large American drug company . |
| 20 | Except that she became with child , and Robert — her husband , you must know , who was a brute with a terrible temper ! — refused to acknowledge it as his own . |
| 21 | This will be particularly the case where the disability only prevents the individual pursuing a vocation in a specialised job or profession involving extraordinary skill , prowess or talent . |
| 22 | Only then did she fully realise that if she had been five minutes later the watchers keeping a lookout for a stray boy might , tomorrow , have been hauling ashore the sodden body of Gus Hambro . |
| 23 | Experiment 2 — A Trial over a Long Period |
| 24 | It is therefore impracticable to carry out a trial of a single homoeopathic remedy versus a single orthodox drug or placebo , although this approach has been tried . |
| 25 | [ For earlier Libyan proposals concerning a trial in a neutral country see p. 38839 . ] |
| 26 | Once in place , Hitachi recommends a trial in a safe area to ensure everything is properly assembled . |
| 27 | A sister with a part-time job looks more available to care for a parent than a brother who works full-time . |
| 28 | Cisterns were belching and gurgling near by and a tap on the wall dripped into a bucket with a deep musical note . |
| 29 | The water for washing had to be Pumped up from a well in the scullery every morning for half an hour before breakfast and the drinking water fetched daily in a bucket from a communal tap in the tiny village street . |
| 30 | We went down a passageway to a small panelled hall . |