Example sentences of "in an [noun sg] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | This additional angular motion imposed by the field is quantised , exactly as if the electron was constrained in an orbit around an atom . |
| 2 | On Oct. 30 Mahmoud Atta , a Palestinian and a US citizen , was extradited from New York to Israel , where he faced trial on charges of taking part in an attack on an Israeli bus in the West Bank in 1986 . |
| 3 | One of them grabbed the youth by the neck as he approached a police van in Tarling Street , Stepney , east London , telling officers he believed the youth had been involved in an attack on an elderly woman . |
| 4 | During conflict , baboons may seek assistance from others by soliciting their participation in an attack upon an opponent . |
| 5 | On the eve of the anniversary three police officers and a gunman had been killed in an attack by an unnamed left-wing organization on the home of the metropolitan area mayor , Luis Pareto . |
| 6 | According to Nicholas Clee , from the bookseller J Whitaker and Sons in London , any writer planning to embark on such a book would be advised to create a family living in rural bliss with a gaggle of children then land them in a crisis , preferably involving the central character in an affair with an older/younger man/woman . |
| 7 | Two attacks on Jan. 22 near Trincomalee claimed 38 lives in an explosion at an air force base and in an ambush by LTTE guerrillas , and on Jan. 26 another bomb attack killed eight bus passengers and an air force patrol member . |
| 8 | FOUR workmen were burned , three of them seriously , in an explosion at an electricity substation in the grounds of an Airdrie school yesterday , writes Alan Dron . |
| 9 | First , in an organisation with an all white or largely white workforce , network recruitment will help to ensure that this stays the case , particularly at a time when large numbers of white workers are unemployed and prepared to re-enter the comparatively poorly paid and less pleasant jobs they deserted in the past few years . |
| 10 | The rap comes after Blackburn was involved in an incident with an umpire during a Liverpool Echo Knockout tie while bowling against New Brighton . |
| 11 | Dry seed in an envelope in an airtight container ( the plastic drums that spray-dried milk is sold in are excellent ) and kept in a cool place , retains its viability well enough . |
| 12 | The account can either be a joint deposit account requiring the signature of both the vendor and the purchaser to release money or it can be placed in an account with an independent trustee . |
| 13 | Ray Davis or Peter Sheppard are sent out with any ‘ go-team ’ involved in an investigation of an aircraft fitted with either a flight data or cockpit voice recorder . |
| 14 | A clause of this type could be relied on in an action against an appointing authority for failing to appoint a suitably qualified person . |
| 15 | Soon the family get unwittingly caught up in an attempt by an extreme IRA faction to blow up a limousine carrying one of the Royal family . |
| 16 | A LORRY driver killed in an accident on an M1 contraflow was from Greater Manchester , police said . |
| 17 | The integral construction of bodies , new air-sprung bogies , air conditioning , excellent sound and heat insulation , and a high standard of luxury furnishing and decor for both second and first class , and above ali strength to resist compression and buckling forces in an accident to an extent never seen before , brought a new era to BR coach design and made the HSTs deservedly popular . |
| 18 | The way one such woman was treated by the local services department was described in an interview with an Asian social worker ( quoted from ‘ Some Aspects of Social Policy Affecting Asian Women in Britain ’ by Geeta Amin , presented at the U.K. Asian Women 's Conference July 1977 ) : |
| 19 | In an interview with an Israeli newspaper published on Jan. 2 , Weizmann described Shimon Peres , the Labour leader and Vice Prime Minister , as a " son of a bitch " and claimed that Peres had actually briefed him during his telephone conversation with the Palestinian in Tunis . |
| 20 | In an interview with an Austrian newspaper Havel criticized this boycott as " a game " which had once had a moral basis but now consisted of " rather cold-blooded considerations — if one does not go , others will not go " . |
| 21 | By that date the Libyan leader Col. Moamer al Kadhafi had also expressed , in an interview with an Egyptian newspaper , his readiness to accept the findings of an international inquiry which might be carried out under UN auspices . |
| 22 | In an appointment as an expert , it is best practice to refer to the following : |
| 23 | Example In an essay on an eighteenth-century play , which has argued that the women in the play are generally seen to be a source of disruption or confusion , you could conclude by asking whether women are general sources of disruption , broadly understood , in eighteenth-century drama . |
| 24 | If the action project were succeeding in sustaining at home people who without its services would have been in an institution at an earlier date , then we would expect the action sample clients still at home at six months and 12 months to be more disadvantaged in the possession of factors likely to affect home care potential . |
| 25 | Send it whenever you are applying for a job ‘ on spec. ’ or where no mention is made in an advertisement of an application form ( which usually covers the same type of information ) . |
| 26 | The tinder merely required a spark , which was provided when a black youth became involved in an altercation with an officer over a parking ticket . |
| 27 | However in an application for an injunction it is of great significance . |
| 28 | The latter combined with poor drainage in an area with an average slope of only 1 : 5000 has resulted in raised water-tables and extensive waterlogging . |
| 29 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |