Example sentences of "[prep] [art] car " in BNC.

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1 On a wire launch the best hope is for the car or winch driver to build up extra speed to get the glider as high as possible .
2 The price of a car in East Germany can be a significant proportion of a lifetime 's earnings , and the wait for the car can last a significant part of that lifetime .
3 You pray that you 'll make enough to pay the rates and the petrol for the car .
4 Zampolli summed up the curiously optimistic mood the industry found itself in , post-war , at Geneva : ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ during the war I took three orders for the car .
5 It was too fine a day for the car .
6 Breakfast Car was well fancied for the Car Parks National Handicap Chase despite an 11 month absence .
7 Finding different ways to describe a miserable unchanging pattern is becoming as difficult for the car market as it is for the weather men .
8 He grabbed for the car door .
9 Check that you have enough room for the car to pass through : a typical small family car needs about 1.8m ( 6ft ) of clear space between obstacles .
10 The customer has told you that he wants £3000 for the car — the actual value at 57,000 miles is half that .
11 ‘ Oh , no , ’ he said aloud and started running down the street , looking for the car .
12 Sir Henry said he wanted the money for the car hire as repayment for the £125 he paid to Buchan as compensation for the loss of his sports shop .
13 Firstly , the heading gives the impression that the production plans for the car and its fitness for purpose are in some way in doubt and this is very far from the true situation .
14 In a year of economic gloom for the car industry , it was a spectacular success .
15 When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two .
16 He said that the company had admitted liability for the car but pointed out that all their drivers have immediate access to facilities to correct any vehicle defects .
17 ‘ It took seven months to settle the claim for the car and well over a year to sort out compensation for both my injuries and for the inconvenience , ’ says Otis .
18 In the end the insurance company settled out of court with payments of £3,700 for the car and £1,250 for personal injury .
19 Not just a seat This rear-facing baby carrier for the car is also a carrycot , rocking chair and feeding cradle .
20 If speeds of 32 km/h were assumed for the car , then 56m sight distances would be required .
21 The valley , as it descends towards Ribeira Brava , is probably the most beautiful in Madeira , and it has many picnic tables and pull-offs for the car .
22 It will typically take several hours for the car to go down the line , hundreds of workers will be directly involved in fitting the various bits and pieces , and each will have a cycle time of perhaps 60 seconds to do their allotted task .
23 She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’
24 Today more than ever , his enthusiasm for the car is tangible .
25 It was a nightmarish time to go into manufacturing because , although there was a steady demand for the car , no-one wanted to supply us with anything .
26 If the car costs the employer £6,000 a year while the perceived benefit to the employee is only half that , the employer and employee can split the difference by substituting an appropriate salary increase ( or other benefit ) for the car .
27 Though he did not like Stych much — too stuck up by far with his university degree and his oilmen friends — he hoped that Hank had not stolen the money for the car .
28 ‘ I already have a potential customer for the car , in the South of France .
29 He called the RAC once more and arranged for the car to be taken to the edge of Brighton .
30 Fire sub-officer Paul , 33 , knew nothing could be done for the car couple , but he realised the lorryman had not got out .
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