Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lure of big money was on the way and director Bob Rafelson had fortunately obtained Jack 's signature for another BBS film before the price went up and put him back on track as a counter-culture player , a route which Nicholson analysed in terms of the way he wanted his career to go . |
| 2 | We had resolved to press for a route which would take the march into the walled centre of the city and expected opposition from the moderate members of the CRA . |
| 3 | A route which none the less delivered them to their destinations safely and on time , and proved , on later inquiry , to have avoided an entirely unforeseeable hazard or delay ? |
| 4 | These were resisted by Italy and the Netherlands which were happy with the low level of world prices , and by West Germany which preferred to protect its own coal industry through subsidies — a route which , under the Treaty of Paris , the High Authority was forbidden to consider . |
| 5 | Across these moors today stride walkers of the Pennine Way , a route which passes close by Malham Tarn . |
| 6 | The service also proved a modest success , and Branson began exploring the possibility of flying to Dublin , and to Miami , on a route which had not been taken up by a British carrier since the collapse of Laker . |
| 7 | Despite Blanche 's protestations , the businessman insisted on leading the police officers back to the drawbridge by a route which took in the Great Hall . |
| 8 | Scotland 's major canals were built across the country to link the western and eastern coasts providing a route which was safer and shorter than the sea passage around the northern coast . |
| 9 | Following a route which will be some 23 km ( 14 miles ) in length , the City Bypass commences at Glasgow Road ( A8 ) immediately west of the bridge over Edinburgh/Aberdeen railway and follows a generally south-easterly alignment terminating at its junction with the Musselburgh Bypass close to Old Craighall . |
| 10 | It is therefore important that you take a route which is likely to succeed . |
| 11 | Skirting the lakeside , she took a route which led her in the opposite direction from him . |
| 12 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 13 | Yes you know there is a chance still to er get them on a er a route which will give them a sort of positive er relationship to society maybe rather than a negative one . |
| 14 | It is a route which has much appeal to vendors but tends to be detested by purchasers who dislike the control placed on their ability to negotiate directly with the vendors . |
| 15 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ , the Lothians Cycle Campaign , I obtained permission earlier this year from British Waterways for volunteers from Spokes to upgrade parts of the Union Canal towpath from Hermiston ( just west of the Edinburgh bypass ) to Ratho , the aim being to provide an all-weather surface , suitable for all groups of users , on a route which will eventually form a continuous link from the centre of Edinburgh to the countryside of West Lothian , and thus provide an excellent means for city residents to enjoy the amenities of the countryside in environmentally friendly ways , ie. by walking and cycling . |
| 16 | What we are trying to do is to provide good people who have an enthusiasm for this kind of catering with a fast route towards management responsibility , and that is a route which , for those who want it , can lead right up into store management and beyond . |
| 17 | The 106 entrants in the gruelling marathon set off from London on a route which took them through Europe to Turkey in classic cars ranging from a Ford Cortina to a Russian Moskvitch , all at least 25 years old . |
| 18 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
| 19 | How many times had Tabitha heard , in casual conversation in some dorm , some station bar , from pilots who had found their craft taking a route they had never intended , never charted ? |
| 20 | By such a route they might escape from the niches of their birth , and gain access to something better — to better weapons , possibly to some real food different from synthcake and synthgruel . |
| 21 | It was a route she chose originally because she did not have enough capital to expand at the rate business demanded . |
| 22 | I could n't tell her mine was n't a route she 'd stand much chance of following . |
| 23 | A route she had been forced to follow , never quite closing the gap , though it narrowed all the time . |
| 24 | Pam Ashton will take the Trans Pennine Trail , a route she is helping to establish , which stretches from Southport to Hornsea on the east coast . |
| 25 | After two rides in company we went out on our own , on a route he had already covered with Paddy . |
| 26 | It 's a route he has just retraced for the character of Fergus , the IRA man who attempts to re-make his life in The Crying Game ] , an experience Jordan understands well . |
| 27 | We asked if Royal Jordanian could help fly parts from New York to Bangkok , a route it operates . |
| 28 | There was no way I could hope to keep up with him through the tunnel ( a route I highly recommend if you want to lose a tail ) as there were just too many imponderable lane changes and toll booth stops , so I U-turned where I should n't and headed back . |
| 29 | Suffice it to say here that a payment which is large in relation to salary is unlikely to be viewed as falling within the first category . |
| 30 | Some of the early cases seem to turn upon a consideration of whether or not a payment which it is sought to recover was made voluntarily or not . |