Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What reassurance does it give to people who might suffer damage due to a change in groundwater level when the Bill permits the Secretary of State to weaken the groundwater provisions ? |
| 2 | The electric field due to a sheet of charge |
| 3 | They thought that was a bit steep for a quarter of an hour 's work and sent back the bill with a request to itemize it . |
| 4 | By avoiding variations in vowel preparation ( apart from the two patients with ileostomies ) any such effect due to a change in diet should be equivalent in the UC and control patients . |
| 5 | ‘ Alexander died from a broken neck due to a fall from his horse . |
| 6 | In the cold light of day Celtic 's win will have been seen to do nothing other than reduce the gap between them and Rangers in the Premier Division from 12 to ten points , which is hardly the signal for predicting immediate transformation within the club bereft of a trophy since 1989 . |
| 7 | I spent those final few hours extravagantly , staying the night at the Strand Palace Hotel for ten shillings for bed , bathroom and a cooked breakfast thrown in , with sixpence extra for a haircut at the hotel barber shop — three times as much as the Underground fare of twopence from Paddington to Trafalgar Square , where a Nippy served me at Lyons ' Corner House with a sirloin steak for a shilling . |
| 8 | Draftsmen have sometimes attempted to link the rent payable under a lease to movements in an official index , such as the Index of Retail Prices ( as happened in Blumenthal v Gallery Five Ltd ( 1971 220 EG 33 ) . |
| 9 | But some positive things happened in 1982 like the opening of Milton Keynes Central at a cost of £4.5million ; Watton-at-Stone between Stevenage and Hertford North ; and of Watford Stadium on the Watford Junction-Croxley Green branch on 4 December . |
| 10 | With judging under way for the Scottish Marketing Awards , KAY BLAIR picks out some entries worthy of a mention in dispatches |
| 11 | coordination : they should enable the maximum coordination of all parties involved in a decision to be achieved ; |
| 12 | Extra staff training is offering mutual benefits for a health authority and nursing homes involved in a policy of contracted beds for long-stay elderly patients . |
| 13 | These highly mobile skirmishers can be used to draw Goblin fanatics out of their units prior to a charge by more heavily armed troops . |
| 14 | But she smiled to herself , as she thought again of the handsome Spaniard with those black eyes full of a sense of fun and adventure , that mane of glossy hair falling over one eye — and his dark brown velvet voice , which had melted her heart a lot more than she admitted to Rosie . |
| 15 | He made a statement and the Session without passing any opinion in the meantime agree to summon all the parties concerned to a meeting of the Session . |
| 16 | Creditors were hoping to persuade Nigeria to abandon its long-standing refusal to borrow from the IMF in order to make funds available for a buyback of commercial debt . |
| 17 | There 's a vast range of kitchen units available in a choice of materials . |
| 18 | It is clear that clauses of all these types operate to restrict the remedies available on a breach of contract ; they do not prevent a breach occurring . |
| 19 | The indication of such relationships helps the searcher and the indexer to select the most specific term available as a label for any given concept in the thesaurus . |
| 20 | Gareth Holmroyd , Ted Hurwitz , Mike Sparrow , Ralph Absalom — they were all keeping their eyes open for a house for him . |
| 21 | Just so 's you 're not disappointed , keep your eyes open for a cross between Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise , with a beer-gut a la Jocky Wilson . |
| 22 | Anchor will now build ten pitches and a pavilion on the town 's Clairville Common at a cost of £1.2m . |
| 23 | Not to have taken action , she said , would have laid her department open to a charge of negligence . |
| 24 | Could parents force a local authority to keep schools open during a strike of ancillary workers ? |
| 25 | This will cause economic disruption comparable with a hike in oil prices or interest rates . |
| 26 | Certificate under section 1(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 that point of law of general public importance involved in decision , namely , ‘ Whether the words ‘ office or employment ’ in section 16(2) ( c ) of the Theft Act 1968 extend to the engagement of an independent contractor pursuant to a contract for services . ’ |
| 27 | Parts of the course have much in common with medical science ; thus veterinary graduates specialising in anatomy , biochemistry or physiology can contribute to a general understanding of the structure and function of the living body ; veterinary pathology can help to increase our knowledge of cancer , heart disease and other syndromes common to a variety of species . |
| 28 | It is the conflict between the players in any drama which heightens or when necessary relaxes the tension necessary for a climax to the plot . |
| 29 | If North Shields was to become a viable shopping centre and attract the kind of investment necessary for a scheme on the scale being envisaged in the 1960s and 1970s , then population and purchasing power had to be drawn into the town centre . |
| 30 | Jumping to his feet , he stared down at her , his eyes wide with a kind of incredulous contempt . |