Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , rather than realising a £17m loss , Tootal 's figures show a £3.4m profit , with most of the difference written off earlier through the balance sheet .
2 This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) .
3 Happily her supervisor has guided more than one student through topics about Michelangelo , and has a route map prepared , including introductory and background books , but also passages from longer scholarly works .
4 During their second attempt , Saunders and Sustad completed most of the difficulties on a route parallel to the spur .
5 I think the general feeling of the panel is that if you are committed to a route north of Knaresborough , then we think it 's sufficiently a enough a strategic matter for us to continue the discussion on on it .
6 buses be ordered to work a route Mitcham — Sutton — Belmont , covering the whole of the discarded tram route .
7 A company obtaining a route franchise might well invest in new station building ; a bus company franchise might well establish seamless interchange facilities .
8 ( The FRCC guidebook says : ‘ A route years ahead of its time .
9 Would follow a route east of the existing road , bypassing local communities and leaving A701 as a quiet access road .
10 The new boards showed about five points with a route number in small figures at each end ( the only place where route numbers were ever shown on South Metropolitan cars ) .
11 The two side lamps on the dash were removed and replaced by a single side/tail lamp holder , with provision for a route number stencil , fixed to the underside of the stair landing .
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 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 .
14 When we actually went to competitive tender , which was for a route improvement down near Leicester , they undercut us .
15 If the client is confident that he 's getting the best deal from us , he will say , alright Birmingham ar are cheaper than York on a route improvement say , but I 've had one of their cheap jobs before .
16 ‘ He 's a projects co-ordinator ; been working for a big building company for years .
17 The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business .
18 That women was not offered a contract of employment or a payment slip , and does not know whether she is an employee or self-employed .
19 For costing and accounting purposes it is usual for payments to be supported by a payment certificate or a standard format .
20 Thus the supplier may issue a fee note ( sometimes known as a payment request note or a pro forma invoice ) rather than an invoice containing all the requirements of a tax invoice ( as specified in reg 13(1) ) .
21 Under the charter-party , payment was to be in ‘ cash ’ into a London bank by a Sunday , but the charterer 's London bank did not deliver a payment order to the owner 's bank until the Monday .
22 The installation of pre-payment meters is one reason why the number of disconnections has fallen , but more important is the fact that the regional electricity companies , under the terms of their licence , have to approve a code of conduct with the Office of Electricity Regulation and must offer customers who are in genuine difficulties a payment plan so that debt can be paid off over a period .
23 If customers agree a payment plan , they will not be disconnected .
24 So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one .
25 Most will arrange a payment holiday , reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you .
26 Countertrade [ compensation trade or barter ] in its simplest form is a payment method which is useful where currency restrictions in a buyer 's country prevent the remittance of ‘ hard currency ’ abroad .
27 Where warranted , take the opportunity of adding a payment reminder note to your statement .
28 If you do not submit the relevant Direct Debit mandate a payment booklet will be issued .
29 Everyone with shares should have had a payment notice saying how much they owe .
30 You can avoid disconnection or be reconnected by entering into a payment arrangement that is reasonable in all the circumstances .
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