Example sentences of "a [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some courts a payment was needed to see the magistrate , or to ensure that one 's case was heard promptly . |
| 2 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 3 | In MacTaggart v B&G Strump 10 TC 17 , decided before s 89 was enacted , it was held that such a payment was a capital payment . |
| 4 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 5 | As was said in Deacon v. Transport Regulation Board ( 1958 ) V.R. 458 , 460 , in considering whether a payment was made voluntarily or not : ‘ No secret mental reservation of the doer is material . |
| 6 | In Guinness plc v Saunders and Another [ 1990 ] AC 663 , a director claimed a payment was due to him as a result of an agreement between him and a committee of the board , but not authorised by the board of directors . |
| 7 | The Whigs were concerned that the arbitrary power of a prince was being replaced by the arbitrary power of the legislature . |
| 8 | Such a provision was not new . |
| 9 | The constitutionality of two-parent notification was upheld , however , provided that a provision was included allowing minors to seek a judicial review to waive the requirement . |
| 10 | In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination and an article giving certain legislative powers to the Governor was dropped [ see p. 37145 ] . |
| 11 | In return for accepting the Governor 's supervision of the financial sector , a provision was included recognizing Montserrat 's right to self-determination . |
| 12 | In one situation where such a provision was used in practice , on a large scale , over a number of years , it was found to operate successfully in more than 50 per cent of the cases . |
| 13 | A SCOUTMASTER was jailed for 39 months at the Old Bailey yesterday for sexually abusing his seven-year-old daughter and son aged 11 . |
| 14 | It took some puzzling to deduce that a caudate was actually a tail , rather less to see that Jenner had used cats in his experiments . |
| 15 | A TRIAL was halted yesterday after complaints that magistrates had fallen asleep when they should have been listening to evidence . |
| 16 | A railway company came to Wall 's aid and before long a trial was held under floodlit conditions . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , the task force concluded that such a trial was not feasible . |
| 18 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
| 19 | It would be desirable if randomised trials in general , and preventive trials in particular , were an integral part of medical practice , adopted whenever a new approach needed assessment and a trial was judged to be the best way of accomplishing this objective . |
| 20 | A trial was thought unlikely , as Tsedenbal , who lived in Moscow , was said to be senile . |
| 21 | The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations . |
| 22 | She still found it hard to believe that any British ship could be in danger so near to home ; even when Jock had explained that unless a submarine was in water deep enough in which to dive , an escort was essential . |
| 23 | A POTAGER was just a grand name for a plot , where vegetables were grown to make soup ( potage ) , but now it means an ornamental vegetable garden . |
| 24 | A crypt was analysed if the entire length of the crypt was visible in the longitudinal section and the base of the crypt contacted the muscularis mucosa . |
| 25 | Development of numerous little buttresses situated on the north east side of the Mosedale valley at 1900ft , which has been named Little Stand Crag ( ref 248033 ) , has been carried out by J. Daly and K. Daly ( future guidewriters should beware — a crag was also developed around here by A.T . |
| 26 | A reversion was the grant of the right of succession to an office , made during the lifetime and tenancy of an existing holder . |
| 27 | A cable was duly despatched . |
| 28 | In the Groeger and Chapman study responses were made on a seven point response keypad with the question repeated each time a rating was required . |
| 29 | A Squadron was to be divided into six parties , to attack targets all along the coast between Tobruk and the immediate area to the rear of the enemy front line . |
| 30 | POLICE surrounded a top-security jail last night after a warder was taken hostage by prisoners . |