Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 2 | ‘ Very high increases could lead to a recession as happened in the late 1970s and early 80s due to the oil price hikes . |
| 3 | Once this level is set , any change in the output voltage , rise or fall , due to a variation in the load current , for instance , is sensed by the error detector which then causes the error amplifier input to deviate from the reference level , and the resulting output adjusts the series control element resistance in such a direction as to compensate for the initial change . |
| 4 | ‘ If anything can be concluded from this book , it is that I was born , ’ writes Sisson after touching on that event , which occurred 75 years ago in a building since occupied by the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club . |
| 5 | The differentiating characteristic of a coin as opposed to a piece of bullion is that it is issued with a recognised value by a competent authority . |
| 6 | Both US and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Europe were to be eliminated entirely , without reference to the British and French deterrents ( this was a concession as compared with the Soviet position at Geneva ) ; and discussions should start immediately on the elimination of such missiles from Asia , and on shorter-range or tactical missiles . |
| 7 | The cockpit is well protected by a deep coaming set on the teak-laid decks , although there is nothing to stop items falling through the aft end of the cockpit , something that may become a liability when sailing in a relaxed fashion with books , Walkmans and bottles of suntan lotion lying on cockpit seats . |
| 8 | Top-quality diamonds , even small ones , are normally ‘ sourced ’ with a certificate when released to the trade by the Central Selling Organization which dominates the world diamond trade , handling over 85 per cent of stones passing from the mines to the trade . |
| 9 | Heavy objects , such as a brick when released near the surface of the earth , fall straight downwards if not impeded . |
| 10 | Think of living in a yacht as living in a caravan , eating out in the evenings . |
| 11 | The fund will be available on a claims-made basis to cover any loss suffered by a former shareholder who held shares during the period April 16 to December 1 1990 , and sold that stock at a loss as defined in the settlement agreement . |
| 12 | His own dismissal of deconstruction as a merely textual practice means that he is himself at a loss when faced with the complex conceptual dialectics of the same and the other . |
| 13 | I was wearing a shirt of green silk loose round the wrists and my green linen culottes — I had found they creased less than a skirt when sitting in a coach . |
| 14 | Why not visit Castle Caldwell Forest , and enjoy the delights of a National Nature Reserve ( see no 9 ) or enjoy a picnic while taking in the beautiful views of Glenelly Valley and Sperrin Mountains ( see no 17 ) . |
| 15 | And in the point-of-sale material just a headline as opposed to the two sentences you have now ? |
| 16 | I I recall that I in effect directed that an officer should carry a shotgun as opposed to the original officer that er was down for that weapon . |
| 17 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 18 | Now , I 'd rather be sitting in a car than standing on a crowded platform , but there was n't much in the way of light relief on the radio . |
| 19 | Roddick experienced her first taste of trading as a child while serving in the family café in Littlehampton in Sussex , which is now the centre of her worldwide retailing empire . |
| 20 | The process of evaluating and matching symptom pictures as a whole , which takes place in this more intuitive process , might be compared to the difference between a mathematician and a child when presented with a simple sum such as 4 + 3 . |
| 21 | ( Incidentally , it was harder to work out that there was a question than to think of the answer ! ) |
| 22 | Her misery was made far worse two weeks later , when her motor-racing fiance , Peter Revson , 34 , was killed in a crash while practising for the South African Grand Prix . |
| 23 | His approach is essentially a gene-centred as opposed to an organism-centred one ( see p. 30 ) . |
| 24 | Though — ’ he sat back and gave her a grim smile ‘ — I hope he 's not such a fool as to pay over the odds for your services . ’ |
| 25 | A MOTHER-of-four was crushed to death by a boulder while walking on the holiday isle of Crete , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 26 | Here are data contrasting behavioural data for a group as opposed to a team . |
| 27 | To resolve that paradox , it is argued here , requires the same type of analysis of the components of a place as illustrated in the previous chapter . |
| 28 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |
| 29 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedule . |
| 30 | 6.1 This Agreement shall continue for a period as shown in the Schedules . |