Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Objects express their cost and , at a time when most domestic ones were still produced largely by manual crafts , elaboration was largely an index of cost together with expensive materials . |
| 2 | I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with Morrissey shortly before the release of ‘ Kill Uncle ’ . |
| 3 | It would be an opportunity for reflection specifically for people coming with a background of development experience and practice . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 5 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 6 | A recent study , however , showed an association between diets high in refined sugar and prolonged mouth-to-anus transit time ( radioopaque markers ) , despite a reduced mouth-to-caecum transit time ( H 2 breath test ) . |
| 7 | ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . ) |
| 8 | Unger depicts herself and others working in the psychology of women , as caught up in ‘ facho ’ , a feminist version of macho ( Arpad 1986 : 208 ) , which in their case took the form of an obsession with productivity much like that found in the mainstream : ‘ like the characters in Through The Looking Glass we are all running ( and writing ) as fast as we can to keep up ’ ( 1979 : vii ) . |
| 9 | Tastes change , however , and the Reverend Richard Warner , writing about Midford in his Excursions from Bath in 1801 , describes it as ‘ an anomaly in building equally at war with taste and comfort ’ ! |
| 10 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |
| 11 | Is it intended that there should never be an interchange of information directly by computer but only by request between all European Community police forces ? |
| 12 | On the main highway leading to Charleroi and Brussels the Dragoons were clattering along at a fine pace , almost as if this was an exercise in Provence instead of war . |
| 13 | Castles Farm on the north side of Loch Awe , extending to 8,000 acres of some of the wildest , steepest and most challenging farming country imaginable , sold to an Englishman from Kent just before Christmas on a lock , stock and barrel basis for more than £500,000 . |
| 14 | A high hedge separated the garden from the adjoining apple orchard , and a massive horse chestnut tree completely umbrellad the whole area , giving it an aura of serenity even in the dark . |
| 15 | Like most people who have had a supremely happy relationship , I felt an aura of love still about me , and Leslie 's courage put upon me an obligation to be brave . |
| 16 | If Britain means tea , scones and mild unchilled beer , it also means moderate views , courtesy to strangers who ask the way in the street , and above all an avoidance of violence even as an idea . |
| 17 | It 's just strange that Laidlaw was with Delta and the murdered man , Barak , was an informer for Delta here in Beirut . |
| 18 | An emblem for baldies everywhere in the era of yeah-yeah and the Fab Four . |
| 19 | An excess of gain even at low settings ( ie. from an active bass with powerful pickups ) can be compensated for with the lower of the two white switches , which operates a 15dB attenuation ‘ pad ’ to clean up the signal . |
| 20 | A genuine one always has three tiny depressions one-quarter of an inch in diameter close to the centre-hole . |
| 21 | Our results may explain the puzzling results from at least two previous trials , which failed to find an impact on morbidity even in the presence of a large effect on mortality . |
| 22 | He found the city 's total welfare bill amounted to $162 per citizen — as against an average of $174 elsewhere in New York state , and similar sums even in troubled cities like Cleveland and Los Angeles . |
| 23 | Sedimentary rocks , unaffected by metamorphism , crop out in an area from Stornoway eastwards to the Eye Peninsula and northwards along the coast to Vatisker Point . |
| 24 | In such case there will be a conveyance or transfer to the wife alone subject to the existing mortgage with the husband taking an indemnity in respect thereof from the wife . |
| 25 | His carefully chosen materials created an air of menace even without the denunciatory graffiti . |
| 26 | The traditional liberal interpretation is rooted in an approach to history fundamentally at odds with that of Soviet historiography . |
| 27 | It is to be observed that a proceeding under section 7(5) in no way precludes a defendant who is remanded in custody from making an application for bail either to the justices , or to the Crown Court , or to a judge in chambers , whichever tribunal is appropriate . |
| 28 | If he does make an application to court then at that stage we can er we can oppose his application . |
| 29 | On Thursday and Friday nights and Sunday lunchtimes you can enjoy Malaysian or Indonesian curries , perhaps a Cambodian-style casserole of sweet potatoes , pumpkins and yams with fresh coriander , or the very popular macrobiotic platter , an assortment of tastes sometimes including arame , one of 10 different sea vegetables they prepare . |
| 30 | The empirical method is seen most clearly in the work of John Austin who , in producing a science of positive law in terms of commands , sanctions , and habits , attempted to provide an explanation of law entirely in non-normative terminology . |