Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 2 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 3 | Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ? |
| 4 | I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury . |
| 5 | Nor is this a problem for the authorities alone : how far should adult educators , qua educators , engage in activism as opposed to education ? |
| 6 | This colonnade carried a classical entablature and above was a plain wall ( where the Medieval triforium normally is to be found ) and above this a row of small clerestory windows . |
| 7 | Curiously , it is still rather unusual for solicitors ' partnership agreements to provide that partners should retire upon reaching an agreed age , though it might be thought that there are good reasons for making this a requirement in the interests of a firm 's long term planning . |
| 8 | A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 . |
| 9 | Is this a function of the mainframe business , or is it a function of IBM 's actions in this market ? ’ |
| 10 | Following NN we allow for the possibility that the higher the wage the more competition there will be for the job ( ceteris paribus ) and make this a function of w . |
| 11 | Is this a return to dualisms ? |
| 12 | If ‘ tight ’ diabetic control leads to restoration of platelet function to normal , is this a reflection of the fall in blood glucose , alteration in plasma lipids and fatty acids , restoration of normal endothelial cell integrity or other mechanisms ? |
| 13 | Was this a reflection on the quality of our care or skill ? |
| 14 | Is this a slug in my steak pie ? |
| 15 | Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game . |
| 16 | Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game . |
| 17 | Good use of animated VGA graphics and pop-up windows with property information make this a must for fans of the board game . |
| 18 | Is this a symbol of hope ? |
| 19 | Is this a symbol of hope ? |
| 20 | Is this a symbol of power ? ’ the albino spoke quietly . |
| 21 | This a treat for Reger enthusiasts ( are they numerous ? ) , devotees of the piano duet and anyone who enjoys persuasive performances of unfamiliar late romantic repertoire . |
| 22 | Is this a message for the future ? |
| 23 | Now although such a rule is not part of my physical or material world , its existence constrains my action just as effectively as they do ; we can call this a constraint of the world of ideas . |
| 24 | We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand . |
| 25 | I have tried this a couple of times and have got away with it . |
| 26 | And watch out with the scale on these , on histograms , and on any graphs because , what happens I mean I was watching somebody do this a couple of days ago . |
| 27 | Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago . |
| 28 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 29 | What you should bear in mind of course , is that in the space of a month I probably look at this a couple of thousand times . |
| 30 | Was this a case of folie de grandeur , in which Britain 's economic recovery was sacrificed to anachronistic ( and unsocialist ? ) attempts to retain a great power stance in the world ? |