Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His family was one generation removed from peasants , and in close touch with the small village of Beni Moor near Assiut in Upper Egypt , where as a boy Nasser spent his holidays . |
| 2 | But even more remarkable is the case of the Roman Republic , where for a century designs referring to the moneyers completely supplanted the symbols of the state ; the moneyers had the freedom to choose their own personal designs , such as family achievements or origins ( see fig. 15 ) . |
| 3 | And where for a moment a gap had shown between her boot-top and her heat-suit , a midnight vein swooped across the wall to form a bulge that thickened out towards the naked skin of her leg . |
| 4 | It is a sort of looking-glass land where through a veil of tears we see profound beauty . |
| 5 | ( 3 ) Where after a hearing under this section a licensing board is satisfied as to any one or more of the matters mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above , the board may order the closure of the licensed premises and any such order shall specify the matters on which the order is based . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) Provided that where after a partner 's death the partnership business is continued in the old firm-name , the continued use of that name or of the deceased partner 's name as part thereof shall not of itself make his executors or administrators estate or effects liable for any partnership debts contracted after his death . |
| 7 | You see in British Steel we we have seventy thousand deferred pensioners and er it is a group of people that I feel extremely sorry for , because er in nineteen eighty-six British Steel introduced into their pension scheme while it was still in the public sector , retirement at sixty where with a pension credit spaced on length of service , so if you had thirty-five years service in , you could retire at sixty as if you were sixty-five and there was nothing done at all for deferred pensioners and in certainly our submission to British Steel for seeking improvements , we we asked that they er they look at deferred pensioner with a view to paying their pensions at sixty , recognising that it was a very high-class plane that might have to be er achieved in stages . |
| 8 | ( 4 ) Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer the contract is called a sale . |
| 9 | ( 5 ) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled the contract is called an agreement to sell . |
| 10 | The advantage of this form of development is highlighted by the success of the recently floated Wetherspoon Organisation , where from a portfolio of 44 trading units , 28 have been developed from unlicensed property and a further 18 sites have yet to be converted . |
| 11 | Immediately he joined the others , slid down the pole onto the ground floor where from a peg he grabbed his coat and helmet and put on his overalls and boots . |
| 12 | Where in a hotel might you use CCTV to help you manage ( which is what efficient communication is all about ) ? |
| 13 | Prevailing weather conditions dictate if and where in a lake carp will feed . |
| 14 | His mother was ‘ outrageous with joy ’ at the return of her lost child , and put him to bed , where in a day or two he recovered . |
| 15 | At Nunney , there is evidence ( poorly recorded ) of another Orpheus mosaic , where in a band bordering a -central square are confronting pairs of large mammals . |
| 16 | From the House of Lords and the National Union he became a thorn in the flesh of the party leaders , where in a party government it would have been inconceivable that such a man , at the height of his powers and with powerful connections . |
| 17 | Since this is also something of a retrospective exhibition we have the much earlier painting of her Rome Studio in 1976 , where in a sequence of flat planes she explores every facet of light and the spaces between . |
| 18 | ( 1 ) Where on a complaint being made to a licensing board by any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act the board is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so , it may , in accordance with the provisions of this section , suspend a licence . |
| 19 | is the strong poverty trap , where over a range of earned income disposable income actually falls as earned income rises . |
| 20 | Except for a name that ought to look familiar to readers of Alexandre Dumas , because as Aramis it is that of one of the Three Musketeers . |
| 21 | Except for a film version of Leoncavallo 's Pagliacci , his film career was mainly an extension of his operetta activities . |
| 22 | There is much gold about his person , in the form of anklets and wristlets , but otherwise he is naked except for a leopardskin loincloth . |
| 23 | As far as is known all Sussex records refer to the race albifrons , except for a bird showing the characters of the race flavirostris at Wiggonholt on 27 January 1956 . |
| 24 | The bar was empty now except for a couple of old boys playing dominoes . |
| 25 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 26 | Our submarines are all operational , you see , except for a couple of recent arrivals that are working up ; new boats getting a crew together , that is , doing sea trials and dummy runs with torpedoes . |
| 27 | The photographs showed sporting groups posing with their weapons , except for a couple which showed a man — the same in both — on one knee by a dead stag . |
| 28 | The incident room was in darkness , except for a couple of desks whose reading lights had not been switched off , a glowing computer screen and the flashing red lights of some electrical equipment . |
| 29 | She was also almost naked , except for a couple of mere scraps of the lightest chain mail and riding boots of iridescent dragonhide . |
| 30 | The water trough was empty except for a layer of scum , a beer bottle and some sweet wrappers . |