Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 2 | The projected excavation , to be directed by Dr Ken Wardle of Birmingham University , hopes to uncover the centre of the Roman city , where traces of an agora and an early Christian basilica have been found . |
| 3 | See Prime v. Hart/it. 1978 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 71 , where intimation of an objection to the applicant 's agent/employer was held to be sufficient intimation in terms of the section . |
| 4 | Problems arise where consent to an assignment or agreement to novation is sought but is refused . |
| 5 | There was no longer any forum where education as an essential , local provision could be discussed , and there was no pressure group to speak for this aspect of national education . |
| 6 | Where the Auditors and Purchaser 's Accountants disagree as to the valuation of an item and , where the disputed element of the valuation is less than £1,000 for an individual item , or the aggregate value of all disputed elements of valuation within fixed assets are less than £3,000 both parties shall agree to accept the Auditors ' valuation . |
| 7 | Elizabeth was prepared to put her trust in essential oils rather than resort to an even stronger preparation from her doctor who had already prescribed an ointment which had not worked . |
| 8 | Bates is desperate for more success and Porterfield spent more than £6million in an attempt to produce it . |
| 9 | Brunel , no less committed than Hitchcock to an ‘ artistic ’ direction for British films , was later unstinting in his praise of a man who ‘ by his faith and support set the pace at a time when we most needed it ’ and credited him with contributing ‘ very considerably to the renaissance of the British film production industry . ’ |
| 10 | BT has agreed not to increase its stake in MCI for ten years and , in any case , America 's regulators prevent any foreign investor from holding more than 25% of an American firm 's voting shares . |
| 11 | The accumulation of a nuclear factor having a negative effect onto transcription , rather than loss of an activator , may thus cause the lack of gene expression observed in RJ2.2.5 . |
| 12 | Basic FGF is more potent than aFGF in an in vitro system but no information is available on its efficacy inmucosal protection , repair , and healing processes . |
| 13 | Religions as sociological entities are not meant to be more than stepping-stones to an appreciation of the profound Mystery at the heart of reality . |
| 14 | If it does nothing more than act as an educational lubricant or leaven , it serves its purpose well , by enriching minds , broadening outlooks , removing prejudice and opening vistas . |
| 15 | Heat and rage built in his body , such rage , swirling through the clouds of kif , that it was blinding , fiercer than desire for an instant , so he lost his rhythm , misjudged his pace . |
| 16 | A GANG of thugs went on the ramage and caused damage worth more than £4,000 in an attack on animals and staff at Belfast Zoo , it was revealed today . |
| 17 | But his distaste went deeper than irritation at an unwelcome complication to his inquiry , at the bizarre intrusion of irrationality into a job so firmly rooted in the search for evidence which would stand up in court , documented , demonstrable , real . |
| 18 | Thus local styles which bear some slight resemblance to a powerful foreign prototype may be written down as debased plagiarisms and classified as ‘ degenerate ’ forms or ‘ skeuomorphs ’ , rather than evidence of an indigenous tradition with its own distinct characteristics . |
| 19 | It also cites RISC Management Newsletter , which suggests that Precision Architecture RISC is the industry leader in RISC-system and related software sales , saying that analysis of 1992 RISC-system revenues said that Precision Architecture RISC has achieved more than 30% of an estimated $17,500m market . |
| 20 | During the year , traffic with China grew more than 30% against an average 26% for all international traffic , and now accounts for 44% of all international traffic ; it should pass 50% in the next two or three years , the company says . |
| 21 | He could n't have been more than quarter of an hour having his tea . |
| 22 | They constitute no more than pointers towards an agenda for more detailed , empirical research . |
| 23 | Can you see the the range of price , but also obviously pizzas and command a lower price than things on an a la carte menu . |
| 24 | What the New Critics emphasized was convergence within the text rather than deviation from an external standard . |
| 25 | A 20-YEAR-OLD Belfast man has been jailed for eight years for his part in an armed robbery of more than £6,000 from an Ulster Bank . |
| 26 | But the approach used has considerable advantage in principle over the cruder system used for educational deprivation , since there is an attempt to relate expenditure needs directly to deprivation indicators , rather than adoption of an ad hoc procedure with little justification other than expediency . |
| 27 | Contrariwise , one may be able to vote provided that one is in fact registered even though one was not entitled to be registered — the register , when published , is conclusive ( ibid , s.49 ) once notice of an election has been given , although it may be amended on specified grounds prior to that date ( ibid , s.11 ) . |
| 28 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 29 | These grants , although valuable , were not much more than flourishes on an already diverse collection . |
| 30 | Networks are merely an enabling technology , and the applications that run on them little more than means to an end : information . |