Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun sg] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROBBIE REGAN 'S first defence of his European flyweight title , against Londoner Danny Porter , was yesterday postponed because of an ankle injury the champion suffered in training . |
| 2 | It also points out that while the UK is enjoying something of an export boom the industry needs to stimulate home sales to allow for continued export investment . |
| 3 | If this reduced the likelihood of an lbw decision the unfamiliar angle made the batsman 's job that much more difficult . |
| 4 | Nor does the fact of an acquittal debar the media from alleging that the defendant was really guilty after all . |
| 5 | In the context of an infill project the competing contractors will be supplied with all the information they need to tender for the job but on a fixed price basis , including the total management of the contract and |
| 6 | July 1749 , Hogarth acquired the Copyhold of a red brick villa , of the Queen Anne style , with a garden of about a quarter of an acre containing an old mulberry tree , not far from Chiswick House , and it became known as Hogarth House , and the lane by which it was approached became known as Hogarth Lane — now part of the Great West Road Extension ( A4 ) into central London . |
| 7 | Often , a flash of azure draws you eye to a kingfisher , speeding like an Exocet missile a couple of feet above the water . |
| 8 | With an asset sale the purchaser selects the assets he wishes to buy and leaves behind all other assets . |
| 9 | Comparing notes with an airship enthusiast the other day , I learned that the Falklands campaign might bring the airship back into favour because it can be sent up for a good look at the surroundings , especially at sea . |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle player-manager Peter Shilton is rocking under an injury crisis the like of which he has never known . |
| 11 | One of the Maguire girls Ellie or Molly , I think it was Molly , they were all fine looking , tall women — came out to do her morning business and hunkered down under an apple tree a few feet away from Eddie . |
| 12 | Under an annuity policy the company pays a regular income to the insured for a specified period up until death , in return either for a lump sum payment or regular contributions earlier in life . |
| 13 | As an operating system the canals never became a large-scale employer like the railway companies , whose " servants " as well as engineers and trackmen on the " permanent way " included the new " uniformed working class " . |
| 14 | For the first period he took as a starting point his previously arrived figure of forty seven thousand five hundred pounds and as an end point a figure of fifty nine thousand four hundred and twenty one pounds ninety six pence , derived from Mrs . |
| 15 | What 's more , for an executive car the cost of ownership is exceptionally low . |
| 16 | ‘ What better place for an engagement party à deux ? ’ said the baronet , pouring out wine . |
| 17 | In an asset sale the provisions most likely to restrict competition are non-competition covenants given by the vendor to the purchaser or any arrangement purporting to divide up geographic or product markets . |
| 18 | In an executive position a good secretary can greatly ease matters . |
| 19 | 2.1 Non-competition/canvassing clauses It is common to find in an employment contract an express clause which restricts competition/canvassing by an employee both during and after employment . |
| 20 | For example information about prices can , in certain circumstances , constitute a business secret : see the discussion in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 and Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 418. 2 Express duties once employment has ended By including express restrictive covenants in an employment contract an employer will seek to achieve three goals once employment is over : ( a ) to prevent the ex-employee canvassing orders from the employer 's customers ; ( b ) to prevent the ex-employee competing with his business ( usually within a defined geographical area ) ; ( c ) to prevent the ex-employee from using/disclosing any legitimate business secrets . |
| 21 | In an adjoining room a small group of businessmen and community activists — invited to join the prince on his coach trip to Craigmillar to show the fruits of a successful partnership between commerce and local organisations — were also comparing notes . |
| 22 | We did not have the time to visit the swimming-pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning . |
| 23 | They lend to an airport lounge the look of a grotesque , sprawling creche peopled by monster babies . |
| 24 | Apparently the engine is so smooth that if one cylinder stops working due to an engine fault the only real way of identifying it , particularly during the cruise is by the lack of cylinder head temperature . |
| 25 | Where the report will lead to an investment decision the need for evidence gathering is likely to be critical . |
| 26 | According to an Interfax report an Azerbaijani attempt to cut the Lachin corridor [ see p. 39109 ] was repulsed on Oct. 4 . |
| 27 | Guided by an Elf pilot the ship then passes through the Emerald Gate , a great fortified arch filled with war machines and the cloaked spearmen and archers of the Lothern Sea Guard . |
| 28 | In 99pc of cases once a patient has been attended by an ambulance crew the fast blue light , siren-screaming journey is not necessary . |
| 29 | The Voice of Israel radio reported on April 22 that two " terrorists " had been killed by an IDF unit the previous evening after infiltrating northern Galilee . |