Example sentences of "[det] [noun] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who find in that formulation a description of authentic Co-operation will be content with his verdict . |
| 2 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 3 | They evolved rapidly and spread widely , and with a little experience a glance at an assemblage of graptolites on a shale surface can be used to determine the approximate age of deposition of the rock . |
| 4 | The House of Lords gave its decision against " The Sunday Times " in July 1973 , and the European Court did not declare that decision a breach of the Convention until April 1979 — a delay of almost six years . |
| 5 | At each Hour a verse from the hymn is followed by a prayer which acknowledges this and sees the Incarnation as the means by which all men , both living and dead , can be united : The office thus daily rehearsed the historical story of the Passion of Christ and its significance in such a way that it is constantly renewed in human awareness through both the linear and cyclical experience of the passing of time . |
| 6 | When subjects had to concurrently hold in memory two or four nouns on each trial a superiority of the RVF emerged . |
| 7 | This is parallel to the gradient of acceptability which emerged from Harris 's results , and Labov attempted to accommodate the tendency of speakers to avoid making absolute judgements by asking them to assign to each sentence a score on a four-point scale , as follows : |
| 8 | Assume in each case a PSBR of £1 billion . |
| 9 | Such exchange might take place by using money , by bartering for other goods , or as gifts , but in each case a change in ownership of the goods takes place . |
| 10 | In each case a number of issues arose , some of which were resolved , as they attempted to modify their classroom practice . |
| 11 | In that case a plurality of outstanding votes suffices for a candidate ( or occasionally more than one candidate ) to be declared elected . |
| 12 | In that case a creditor of the husband threatened the institution of bankruptcy proceedings but agreed to desist if the debtor 's wife provided certain security for the debt . |
| 13 | In that case a conviction of a manager for an insolvent certificate-holder , who had granted a trust deed , of having trafficked " without having a certificate " was suspended . |
| 14 | In that case a clause in an agreement between a company and its manager stated that he should receive a fixed salary , and , as soon as the profits for the year had been ascertained and certified by the company 's auditors , a percentage of " the net profits ( if any ) of the company for the whole year " . |
| 15 | In that case a shortfall in one instalment will normally only justify a rejection of that one instalment . |
| 16 | In that case a lease for a period of six months from 10 June 1920 was expressed to continue from half year to half year until determined . |
| 17 | as if to increase my terror , there came at that instant a pause in the electric war overhead . |
| 18 | Even in 1995 , the two direct trains in each direction a day between the North-East and the continent will follow the tortuous North London line , circuiting the capital via Kensington and Clapham Junction . |
| 19 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 20 | It may have been enacted beforehand by the witnesses , so that they testify to what they have actually witnessed ; alternatively , the organiser of the mock trial may simply have given to each witness a statement of his evidence , which he is expected to remember . |
| 21 | The former Gestetner Holdings Plc unit , doing some $20m a year with 80 staff , works with technology suppliers to develop laser printer products and controller boards . |
| 22 | For the first few months they earned only a few pennies a week between them and Sal became convinced they would all end up in the workhouse if they kept failing to cough up the rent . |
| 23 | If you have worries of this kind a visit to the local office of the Department of health and Social Security , plus an interview with a social worker at the local authority social services department , is a very wise move . |
| 24 | SUNKEN TREASURE Rickenbacker 650A Atlantis While it would be unfair to call this guitar a compromise on the part of Rickenbacker , the 650 is nevertheless a departure . |
| 25 | As it is not recorded until the work of Hermann and Florence of Worcester , who states that the saint speared Swegen from his horse , it would not be impossible to consider this story a reaction to taxation by the Normans ; but if it did originate earlier it too conceivably had something to do with Edmund 's increasing popularity , and if Florence 's version was current in Cnut 's time he can not have been flattered by the notion that Edmund had disposed of his father in a similar way to that in which St Mercurius was believed to have killed the emperor Julian the Apostate . |
| 26 | The scheme relies on private money — in this case a donation of a thousand pounds from BT . |
| 27 | In this case a reduction of £30 is made to the total fees . |
| 28 | In this case a rigidity of priorities has served the buyer poorly . |
| 29 | The solar wind is another example of a plasma ( section 2.2.2 ) in this case a plasma in motion . |
| 30 | In this case a boot with a generous 490 litres of storage space . |