Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Article 18 requires a signatory State to refrain from acts which would defeat the ‘ object and purpose ’ of the treaty ; a reservation must not be ‘ incompatible with the object and purpose ’ of the treaty , and a material breach is ‘ the violation of a provision essential to the object or purpose of the treaty ’ . |
| 2 | Was such a provision consistent with the Directive ? |
| 3 | Does the variation have a function similar to the interpretation placed upon the cremation pottery , that it represents the wearer 's social group ? |
| 4 | He took the view that what mattered was whether at the stage when the prosecution wanted to discontinue , the judge thought there was a case fit for the jury to consider . |
| 5 | Similarly in Reg. v. Wells Street Stipendiary Magistrate , Ex parte Deakin [ 1980 ] A.C. 479 , a case concerned with the law of criminal libel , both Lord Diplock and Lord Keith of Kinkel were concerned that the result to which they felt constrained to come entailed the risk of a failure to comply with our international obligations under article 10 . |
| 6 | Attorney-General v. Wilts United Dairies Ltd. ( 1921 ) 37 T.L.R. 884 was not a case concerned with the recovery of a payment unlawfully demanded . |
| 7 | Needless to say , she 's a bit slap-happy after the narrow escape . |
| 8 | Mind you it might be a bit uncomfortable on the head |
| 9 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 10 | should do it 's a bit sloppy in the notation convention . |
| 11 | ‘ He gets a bit bolshie in the box , and paws at the floor . |
| 12 | A bit tricky under the circumstances , although I 've never actually done it with a raving loony . |
| 13 | It would be a bit tricky for the count to keep her shut away if they were staying with him . |
| 14 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
| 15 | And the surround used to have nice fancy work round you know to make it so it would n't stand on the table cos me mother bought one of those because it used to be a bit dangerous on the table if you knocked it you see and |
| 16 | John got a bit shirty about the ten pound or something , he reckoned his wife had did n't he ? |
| 17 | so he 's only , he 's got a one of the new B M W seven three five that er no the big Merc , a big new Merc through that 's right , not the the latest Merc so he says er er he 's a bit disappointed with the brakes on the M G but Dave said they were a phenomenal brake for an M G he said |
| 18 | Well , not too bad really , it 's erm I can only describe it has having erm a huge hangover , which erm which I 'm used to anyway , so erm you know I 'm obviously a bit disappointed with the way things went , but erm you know that 's party of Rugby . |
| 19 | ‘ Sorry — I 'm a bit touchy on the topic of the club right now . ’ |
| 20 | By the end of 1945 , those of us left in the Forces were all , I think , getting a bit tired of the sameness and predictability of the food which was dished out to us . |
| 21 | I am a bit tired of the rarefied backstage air . |
| 22 | Just had a chat with Mickey Stewart and erm , he offered that he thought David Lawrence was a bit tired in the test matches that he 's played and that it 's took it out of him and not , not very quick . |
| 23 | Roma 's help here is academically enlightening , because some of the lyrics on ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ are a bit obtuse in the hearing . |
| 24 | I 've had a package at long last er back from EARS er but I have n't actually erm put it onto the computer yet because it 's erm it 's proving a bit temperamental at the moment and I did n't want to risk overloading it with with yet another er software package u until I 've had it seen to . |
| 25 | I had a red jumper , but this was a , to be a honest this was a bit grubby down the front so it meant today |
| 26 | Erm and although it was erm you know , it was good and the people themselves enjoyed talking to each other as well , it was a bit tiring at the end of the day . |
| 27 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 28 | I think the one thing I have noticed , he is a bit one-dimensional on the draw . |
| 29 | In short , he got a bit obsessed with the whole thing and he could n't accept the decision not to pursue it further . |
| 30 | They 're a bit hesitant at the moment . |