Example sentences of "the [noun] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the appropriate means of achieving fairness to an accused with regard to disclosure to the defence of material in the prosecution 's possession was a matter to be determined by the particular legislature , executive and judiciary concerned ; that although the Jamaican practice , particularly in relation to inconsistent previous statements , would normally be an acceptable means of achieving such fairness it did not extend to every situation in which fairness required the prosecution to make material available to the defence ; that where the prosecution intended a witness 's evidence to be based on his statement to the police and to deviate significantly from his deposition , the prosecution was under a duty to supply the defence with a copy of the statement before the trial ; and that , therefore , since the deceased 's husband and sister had given evidence inconsistent with their statements , and important testimony had been adduced from them which had not been foreshadowed in their depositions , the failure to disclose their statements to the defence constituted a material irregularity ( post , pp. 161H — 162A , B , B–C , 165C–E ) . |
| 2 | The accused , if committed , is given copies of the depositions , but is not provided with copies of the statements taken by the police except when the Crown intends to call a witness who did not give evidence at the preliminary inquiry , in which case the Crown will serve the defence with a notice of intention and a copy of the witness 's statement . |
| 3 | To reply instead yes would give a feeling of ‘ finality ’ , of ‘ end of the conversation ’ ; if A did have something to say about John Smith , the response with a fall would make it difficult for A to continue . |
| 4 | He counted the seconds , one , two , three , four , and then it hit the tent with a fury that he had never known , he inside in his sleeping bag with his feet braced against the dome pole facing the onslaught . |
| 5 | When one of my teenagers spent a month huddled in the park with a crowd of deadpan Gothic posers , I radiated white-hot hostility . |
| 6 | filled the park with a crowd estimated at between 250,000 and 500,000 . |
| 7 | Sadly we 've lost the opportunity with a couple of groups , but there are still other group left in the fight , this union has the ideal opportunity to spearhead that fight and I ask Conference to support the motion . |
| 8 | On the very beginning we plugged the guitar through a home studio effect and then played the guitar with a violin bow . |
| 9 | And if Sun Microsystems does an about turn and endorses the X-terminal with a product of its own ( UX No 399 ) the figures will no doubt change round once again . |
| 10 | ‘ After all , ’ said the Prince with a wave of his hand , ‘ it 's not every day that he gets called on by both Royalty and the Head of the Secret Police . ’ |
| 11 | Fig. 13 Submerged oxygenating plants are usually sold as bunches of unrooted cuttings , fastened together at the base with a strip of lead , which acts as a weight to hold them down . |
| 12 | Submerged oxygenating plants are usually sold as bunches of unrooted cuttings , fastened together at the base with a strip of lead . |
| 13 | Cut them off at the base with a razor blade or craft knife . |
| 14 | Carefully they cut round the base with a knife , to free any wax that was sealing it down , and eased the skep up off the base stone . |
| 15 | Trim away excess icing from around the base with a knife . |
| 16 | Admirers of his scholarship dedicated a statue in his honour , inscribed on the base with a catalogue of his writings . |
| 17 | Roland recognised the handwriting with a shock of excitement . |
| 18 | You click on to the icons with a mouse to go from the word processor to a spreadsheet or to send a fax . |
| 19 | When ‘ dancing ’ with the tie on , it is advisable to fasten the lower part to the shirt with a tie clip or safety pin , otherwise the weight of the battery may cause the tie to fly off and strike some unsuspecting person ! |
| 20 | She stood back and peeled off the shirt with a nonchalance only a trifle marred when a button caught in her hair . |
| 21 | The passengers oohed and aahed , the Unwins ( Upper Gumtree ) sitting with the owners of Flokati , the Redi-Hots with a couple talking incessantly of the prowess of their horse , Wordmaster , also on the train . |
| 22 | He also suggested that quite apart from the accountant 's employer or client , he owed a duty to any third person to whom he shows the accounts or to whom he knows the employer will show the accounts with a view to persuading that person to invest or take some other action . |
| 23 | Erm , I 'm not in a position to add anything very much to the article for next year , I spent most of Friday afternoon with the Tech last week , erm , but there 's still obviously a good deal of uncertainty about programmes for next year , erm , what I think has been very positive is that we have now er , this year for the first time since the Tech 's formation , they 've started to discuss some of the issues about the programmes with a group of providers . |
| 24 | On off-duty garda who was in the bank knocked the burning man to the ground and doused the flames with a fire extinguisher . |
| 25 | Then , as he prodded the mash with a fork , he appeared to come to the surface . |
| 26 | On 6 January 1991 , the inspector swore an affidavit indicating that he would be submitting papers to the Board with a view to issuing a notice . |
| 27 | If you can get it off in one piece , so much the better ; if you can not , pull the centre far enough away from the wall to allow you to cut through the board with a padsaw or jig saw , and free each half separately . |
| 28 | Ryan stood on the little platform by the blackboard , cleaning the board with a rag . |
| 29 | By nationalizing for a specific period — length depending upon the expected time needed for rehabilitation and the severity of the offence — and placing public-appointed directors to the board with a duty to inform the public and advise the remaining corporate directors , the chances of recidivating could be reduced considerably . |
| 30 | This idiosyncratic view of local democracy does not prevent her finishing the board with a pass , and the recommendation to Central Office that she ‘ would make the perfect candidate for a safe Labour seat in the Northeast . ’ |