Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 I do not see how this can be done without a trial of both the action and the claim to contribution .
2 The form they take is a function of both the viscosity of the magma and the configuration of fractures and other lines of weakness in the country rock .
3 The other thing , and this is a case of where the panel bites back as it were .
4 They were last year , they gave an undertaking to do it as soon as possible , it is a case of where the money comes from er Mr of course is relatively new er we do n't bother about as a rule about what he casts as new costs in new staff .
5 From the look of things , it was odds on he 'd done a runner with either the till , a barmaid or the Christmas Club fund .
6 It implies the existence of a unified global economy that has a dynamic beyond simply the interaction of separate domestic economies .
7 There are more dog cards than you shake a stick at yet the bookies are peddling this tripe from South Africa through the morning .
8 Optional course either Civil Law or International Law or a course from outside the Law Faculty eg German 1 , British History 1
9 They had a busy and happy meeting and ended by taking a part in perhaps the most thrilling adventure that ever befell a Brownie Guide Pack .
10 Clearly in his " either/or " formulation , Eikmeyer does not admit the possibility of the omniscient analyst who is capable of judging the effects of a text on both the author and the reader .
11 The similarity of their views — if only on that one key point — is a measure of how the superpower thaw is extending from arms control to economic matters as well .
12 The issue is now set to go to a full board meeting , a measure of how the directors ' proud notions of consensus have withered over this issue .
13 One source of interest can be a description of where the interview has taken place , perhaps a studio , or maybe the artist 's home .
14 Reason for Change : a description of why the change is needed and a justification of the requirements
15 ‘ its effect ’ — a description of how the position shown in the accounts is different as a result of the departure , normally with quantification , except (
16 er you know so far as we can get that erm and I 'll then give you a description of how the theory er predicts your er preferences for behaving in particular ways , would work out .
17 Endless lessons jacked in to a computer without even the star-dance of meanings to cheer .
18 A majority of both the Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties prefer the first-past-the-post method of election .
19 The leading party , the National party of Nigeria ( NPN ) , forms the Federal Government but does not have a majority in either the Senate or the House of Representatives .
20 In the mid-term congressional elections ( November 1918 ) he had appealed for wide popular support for his peace policy , but the voters , mostly influenced by domestic affairs , had given his Republican opponents a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives .
21 A weakness of both the conventional and innovative approaches , however , is that they have been dominated by not only the need to break even financially , but also by the ‘ behavioural approach ’ to and the financial view of the problem , which collectively ( Stanley and Farrington , 1981 , 65 ) have :
22 Now , a story of how the English are finally beating the Australians at their own game .
23 This takes a look at where the game has been in the Eighties and where it might be going in future .
24 In this chapter we shall first take a look at how the most commonly used measure of national wealth — gross national product ( GNP ) — is constructed , and consider the distribution of GNP across several countries .
25 What better time to take an over-view of the sort of things I am asked most often , and a look at how the commonest problems can be avoided ?
26 And every so often erm the British look at this with a rather interested eye , and you 'll find that erm Parliamentary committees erm there was one on the British Civil Service about two years , three years ago , nineteen seventy-seven , they went over to France to have a look at how the French did this to see if they could learn anything from the French experience , but in fact it 's very difficult to transport somebody else 's experience , lock , stock and barrel , into the British situation , and they quite sensibly concluded this would n't be a good idea .
27 A change to either the material or the conditions will result in a new set of minimal values .
28 The rates actually paid , therefore , may be calculated , It will be clear that the rates paid may vary with a change in either the rateable value or the rate poundage .
29 Yes the and there 's a place out Glen Bainey er at the march between Glen Shee and Glen Ayloch and there 's a a fence er a gate or a steps at just the Glen Shee folk waited at that side to meet the Glen Ayloch folk to take the coffin over the dyke .
30 The United Kingdom is a signatory to both the Convention ( 1951 ) and the Covenant ( 1976 ) although neither has been incorporated into our domestic law .
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