Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Southwood , phytophagy arose from both saprophagy , the consumption of decaying or at least dying plants , and from feeding on fallen propagules including spores and pollen grains , which led to living on the strobili themselves , a route followed by the extinct insect orders , Dictyoneurida and Diaphanopterida . |
| 2 | Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen . |
| 3 | They 'll cover a route taking in all Ulster hospitals providing services for children . |
| 4 | The reason is quite simple : it is not a route to do on a single rope . |
| 5 | Riding to hounds , taking fences and obstacles along a route dictated by the fox is a very skilled activity . |
| 6 | Soldiers dressed in this fashion guard the entrance to the Black Fire Pass , one of the few overland routes across the mountains and a route favoured by Orc raiders . |
| 7 | Glamis Castle is most famous for its association with Macbeth , and Shakespeare 's hero is said to still bemoan the murder of King Duncan , appearing to walk on the roof , taking a route known as The Mad Earl 's Walk . |
| 8 | We noticed now a trail of well-trodden snow winding back towards the shore , obviously a route known to be safe by the experienced locals . |
| 9 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 10 | Instead , the demonstrators marched along a route agreed with the authorities to the Olympic Stadium , across the north of the city . |
| 11 | From its terminus in Tamworth Road , West Croydon , the company had a route running to Mitcham and Tooting , while another ran to Wallington , Carshalton and Sutton . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ The driver flourished a street plan , with a route marked in red . |
| 13 | Anyone capable of sight-leading a route protected by bolts without clipping them has the right to remove them ( a regular bolt hole closed by a rock dust/epoxy mix is virtually undetectable , and no meaningful harm will have been done to the crag environment ) . |
| 14 | Without proper maps he followed a route set by compass , boiling up pemmican and glucose for food and sleeping under the stars in a sleeping bag at night . |
| 15 | I did make my escape from Roundhay — by a route taken by many of my contemporaries : higher education . |
| 16 | Accompanied by his wife Winnie Mandela , Nelson Mandela was driven from the prison 60 km to Cape Town along a route lined by thousands of supporters . |
| 17 | Under the various agreements , Ilo would be developed jointly as a free zone with full industrial and commercial facilities , with Peru allowing free access to Bolivian goods along a route leading to Ilo from the Bolivian border town of Desaguadero . |
| 18 | Employees may , for example , receive flat-rate payments , allowances based on a percentage of their salary , or a payment based on a number of weeks ' salary . |
| 19 | In these cases it may be appropriate after advising the insured of the position , to offer to make a payment based upon importing average into the contract and applying average to the amount of the claim . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(1) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the total liability of the institution to him immediately before the time when it becomes insolvent , limited to a maximum of £20,000 , in respect of the principal amounts of and accrued interest on sterling deposits made with United Kingdom offices of the institution . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 . |
| 22 | Secondly , the section is concerned with the beneficial interests existing when a payment falls to be made . |
| 23 | Unless the workers employed in a producers ' co-operative are the final custodians of its affairs , the bonus — or better , the bounty — remains a payment made as an act of grace ; and the co-operative is not properly so-called . |
| 24 | Furthermore , a payment made on the same basis as that in the case of Adams v G K N Sankey Ltd mentioned in Chapter 16 would probably also fall within the second category . |
| 25 | In response to a letter from the Law Society , the Revenue states that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether a payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement . |
| 26 | It could work in the same way as the present ‘ attendance allowance ’ , a payment made to severely disabled people which they can then choose how to spend on their care . |
| 27 | Walton J. did not purport to decide the case on the basis of a payment made under a mistake of law and I agree with the doubts expressed by Romer J. in Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , as to this being a true case of money paid under a mistake of law having regard to the plaintiffs ' expressions as to their understanding of the law at the time of the payments . |
| 28 | But a payment made under pressing necessity to avoid a seizure of goods , or to obtain the release of goods unlawfully detained , or to prevent some interference with or withholding of a legal right , is compelled and not voluntary and is recoverable in an action for money had and received . |
| 29 | On the one hand , so as to exclude recovery , the present was not a payment made under mistake of law nor was there any payment to avoid threatened litigation . |
| 30 | It is clear that a payment made by him for goods bought is binding , though payment could not have been enforced against him . |